Daves69Coupe
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Just finished this book last night, great read learned alot about the Ford vs Ferrari rivalry of the 60's. I would recommend it to any car guy, gear head etc. Im not a big reader at all but this book was worth the time.
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"Go Like hell" by AJ Baime
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70_Fastback
Hell Bent for Speed
Cool.
But why don't you give us the cliff notes version?
But why don't you give us the cliff notes version?
Jonk67
Well-Known Member
I've been looking for reading material for the throne room, sounds perfect, thanks,
Jon
Jon
2ndgen
Member
"Jonk67" said:
I don't know... sounds like a scary title for bathroom reading! :scar
-Rory
Daves69Coupe
Member
Cliff notes version:
By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather’s company with little business experience to speak of, knew he had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari, whose cars epitomized style, lorded over the European racing scene. He crafted beautiful sports cars, “science fiction on wheels,� but was also called “an Assassin� because so many drivers perished while racing them.
Go Like Hell 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 car builder, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent Ford Motor 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 brutal race in the world—the 24 Hours of Le Mans—something no American car had ever done.
Go Like Hell transports readers to a risk-filled glorious time in this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists, the cars they built, and the “pilots� who would drive them to victory, or doom.
By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather’s company with little business experience to speak of, knew he had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari, whose cars epitomized style, lorded over the European racing scene. He crafted beautiful sports cars, “science fiction on wheels,� but was also called “an Assassin� because so many drivers perished while racing them.
Go Like Hell 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 car builder, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent Ford Motor 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 brutal race in the world—the 24 Hours of Le Mans—something no American car had ever done.
Go Like Hell transports readers to a risk-filled glorious time in this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists, the cars they built, and the “pilots� who would drive them to victory, or doom.