New book from Motorbooks on GT40
 

Maybe this one will tell where the X1 is buried...



Here's the publisher's description:
MOTORBOOKS
9780760347874
Pub Date: 11/1/15
$60.00
224 Pages
150 color & 150 b/w photos
Ford GT40
How Ford Silenced the Critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans
Preston Lerner, Dave Friedman
Get the whole story on the car built to beat the worldFord's
GT40.
Henry Ford II, "the Deuce," wanted a race car capable of winning topflight
sports car events in Europe.
Specifically, he wanted to win Le Mans. Ford learned that Enzo Ferrari would consider selling his company and
negotiations quickly ensued. But after Ford spent considerable time and money reviewing Ferrari's operations and
negotiating with Enzo, Ferrari abruptly backed out of the talks.
The Deuce took Ferrari's actions as a personal insult. Word was sent down from on high: beat Ferrari. Ford
settled on UKbased
Eric Broadley's Lola GT, a cuttingedge
car that featured a midengine
chassis and smallblock
Ford V8
power. The Lola GT would morph into the Ford GT. Carroll Shelby helped shape it into the "Mark
II" GT40. The result was one of the most legendary wins in racing history: Ford's 123
sweep of Le Mans in
1966.
Ford GT40 celebrates the 50th anniversary of Ford's iconic victory, providing the detailed back story leading to
that historic win, as well as the followup
win in 1967. The GT40's last two competitive...
Summary
Preston Lerner, a regular contributor to Automobile magazine, has written about motorsports for publications
Contributor Bio
ranging from Sports Illustrated to the New York Times. Lerner has coauthored
Motorbooks titles Winning: The
Racing Life of Paul Newman and History's Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed with
Matt Stone.
Dave Friedman was Shelby American's official photographer in the 1960s, accompanying the team to races all
around the world. He is a longtime motorsports and filmstill
photographer and the author of several motor racing
books, as well as a photography contributor to dozens more. Friedman lives in Newport Beach, California.
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MY COMMENT
I quibble with their description of the GT40 being based on the Lola, and also with Friedman saying he shot races for Ford all over the world.
I met Ford's official race photographer in Dearborn at Ford and his name wasn't Dave Friedman. But I'll review the book, like to read those Mysteries and Rumors...hope he reveals where they buried the X1 (I am guessing Marina del Rey...)