The intense teamwork, the glorious victories, the heartbreaking crashes-the whole exhilarating and unmatched experience of the Shelby American racing effort of the 1960s comes roaring to life in this book, in Dave Friedman's fabulous photographs and in the revealing first-person accounts of those who were there. In lively anecdotes and incomparable pictures, Shelby GT40 covers the Shelby team's GT racing program from 1964 to 1967-from Shelby's California shop and early test sessions to Ford's all-out assault on Le Mans and its all-American victory in 1967, featuring Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt. Foyt and Gurney are only two of the legends whose voices and stories animate this book, along with other giants of racing such as Carroll Shelby, Bruce McLaren, Bob Bondurant, Mario Andretti, Chris Amon, Carroll Smith, and more.
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The whole exhilarating and unmatched experience of the Shelby American racing effort of the 1960s comes roaring to life in this book, in Dave Friedman’s fabulous photographs and the revealing first-person accounts of those who were there. Featuring the voices and stories of A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney, Carroll Shelby, Bruce McLaren, Bob Bondurant, Mario Andretti, Chris Amon, Carroll Smith, and more; updated to reflect the history and legacy of the GT40’s victories, and to include even more rare material and photographs, this is the ultimate book about the Shelby GT.
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Photographer and author Dave Friedman has been shooting motor racing since the 1950s. In the 1960s he was the official team photographer for Shelby-American. Mr. Friedman has authored several books on auto racing history, including Chapparral: Can-Am & Prototype Race Cars; Trans-Am: The Pony Car Wars 1966-1972; Lola; Pro Sports Car Racing in America 1958-1974, and many more. He lives in Newport Beach, California.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Ford's assault on Le Mans,
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This review is from: Shelby GT40: Shelby American Original Archives 1964-1967 Including GT40, Mk. II, Mk. IV, and More (Hardcover)
I became a fan of the Ford GT's on a sunday morning in June of 1966. I was 13 years old. Up early before my parents I turn on the T.V. to try to find some cartoons and lo and behold there in living color is the 24 hours of Le Mans. I did'nt really know much about it though the name Le Mans did mean something to me. I was enthralled. As the Ford Mk.II's finished 1,2,3, I became a Ford fan forever. This book recaptures those days and Ford's epic assault on Le Mans in pictures and captions. From the beginning of the program to the all-american victory in 1967 by Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt in the Mk.IV. My only complaint is that the book ends abruptly with that victory. Boom. But like the jacket says, "to take a look inside is to take a trip back in time." And what a time it was.
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Great Pictures by an "Insider",
This review is from: Shelby GT40: Shelby American Original Archives 1964-1967 Including GT40, Mk. II, Mk. IV, and More (Hardcover)
This book makes a great addition to anyone's GT40 collection. Friedman's pictures document not just the races, but a fair amount of the preparation necessary to get the cars in shape for competition.As a pervious review mentioned, the coverage stops right after Ford's 1967 Le Mans win, thereby totally ignoring the JWA/Gulf era, but in all fairness, Shelby wasn't involved in those years. This is a book about the *Shelby* GT40 afterall. I especially enjoyed some of the coverage of the GT40's competitors: Ferrari, Chapperal, and Porsche. This made the book just a little richer.
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GT 40 Book,
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This review is from: Shelby GT40: The Shelby American Original Color Archives (Motorbooks Classics) (Paperback)
I bought this book after buying Go Like Hell by Albert Baime; which I highly reccomend. GT 40 has lot's of great information on the GT 40.
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