Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Dedication
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Why this book was written
• What is this book about?
• Acknowledgements
• Ford GT driver contributions
• Factory contributors
• Club contributors
• Commercial contributors
• Publication contributors
• Photographers
• Photographers for Claude Nahum
• Graphics
• One-Last in, first to glory
• Last in
• A chance to make history
• 1964
• The Ford GT's first racing season
• Le Mans 1964
• The end of the beginning
• Time to get serious
• Ford GT Mk1 Coupe (4.7 litre)
• Ford Advanced Vehicles (FAV) customer racing program
• FAV Ford GT MkI racing car specifications
• Ford GT MkII Coupe (7.0 litre)
• Ford GT MkII-X1 Roadster
• 1965 Racing Season
• Minor league racing in 1965
• Pre-Springbok series
• Two - The new hunting season opens
• Ford's prey
• Ford revises its hunting system
• New hunting equipment - the Ford GT MkIIA
• Ford GT MkIIA-XI Roadster
• Alan Mann Racing
• John Wyer
• The Ford GT road car arrives
• The J-car
• Glory of the hunt is earned the hard way
• Le Mans 1966
• Minor league motor racing
• Forgotten American racer
• Back to the racing
• British home events in 1966
• Springbok series 1966
• Decision time
• Three - Storms clouds gather
• All American
• JW Automotive builds its own
• Secret American racing program?
• Improving access to the office
• The Ford GT MkIV
• What else was the Ford GT up against?
• Enter the JWA - Gulf Ford Mirage M1
• Mirage versus Ford GT? Not yet
• The Mirage M1 debuts
• Old Rivalries re-ignited
• Le Man 1967
• Storm upgraded to a Hurricane
• Hurricane force controversy
• Who lost what?
• 1967 racing season conclusion
• Minor league racing expands
• British home events in 1967
• Springbok series 1967
• Four - The show must go on
• Cleaing up after the storm
• Daytona opens the 1968 racing season
• Back to Europe
• Le Mans 1968
• Eric Liddell and Grady Davis
• Minor league racing in 1968
• British hone events in 1968
• 1968 Springbok series
• The pendulum swings in 1969
• John Wyer hedges his bets
• Pre-Le Mans
• Le Mans 1969
• Post Le Mans season summary
• Minor league racing in 1969
• British home events in 1969
• Springbok series 1969
• Waning of the Ford GT Star
• Five - Rebirth of a legend
• The legend is reborn
• What is a supercar?
• Ford has a super advantage
• So what did Camilo Pardo come up with?
• New dimensions
• New chassis design
• Is the new Ford GT body much different to the original?
• Much bigger brakes
• Wheels and tyres
• Interior design
• The first step toward production
• No worries, mate
• Prototype time
• Into production
• the last step is homologation
• Made road legal for Europe
• Ford GT - conversion for Europe
• Delivery and homologation centre
• First European homologated delivery
• Ford GT production version specifications & Colour schemes
• What does a Ford GT cost?
• Hot off the press
• Six - the real world
• Delivery
• The Ford GTX1 Roadster on the road
• Driving the Ford GT in the real world
• Matt Malone
• Richard Turesdell
• Adrian Streather
• Pan European Ford GT road trip highlights
• Sarthe and the Ford GT Reunited
• Seven - the replicator's showroom
• Ford GT based continuation models
• Holman GT-40P MkII
• Ford GT inspired replicas
• The ERA GT
• MDA Ford GT replicas
• The MDA MkI GT40
• The MDA MkII GT40
• James Bond 007 - Die Another Day
• The GT40NZ Endurance
• The CAV GT by Auto Futura
• Ford GT inspired new products
• Gloster Car Company GTr460 Roadster
• GT40NZ Barchetta
• Dedication personified
• Replicas in the park
• Commissioned replica
• New Kid on the Block
• Eight - Life after forty
• More entrants, please
• Original, authentic, or something else
• Unrestored original
• Authentic restoration
• Authentic DIY rebuild or restoration
• Non-authentic rebuild or restoration
• Summary
• On the subject of data plates
• The first Ford GT twin set
• How was chassis no. 1009 reinvented?
• Other known twin sets
• Chassis no.1012
• 1012 version one
• 1012 version two
• Chassis no.1033
• Chassis no. 1048
• Chassis no.1040
• Chassis no.112
• Ford's own MkIII road car
• The Shelby Museum Collection
• the Blackhawk Collection
• Claude Nahum's Ford GTs
• Chassis no.1078
• Chassis no. 1016
• Ford GT Survivors in Europe
• Roll of Honour
• References
• Index