I have heard the 40" story a number of times over the years. My (dim)
recollection is that the name originated with either Mr. Holman or Mr.
Moody.
Regards,
John Rosevear
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> Listers,
> Anyone out there have a source for the origin of 40 in GT40?
> Thanks.
> Mike
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> I was wondering. on the website
> "http://www.me.mtu.edu/~prater/GT40/GT40.html"; the following
> appears "The
> Ford GT-40 is so named due to it's overall height of 40
> inches." I saw an
> interview with the man Carol Shelby a few years ago and he
> said that he
> wasn't sure if they had named it GT40 due to its height being
> 40 inches. I
> was wondering if you had some source that would confirm that
> it was named
> for this (otherwise rather trivial) dimension.
>
> Thanks,
> Derek
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