Gee,
At lunch today I picked up the Octane with the GT40s on the cover (go figure...) and just read the "interview" with Carroll Shelby. Interestingly he says "there never was a 'GT40' . It was a figment of the British press.." and "Some outfit copyrighted the name 'GT40' and tried to sell it back to Ford lately for millions of dollars."
So I guess all those parts JimmyMac has with "GT40" cast into them are phony then? After all, they can't really exist as they are "figments" of the British press!
And what a backhanded slap at Safir. As Mr. Wood has posted here the story of his negoiations with Ford, I find an apology from CS to Safir would not be out of order. Oh, yeah, that will happen, right after Winston Churchill and James Dean show up at the corner pub together!
Other than that, nice article and interesting pictures.
Rick
At lunch today I picked up the Octane with the GT40s on the cover (go figure...) and just read the "interview" with Carroll Shelby. Interestingly he says "there never was a 'GT40' . It was a figment of the British press.." and "Some outfit copyrighted the name 'GT40' and tried to sell it back to Ford lately for millions of dollars."
So I guess all those parts JimmyMac has with "GT40" cast into them are phony then? After all, they can't really exist as they are "figments" of the British press!
And what a backhanded slap at Safir. As Mr. Wood has posted here the story of his negoiations with Ford, I find an apology from CS to Safir would not be out of order. Oh, yeah, that will happen, right after Winston Churchill and James Dean show up at the corner pub together!
Other than that, nice article and interesting pictures.
Rick