Competition cars have a mystique and charisma that is not hard to explain. As road-going vehicles they are eminently suitable, still giving excitement to their drivers today - even when compared with far more modern machinery. As competition vehicles they are legendary, their almost total dominance of the 'Tour de France' races of the 1950s, resulting in that name being adopted, wholly unofficially, to describe the type - the 250GT Tour de France. Within the pages of this book can be found the story of these magnificent machines, told by a present-day owner/driver and arch-enthusiast of the model, John Starkey. The text is accompanied by 125 photos, including 8 pages of color.
