Mozart: Violin concerto no. 5 in A major, KV 219
Friday, February 26, 2010
a cup of espresso.., Moon Bean Kensington Market Toronto Feb 25 2010
Mozart: Violin concerto no. 5 in A major, KV 219
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Ford Shelby GR-1 : Concept Coupe, 2010 Toronto Auto Show: Metro-Convention Center Feb 17 2010
The Carroll Shelby is not just an automotive success story- he is an American legend.
His courage, ingenuity, tenacity and grit have made him the driving force for racing programs, products and industries bearing his name around the world.
Canadian International Auto Show is featuring an exhibit of many of the exciting cars in which Carroll Shelby built his career, featuring up to 40 legendary Cobras and Shelby Mustangs that made his name legendary.
Shelby began racing sports card and winning in the mid 1950s, guiding MGs, Maseratis, Austin Healeys, Allards and Ferraris...
.. excerpted from 'Auto Show Official Programs' book
His courage, ingenuity, tenacity and grit have made him the driving force for racing programs, products and industries bearing his name around the world.
Canadian International Auto Show is featuring an exhibit of many of the exciting cars in which Carroll Shelby built his career, featuring up to 40 legendary Cobras and Shelby Mustangs that made his name legendary.
Shelby began racing sports card and winning in the mid 1950s, guiding MGs, Maseratis, Austin Healeys, Allards and Ferraris...
.. excerpted from 'Auto Show Official Programs' book
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Shelby's Ford GT 40 Mk. IV, Toronto Auto Show : Metro Toronto Convention Center Feb 17 2010
The Ford GT40 was a high performance sports car and winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans four times in a row, from 1966 to 1969 (in 1967 with a different body, though). It was built to win long-distance sports car races against Ferrari (who won at Le Mans six times in a row from 1960 to 1965). That car used the Gurney Weslake engine with the special alloy heads made by Weslake.
The car was named the GT (for Grand Touring) with the 40 representing its overall height of 40 inches (1.02 m, measured at the windshield) as required by the rules. Large displacement Ford V8 engines (4.7 L and 7 L) were used, compared with the Ferrari V12 which displaced 3.0 L or 4.0 L.
Early cars were simply named "Ford GT". The name "GT40" was the name of Ford's project to prepare the cars for the international endurance racing circuit, and the quest to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first 12 "prototype" vehicles carried serial numbers GT-101 through GT-112. The "production" began and the subsequent cars, the MkI, MkIIs, MkIIIs, and MkIVs, numbered GT40P/1000 through GT40P/1145, were officially "GT40s". The name of Ford's project, and the serial numbers dispel the story that "GT40" was "only a nickname."
In an effort to develop a car with better aerodynamics and lighter weight, it was decided to retain the 7 liter engine, but redesign the rest of the car. In order to bring the car more "in house" and lessening partnership with English firms, Ford Advanced Vehicles was sold to John Wyer and the new car was designed by Ford's studios and produced by Ford's subsidiary Kar Kraft under Ed Hull. There was also a partnership with the Brunswick Aircraft Corporation for expertise on the novel use of honeycomb aluminium panels bonded together to form a lightweight but rigid "tub". The car would make full use of the new and more liberal Appendix J regulations for race car construction, and was therefore known as the J-car.
The first J-car was completed in March, 1966 and set the fastest time at the Le Mans trials that year. The tub weighed only 86 lb (39 kg), and the entire car weighed only 2,660 lb (1,210 kg), 300 lb (140 kg) less than the Mk II. It was decided to run the MkIIs due to their proven reliability, however, and little or no development was done on the J-car for the rest of the season. Following LeMans, the development program for the J-car was resumed, and a second car was built. During a test session at Riverside International Raceway in August 1966, with Ken Miles driving, the car suddenly went out of control at the end of Riverside's high-speed, 1-mile-long back straight. The honeycomb chassis did not live up to its design goal, shattering upon impact, bursting into flames and killing Miles. It was decided that the unique, flat-topped "bread van" aerodynamics of the car, lacking any sort of spoiler, were implicated in generating excess lift, and a more conventional but significantly more aerodynamic body was designed for the Mk IV. A total of ten J-cars were constructed in America by Shelby.
.. wikipedia.org
The car was named the GT (for Grand Touring) with the 40 representing its overall height of 40 inches (1.02 m, measured at the windshield) as required by the rules. Large displacement Ford V8 engines (4.7 L and 7 L) were used, compared with the Ferrari V12 which displaced 3.0 L or 4.0 L.
Early cars were simply named "Ford GT". The name "GT40" was the name of Ford's project to prepare the cars for the international endurance racing circuit, and the quest to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first 12 "prototype" vehicles carried serial numbers GT-101 through GT-112. The "production" began and the subsequent cars, the MkI, MkIIs, MkIIIs, and MkIVs, numbered GT40P/1000 through GT40P/1145, were officially "GT40s". The name of Ford's project, and the serial numbers dispel the story that "GT40" was "only a nickname."
In an effort to develop a car with better aerodynamics and lighter weight, it was decided to retain the 7 liter engine, but redesign the rest of the car. In order to bring the car more "in house" and lessening partnership with English firms, Ford Advanced Vehicles was sold to John Wyer and the new car was designed by Ford's studios and produced by Ford's subsidiary Kar Kraft under Ed Hull. There was also a partnership with the Brunswick Aircraft Corporation for expertise on the novel use of honeycomb aluminium panels bonded together to form a lightweight but rigid "tub". The car would make full use of the new and more liberal Appendix J regulations for race car construction, and was therefore known as the J-car.
.. wikipedia.org
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