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    PA and together, the JW Automotive and Porsche engineers came up with the idea of a more upswept tail (as on the 917PA). The JW team had had similar high...
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    After the success in 1966, John Wyer and Ford had split amicably. J.W. Automotive had purchased the Ford Advanced Vehicles facility and set about adapting...
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    John Wyer (redirect from J. W. Automotive)
    after the 1966 season, and John Wyer and John Willment formed J.W. Automotive Engineering Ltd (JWA) to take over the Slough factory and continued to build...
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  • Wilment of J.W. Automotive Engineering to continue to produce a limited number of GT40s, the Mk V, during the 1980s. At which time, Safir Engineering applied...
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    Ford GT40 (section J-car)
    under an agreement with Walter Hayes of Ford and John Wilmont of J.W. Automotive Engineering, owned the GT40 trademark at that time, and when they completed...
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    Shelby American (category Automotive motorsports and performance companies)
    Sportscar Championship, transferring control back to John Wyer's J.W. Automotive Engineering (JWA). JWA GT40s won the 1968 and 1969 races at Le Mans, giving...
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    David Hobbs Honda, in Glendale, Wisconsin, which was sold to the Van Horn Automotive Group in March 2023. His youngest son, Guy, worked for Speed as a pit...
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    supposedly obsolete car, Porsche contracted John Wyer and his Gulf-J.W. Automotive Engineering Team to become the official works-supported team and development...
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  • American manufacturer (formerly Johnson Wax/Worldwide Associates) J.W. Automotive Engineering Ltd, John Wyer's English racecar maker Jewish Women's Archive...
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    International Sports Car Championship 1967 Jacky Ickx Dick Thompson J.W. Automotive Engineering Mirage M1-Ford 5:09:46.500 1,000 km (620 mi) International Championship...
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