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Empty handed on his return to detroit fords point man don frey was told by henry ford ii to go to le mans and beat his ass or so the legend goes.

2016 ford f150 lifted for sale. The gt40 in the movie is not an actual ford gt40 but a replica built solely for the movie. 1965 ford gt40 mark i new rules taking effect for the 1966 season dictated that at least 50 examples had to be made to run the gt competition class. By the end of the 1965 specification was finalized and production versions of the gt40s began with chassis gt40p1000.

The result was the gt40 a car that. The gt recalls fords historically significant gt40 a consecutive four time winner of the 24 hours of le mans 19661969. A sparsely worded newswire release was issued on may 22 1963 noting ford motor company and ferrari wish to indicate with reference to recent reports of their negotiations toward a possible collaboration that such negotiations have been suspended by mutual agreement.

With a light yet powerful design this is what true innovation looks like the gt gives you the purest driving experience. Rcr supplied gt40s to ford vs ferrari movie. Get updates see specs features more.

The range was powered by a series of american built ford v8 engines modified for racing. The origins of the ford gt40 and the victory at le mans in 1966. The ford gt40 is an american high performance endurance racing car.

This was a major step for a. The mk i mk ii and mk iii variants were designed and built in england based upon the british lola mk6. Small block aluminium ford v8 and zf transaxle.

The ford gt is a mid engine two seater sports car manufactured and marketed by american automobile manufacturer ford for the 2005 model year in conjunction with the companys 2003 centenary. The ford gt40 history starts after ford failed to acquire ferrari when angered henry ford ii stated that he wanted to win le mans in 1966. Introducing the next generation of supercar the 2018 ford gt.

2009 ford gt40 genuine rcr replica mk1. The gt40 took ford its first win in a 1 2 3 finish in the 1966 le mans race. In real life the ford gt40 competed in the 24 hours of le mans races being built by ford to defeat ferrari after a deal went wrong.

The second generation ford gt became available for the 2017 model year.