{"id":459538,"date":"2001-08-01T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2001-08-01T19:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=116950"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:35:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:35:19","slug":"promise-fulfilled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/promise-fulfilled\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Art &#8211; Wally Thomason&#8217;s &#8220;Promise Fulfilled&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Promise Fulfilled Artwork<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wally Thomason conjures an image of Brooks, Vandervell and the tumultuous B.R.M effort.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For all the effort, expense and heartache generated by the committee at BRM, it fell to the clear, single-minded vision of one man, G.A. \u201cTony\u201d Vandervell, to bring Britain its first World Constructor\u2019s Championship. 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