Tailpiece
The article in last month's Motor Sport on Basil Davenport's G.N. Spider aroused enormous interest and recalled that golden age of the home-built sprint special, the late '20s and early…
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS
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Special thanks to the following for helping with this issue
Lawrence Mason, the owner of the Superformance GT40, Jean-Pierre Jabouille for his time and
Tony Jardine for the chance to do Rally GB.
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To convey a Britishness around a famously American car for our GT40 shoot we sourced a vintage Union Flag and contacted Le Mans Coupes – the UK agent for official Shelby continuation maker Superformance – to gain access to an immaculate MKII recreation. While not a full original, the car bears an official GT40/P chassis number and is on the GT40 registry.
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