Book showing some original GT40s

[Historybuff]

Only a few of the autographed versions were available when the Daytona book came out. You might have had to order them in advance. I remember talking to Pete Brock about the Daytona book who told me unbound signatures (16 pages at a time which are folded into a book) were taken to Europe by someone involved in the project and carried around to the race drivers & such who autographed the book. This round about tour of the Continent must have cost thousands just in fuel & hotel costs. So when you get one autographed by people like Dan Gurney and various European drivers, you are paying for the privilege of having a book they recognize as telling the story like it is (was). I think someday there will be a 10-lb. coffee table book on Cobra racing but pricewise it will have to be around $150-$300 to cover everything. Until that's done The Cobra-Ferrari Wars is a good one that's still only $100. You can carry it around to car events and occasionally find an ex-Shelby driver or mechanic who can autograph it, each autograph adding to its value (to my mind anyhow).