Ford J Car 1966, 1967 Ford Gt40 Mk Iv J 7 Shelby American Collection

The lightweight monocoque chassis lacked a proper roll bar early on and as shelby american found out after ken miles deadly crash at riverside in august of 66.

Ford escape oil reset 2017. This car took second place overall all three top finishers were ford gt40s in the 1966 24 hours of le mansthe 1 car was driven by ken miles and denny hulme and together with the 2 car driven by bruce mclarenchris amon 1st overall and 5 car driven by bucknumhutcherson 3rd overall gave ford its first victory in a 24 hour race. Unlike the previous versions of the gt40 the j car was built in the usa by kar kraft. 1 description 2 usa versions 3 hong kong versions 4 retooled versions 5 see also with the continuing success of the gt40 mki and mkii for the 1966 season ford sought to make a lighter and more aerodynamic version of the gt40.

Ford gt40 mk ii front. It still retained the 427ci 70l big block from. 1966 ford j in detail submitted by richard owen displacement 6998 cc 4270 in3 power 4101 kw 550 bhp specific output 7859 bhp per litre bhpweight 59783 bhp per tonne f brake size mm in r brake size mm in curb weight 920 kg 2028 lbs wheelbase 2410 mm.

The outfit sounds like a hot rod shop but it is in fact a supplier of tooling parts to ford. Images of the re created ford j car from 1966 built originally by the team of mike teske and the staff at kar kraft. Sep 6 2015 1.

Ford j car at daytona 1966. That is ken miles in 1966 doing testing at daytona in the ford j car. The result was the ford j car.

Created for the then new appendix j regulations for 1966 the j car was built by the ford owned kar kraft engineering in effort bring fords le mans program in house. 1966 ford j car the bad. When fords advanced concepts department was looking around for an outside shop where they could build their wild creations kar.

Ferrari miles son peter who idolizes his dad is there on august 16 1966 at the riverside raceway along with carroll shelby to work on the experimental ford j car that is being developed so. This design had some major aerodynamic flaws that became readily apparent a few months later during testing at riverside california when the car looped at high speed then flipped and ejected miles from the car killing him instantly. The j car is built at kar kraft in dearborn.