ProjectSix :: 23/04/03 :: 8:00 - 9:00pm :: CAV GT40
- 1 hour special

Mark Evans

- builds a modern day replica of the classic race car the Ford GT40 - so called because it stands a mere 40 inches off the ground.

Amanda Stretton

- meets 1996 World Sportscar Champion Ray Bellm and visits a Dream Racing garage.

- takes a trip through France to Le Mans with the GT40 owners club which includes a chap who has shipped his car to France from Australia.

- goes to meet the man who won Le Mans in 1969 - legendary racing driver Jacky Ickx.

- meets John Horsman who worked on the original GT40 project.

- takes a trip to S Africa to meet the man who has had his own dream come true owning his very own race car factory.

- drives a £375,000 original - 1 of only 7 in the world.

 
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