I photographed the Le Mans winning Look a like MKIV built in the late 1980's on one of the two remaining J tubs. It was being painted in Farborough and we had to extract the painters' 6 year old son from the cockpit of the car he got in but had difficulty getting out. I thought that the...
Funnily enough Jerry Titus car when sold years ago was name the Cougar or T-10 as well as being called the King Cobra by association with Shelby. This name was used for the Shelby team 1964 Cooper V8 Monaco type 61? And if it had raced Peter Brocks De Thomaso T70.
Regards Allan
I did not meet him but saw him at the Lola anniversary at Huntingdon Gave my book the "Ford that beat Ferrari" to lady to give to him for a autograph. It came back with John Surtees autograph the Ferrari works driver. I do not think that he was a Ford fan after the way they treated him. My...
Dave I was photographing one of the spare J chassis in the mid 1980's that was made up as a lookalike MKIV 1967 winner.Turned out to be numbered J-12. The painters 6 years old was allowed to sit in it but he needed help in getting out. This was mainly due to the MKIV dash panel which stuck out...
I have a life and I am not being bullied by your viewpoint. Religion is a belief; politics has nothing to do with it. Religions do not cause wars. Its Power that causes wars. Religion is high jacked and used as a end to the means to get power. If the whole world was Atheist or agonostic there...
Its the GT40 Silverstone Event in the late 1980/90's I should remember I was there getting a ride round Silverstone before the circuit was changed in GT40P/1006 1965 FAV entry at Le Mans Yes the MKIV is Rod Leaches J-12 built from one of the two spare tubs left in the 1980's The other J-11 was...
Mike I have nothing against Eric Broadley or the Lola GT MKVI. But would have they (Ford) been more successful having a Lola GT MKVII?
1) Your comments might be true if the Ford GT40 project was only a race car. But for Ford it was a road car. 7 MKIII and 31 MKI's
2) In 1966 Alan Manns...