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The Ford That Beat Ferrari: A Racing History of the GT40 (3rd edition) by Allen
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2019-09-12
- Edition Number
- 3
- ISBN
- 9781910505472
- Book Title
- Ford That Beat Ferrari : a Racing History of the Gt40
- Publisher
- Evro Publishing
- Item Length
- 11.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Transportation, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Motor Sports, Automotive / History, Automotive / Repair & Maintenance
- Item Weight
- 86.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Evro Publishing
ISBN-10
1910505471
ISBN-13
9781910505472
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038667978
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ford That Beat Ferrari : a Racing History of the Gt40
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Motor Sports, Automotive / History, Automotive / Repair & Maintenance
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
86.1 Oz
Item Length
11.5 in
Item Width
9.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
629.228
Table Of Content
Foreword by Jacky Ickx Introduction Part I The Development of the Ford GT40 Chapter 1: First Moves Chapter 2: Arrival Part II The Works Teams and the GT40 Chapter 3: Ford Advanced Vehicles Chapter 4: Shelby American Chapter 5: Alan Mann Racing Part III The Big Ones Chapter 6: Prototypes Chapter 7: The Mark II Chapter 8: From J-car to Mark IV Chapter 9: Group 7 Racing Part IV Gulf Chapter 10: Mirage Chapter 11: Return of the GT40 Part V The Production Line Racer Chapter 12: Customer Support Chapter 13: Private Teams Part VI Chassis and Drivers Chapter 14: Chassis Chapter 15: Drivers Part VII The Magic Lives On Chapter 16: Old Racers Never Die Chapter 17: Back to the Future Part VIII And Still the Magic Lives On Chapter 18: Latter-day GT40s Chapter 19: Old Racers Still Never Die Chapter 20: The Ford that Beat Ferrari...Again Acknowledgements
Synopsis
After Ford unsuccessfully attempted to buy Ferrari, in 1963, the American car giant instead embarked on its own racing programme in a bid to beat the famous Italian marque at the world's most prestigious race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, as told in the forthcoming Hollywood movie Ford v. Ferrari . This updated edition of The Ford that Beat Ferrari tells the story of how that mission was eventually accomplished. Development of the GT40: how the prototype Ford GT emerged in 1964 from the previous year's Lola GT programme. The works teams and the GT40: the car's racing exploits in its earlier years, first with Ford Advanced Vehicles (1964), then Shelby American (1965) and Alan Mann Racing (1966). The big ones: this section of the book covers the GT40's evolution into the 7-litre monsters that brought enormous success, including the first two Le Mans victories with the Mark II (1966) and Mark IV (1967), before becoming outlawed by new restrictions on engine size. The Gulf years: against all expectations, the venerable GT40, now back to 5-litre power, raced on with John Wyer's crack JW Automotive Engineering outfit in the iconic blue and orange colours of Gulf, successes including two further Le Mans wins (1968 and 1969). The production line racer: the stories of the 68 privateers, big and small, who raced GT40s. Chassis and drivers: a data section giving resumés of type designations, chassis histories and all drivers who raced GT40s. The magic lives on: the book's concluding sections show surviving cars at differing stages in their later life and bring the story up to date with developments since the 2005 edition., This new edition of The Ford that Beat Ferrari tells the story of the celebrated Ford GT40 through a remarkable array of over 850 period photographs, many of them in colour., After Ford unsuccessfully attempted to buy Ferrari, in 1963, the American car giant instead embarked on its own racing programme in a bid to beat the famous Italian marque at the world's most prestigious race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, as told in the forthcoming Hollywood movie Ford v. Ferrari . This updated edition of The Ford that Beat Ferrari tells the story of how that mission was eventually accomplished. Development of the GT40: how the prototype Ford GT emerged in 1964 from the previous year's Lola GT programme. The works teams and the GT40: the car's racing exploits in its earlier years, first with Ford Advanced Vehicles (1964), then Shelby American (1965) and Alan Mann Racing (1966). The big ones: this section of the book covers the GT40's evolution into the 7-litre monsters that brought enormous success, including the first two Le Mans victories with the Mark II (1966) and Mark IV (1967), before becoming outlawed by new restrictions on engine size. The Gulf years: against all expectations, the venerable GT40, now back to 5-litre power, raced on with John Wyer's crack JW Automotive Engineering outfit in the iconic blue and orange colours of Gulf, successes including two further Le Mans wins (1968 and 1969). The production line racer: the stories of the 68 privateers, big and small, who raced GT40s. Chassis and drivers: a data section giving resum s of type designations, chassis histories and all drivers who raced GT40s. The magic lives on: the book's concluding sections show surviving cars at differing stages in their later life and bring the story up to date with developments since the 2005 edition.
LC Classification Number
TL215.F7
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