{"id":22768,"date":"2021-12-23T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=22768"},"modified":"2021-12-23T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:00:18","slug":"gt40-chronicle-from-veloce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/gt40-chronicle-from-veloce\/","title":{"rendered":"GT40 CHRONICLE FROM VELOCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/V5576_full_size_300dpi-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-22769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/V5576_full_size_300dpi-copy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new and unique compilation of stories about the iconic GT40, all accompanied by a host of old and new photographs. While not a traditional history of the GT40, each individual story will give the reader new insights into the car\u2019s design and development, as well as some fascinating racing tales and previously well-kept secrets divulged.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters include an explanation of the mysteries of Appendix J and its impact on the design of the Mirage and MkIV GT40; a detailed scrutineering report on GT40P\/1075 at Le Mans; some untold truths behind the 2005 name controversy; and the unrecorded engine swap which enabled a GT40 to race \u2013 and finish \u2013 at the Le Mans 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The book contains information that at last shows that Ford did really install the Indy quad-cam engine in the development of the GT40. It explains in detail how GT40-builder JWAE was structured, and what its accounts looked like: the fascinating facts concerning the financial aspects of the GT40-building business are revealed.<\/p>\n<p>AVAILABLE NOW from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veloce.co.uk\/\">www.veloce.co.uk<\/a> at \u00a360<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A new and unique compilation of stories about the iconic GT40, all accompanied by a host of old and new photographs. While not a traditional <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/gt40-chronicle-from-veloce\/\" title=\"GT40 CHRONICLE FROM VELOCE\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}