This historic 1966 Ford GT40 MkII made its racing debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring. It also raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans of the same year but had to retire after 12 laps. Indianapolis’s ...
RM Sotheby’s will sell a Ford GT40 Mk II on behalf of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum at its upcoming Miami auction The car raced in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Ford famously ...
Shelby also ran the first MK II at Le Mans in June of '65 ... Currently, P/1074 is fitted with an original, period correct GT40 Ford 289 cubic inch V-8 with Gurney-Weslake cylinder heads, four ...
Photo: Mecum Auctions He joined the GT40 Owners Club, took the Ford to the track, and raced it in the early 1970s. He participated in the Le Mans pre-race parade and ran a six-hour relay race at ...
Charlotte, North Carolina — The golden era of Ford racing is coming back. For the first time since the legendary GT40 dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France from 1966-1969, Ford Motor Co ...
Its ancestor, the GT40 Mk.II, won the first official 24 Hours of Daytona back in 1966, and then went on to stun the world with the incredible podium sweep at Le Mans. Ford won at Daytona six more ...
Most classic Ferraris fetch top dollar at auctions these days, but what about an example that won overall at Le Mans ... with include a 1966 Ford GT40 Mk II, a 1957 Chevrolet Corvette SS Project ...
One of the 8 historic Ford GT 40s that entered the 1966 Le Mans race is heading to the auction block and it’s going to be expensive ...