Blue Oval et al Ferraris: Ford and other American-engined Ferraris from the 1950s and 1960s
By Randy Cook
176 pages, 250 photos
$39.95 USD plus shipping
ISBN 978-0-692-50170-2
Review by Brandes Elitch
“If you haven’t grasped it yet, everything you write needs to be researched.” – Stefan Vucak
Randy Cook should need no introduction to regular readers as his previous book, “Bowtie Ferraris” was reviewed here by both this author and Michael Lynch. It told the history of 71 small block Chevy (SBC) powered cars, some of which were quite famous and had a distinguished race history. In spite of the voluminous amount of writing that has appeared on Ferraris, (probably more “scholarly research” has been written about Ferrari than any other single marque) nobody had ever tackled this subject, at least not using rigorous historical research. It is not an exaggeration that the first book changed the way that many people look at Ferraris. What Randy Cook did is to illustrate the “important and undeniable fact of Ferrari history that the temporary power of American engines saved many of the early cars, some quite significant, from being crushed and lost forever.” Make no mistake – these are the most valuable Ferraris, the early cars, and the race cars. Taken as a whole with the first book, this is an extraordinary piece of research. [Read more…] about Blue Oval et al Ferraris Review