When Ford's attempt to buy Ferrari fell through, the US car giant embarked on a program to beat the famous Italian marque at the world's most prestigious race, the Le Mans 24 Hours. It was quite a battle. Ford's challenger was the GT40, which placed 1-2-3 at Le Mans in 1966 and won the next three consecutive years. This classic book about the GT40 - fastest sports racing car of its day - has been redesigned, expanded and updated to meet pent-up demand that has pushed the value of the original 1985 edition higher and higher.

John Allen has an internationally-renowned collection of sports car photographs. He lives in England, but has recently retired from full-time work to focus on making his collection better known to the world. Gordon Jones was brought up in Sussex between the Brighton Speed Trials and Goodwood.