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Go Like Hell: Ford Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans signed by 8

2009 · réf. 031932 — Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009. SIGNED on the title page by 8 racing team drivers / mechanics / engineers -- all or mostly from the Shelby American team: Dan Gerber Allan Grant Phil Remington Gene Crowe Bob Bondurant Tom Yeager Lynwood Walt Hare and illegible first name Caldwell . SEE OUR PHOTOS. Some of these signatures are difficult to read. Please email to correct me if have any wrong. Gerber and Grant were closely associated with the Shelby American racing team and the development of the Shelby Cobra. Remington was the genius fabricator and Carroll Shelby's chief engineer. Crowe was the technially brilliant crew chief and mechanic with the Shelby American team. World class driver Bob Bondurant was a pivotable figure and technical expert for Carroll Shelby. He later trained Christian Bale for his acting role as Ken Miles in FORD VS FERRARI. Starting in 1965 Yeager raced the new Shelby GT350R for Carroll Shelby and in 1996 was named Driver of the Year. This book is the BASIS for the film FORD VS FERRARI. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips tears creases or fading. NOT price clipped $26.00. Square and tight. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom if ever read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. We have only this one copy but it is available now and ready to ship today from Henderson Nevada. Illustrated with 8 pages of photos some in full color. Index. Bound in the original black boards with a gilt-stamped gray spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "By the early 1960s Ford Motor Company built to bring automobile transportation to the masses was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves looking for speed not safety style not comfort and Ford didn’t offer what these young drivers wanted. Meanwhile Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European racing scene crafting beautiful fast sports cars that epitomized style. Baime tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design build and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game at the most prestigious and dangerous race in the world the 24 Hours of LeMans. Go Like Hell transports readers to a golden era in racing when Ford's innovative strategy led to victories on the track and renewed respect for the American automobile.". SIGNED on title page by Shelby team members. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xvi 304pp. 8 plates. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hardcover