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A01=John Stuart Allen
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Appendix J
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Author_John Stuart Allen
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building GT40
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Colin Graham Endeacott
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Ford GT40
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GT40 collection
GT40 new book
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GT40 stories
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Holman Moody
Indy 4-cam
John S Allen
John Wyer
JWAE
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Le Mans
le mans 24 hours
Mirage
Mirage-Ford
Mk1
MkII
MkIV
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scrutineering
Sebring
Shelby
softlaunch
sports-racing cars
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Product details
- ISBN 9781787115767
- Weight: 2300g
- Dimensions: 295 x 265mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2021
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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A new and unique compilation of stories about the iconic GT40, all accompanied by a host of old and new photographs. While not a traditional history of the GT40, each individual story will give the reader new insights into the car’s design and development, as well as some fascinating racing tales and previously well-kept secrets divulged.
Chapters include an explanation of the mysteries of Appendix J and its impact on the design of the Mirage and MkIV GT40; a detailed scrutineering report on GT40P/1075 at Le Mans; some untold truths behind the 2005 name controversy; and the unrecorded engine swap which enabled a GT40 to race – and finish – at the Le Mans 24 hours. The book contains information which at last shows that Ford did really install the Indy 4-cam engine in a development of the GT40. It explains in detail how GT40-builder JWAE was structured, and what its accounts looked like: the fascinating facts concerning the financial aspects of the GT40-building business are revealed.
These two highly knowledgeable and experienced authors have collaborated to bring you this great collection of GT40 stories, some of which had previously been published in magazines many years ago, but have now been reworked, and many of which are totally new.
A must have for any GT40 enthusiast to keep at their bedside or on the coffee table to dip in and out of as they please.
John Allen was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and is now retired to and living in rural France. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School, then trained as a Chartered Accountant, latterly running his own accountancy and audit practice, while moonlighting as a freelance photographer for magazines and books. John is married, with no children or pets. His daily drive is a Ford Mustang GT, and his hobbies and interests include anything to do with GT40s, sports racing cars, railways, model railways, and Luftwaffe aviation. Favourite colour? Ford blue, of course, but his Mustang is bright red (it was the choice of his wife, Jenny, but he now agrees she was right, and also right to stop him having boy-racer white stripes over the top).
