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Shelby GT40: The Shelby American Original Color Archives (Hardcover)

~ Dave Friedman (Author) "On a cold, dark, rainy day in mid-December 1 964, the whole face of Shelby American changed forever..." (more)
Key Phrases: test weekend, final pit stop, deck lid, Ken Miles, Carroll Smith, Shelby American (more...)

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Shelby GT40 Dave Friedman Subtitled: Shelby American Original Archives 1964-1967 Including GT4, Mk.II, Mk.IV, and More. Official Shelby American team photographer, Dave Friedman, presents rare color photos that chronicle the entire unknown story of the development, production, and racing of Carroll Shelbys famous Ford GT4. From Shelbys California shop and early test sessions to the victory stand at Le Mans, its all here inhistorical photographs and the words of race legends such as Carroll Shelby, Dan Gurney, Bruce McLa ren, A.J. Foyt, Bob Bondurant, Mario Andretti, Chris Amon, Carroll Smith and more. You did a hell ofa job with this book. Carroll Shelby. I loved it. Carroll Smith.

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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.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (August 20, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760300135
ISBN-13: 978-0760300138
Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 10 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #943,544 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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On a cold, dark, rainy day in mid-December 1 964, the whole face of Shelby American changed forever. Read the first page

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test weekend, final pit stop, deck lid

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Ken Miles, Carroll Smith, Shelby American, Bob Bondurant, Phil Remington, Dan Gurney, John Ohlsen, Carroll Shelby, Charlie Agapiou, Chris Amon, Ron Butler, Bill Eaton, Phil Hill, Ronnie Bucknum, Gordon Chance, John Collins, Jack Hoare, Steele Therkleson, Lloyd Ruby, Frank Lance, Mario Andretti, Leo Beebe, Walt Hansgen, Lucien Bianchi, The Miles

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ford's assault on Le Mans, September 18, 1999

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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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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Pictures by an "Insider", August 20, 2001

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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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