Ford GT40 Anthology A unique compilation of stories about these most iconic cars

by Allen, John; Endeacott, Colin Graham

• ISBN13: 9781787115767
• ISBN10: 1787115763
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-05-31
• Publisher: Veloce Publishing

Summary

Ford GT40 Anthology is a new and unique compilation of feature articles about the iconic GT40, all accompanied by a host of old and new photographs. While not a 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.

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 some of which are totally new. None are currently available in any other book.

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.

Author Biography

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, later running his own accountancy and audit practice, while moonlighting as a freelance photographer for magazines and books. John's 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).

Colin Endeacott built his own replica GT40 about 25 years ago, and is currently engaged in rebuilding the same GT40 to be a more accurate replica. He has spent many years helping and advising on the restoration of numerous original GT40s, and sourcing many hard-to-find original parts. 

Table of Contents

Chapters supplied by JS Allen (see separate list for chapters written by co-author)
- Appendix J
- Barney's Beauty (photographing a GT40 road car)
- The Competitors (1) Chaparral
- The Competitors (2) Ferrari
- The Competitors (3) Porsche
- Dead Heat (Le Mans 1966)
- The Engine That Came Back from the Dead
- The DNA of a GT40 - Homologating the GT40
- The Story of J-10
- JWAE and its finances
- Mr Mirage (the cars of John H Horsman)
- Pozzoli's Place (a GT40 in a ittle known car collection in France)
-Running the Gauntlet (scrutineering a GT40 at Le Mans) 
- The Saga of GT40 1000
- Special Vintage (a GT40 in a vineyard)
- The Car, the Mans and the Kidnap (a GT40 owned by a kidnapper)
- The Last, the Very last, GT40 (the story of how 1086 came about)
- A La Recherche d'un Homme Perdu (lookinig for Ken Miles)
- The Mark V story
- White Lightning (on on-track ride in a Ford MkIV)
- What's in a Name 1 (the origins of the name)
- What's in a name 2 (the inside story of how the new Ford GT did not become a GT40
- The 4-cam myth
- The Filipinetti Forties
- A Photo Pot Pourri