Well ... the way Brock Yates tells it in *his* bio of Enzo (a good
read, even if, or perhaps *becasue*, it paints a sometimes unflattering
but seemingly consistent image of the man) is that Enzo insisted
that he be able to run the racing efforts without interference from Detroit.
Henry Ford couldn't stomach this and wouldn't agree; Enzo
ended the discussions quite curtly.
And yes, this was the impetus behind Ford getting seriously into
endurance racing and dumping cubic tons of dollars into the program,
eventually yielding the all-conquering GT40.
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