Ford GT40
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Fifty years ago, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] together with Shelby American secured a historic 1-2-3 finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a trio of GT40 MkII racers. While Ford is celebrating the anniversary with its new GT, entering the car in this year’s race, Superformance, which has a license to build replicas of the original GT40, is celebrating the anniversary with a series of special edition GT40 MkII replicas. ALSO SEE: Pagani Huayra BC Leaked Superformance plans to build just 20 examples, each of them an exact visual replica of the Le Mans-winning cars—right down to...
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Replica Ford GT40 From ‘Fast Five’ Heads To AuctionFans of the 2011 movie Fast Five will immediately recognize this Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT40. It’s a replica built exclusively for filming of the fifth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise and featured prominently at the start of the movie, during the train heist scene. Now...
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1965 Ford GT40 Roadster Prototype In Detail: Video
A 1965 Ford GT40 roadster prototype will cross the block at the RM Auctions Monterey sale.
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First 2015 Corvette Z06 Fetches $1 Million At Auction, 1964 Ford GT40 Prototype Sells For $7 Million
General Motors offered up the first retail 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 to the highest bidder during a Barrett-Jackson event at the Collector Car Auction in Palm Beach, Florida over the weekend. The winning bidder, NASCAR team owner and avid Corvette collector Rick Hendrick, ended up bidding $1...
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1964 Ford GT40 Prototype, Other Rare Cars Hit Mecum Auction
If you've always wanted a Ford GT40, then keep your eyes on Mecum Auctions next month as a rare 1964 prototype model is set to cross the block. ALSO SEE: Full Specs On Callaway's 652-Horsepower Supercharged Camaro Z/28 The stunning vehicle is listed as GT/104, the forth ever prototype of the car...
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Ford GT40 Mk I Unearthed In Southern California Garage
Who doesn't love a good barn find story, even if it takes place in a garage?
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While the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is best known for its superb selection of historically significant and interesting automobiles (and its perpetually idyllic weather), Bill Warner and his staff also manage to produce some of the best automotive and motorsport-related seminars we’ve ever attended. This year’s event, the 18th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, is no exception to this rule. Planned seminars include one honoring the 50th anniversary of the Corvette Stingray’s design and a second on the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911, but the one...
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2013 Goodwood Revival To Honor 50 Years Of The Ford GT40
In 1963, the Ford Motor Company came very close to acquiring Ferrari, which was (discreetly) up for sale. Ford spent a significant amount of time and money conducting due diligence, and the deal was close to signing when Ferrari suddenly broke off negotiations. Under the terms demanded by Ford...
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1965 Ford GT40 Expected To Hit $3 Million At Auction
In 1963, the Ford Motor Company very nearly became the owner of Ferrari. Ford reportedly invested millions of dollars on due diligence, only to have Enzo Ferrari back out of the deal after learning his cars would be ineligible to compete in the Indy 500 under Ford’s ownership. That...
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Update: Ford GT40 That Crashed In Tennessee Is A Replica
It turns out that the Ford GT40 that met its demise over the weekend when its driver lost control on a highway in Tennessee in the rain isn't the real deal but a replica made to look like an original 1966 model. The owner of the car, a resident of North Carolina, is said to have been traveling at...
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Steve McQueen 'Le Mans' Film Car 1968 Ford GT40 Heads To Auction At RM Monterey
It's hard to believe, but Pebble Beach and its assorted festivities are just around the corner again. On August 17-18, two fantastic examples of the Ford GT40 will cross the auction block at RM Auctions' Monterey event--one of which was used to film Steve McQueen's film Le Mans. The McQueen film...
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Rare Ford GT40 Mk I Up For Sale
Ford’s GT40 racer was built with one goal in mind: to take on Ferrari and beat them on the race tracks of Europe. To that end, the GT40 was phenomenally successful, winning at Le Mans for four successive years and racking up an impressive string of victories on both sides of the Atlantic...
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One of the rarest cars we’ve seen in a long time will go on the auction block later this month at the 2011 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy. The car is the 1965 Ford GT40 Works Prototype Roadster, one of just five examples ever built and believed to have been lost for the past 40 years. Virtually any American auto enthusiast can tell the story of the legendary GT40 but few know the origins of the GT40 Roadster. This particular model is chassis number GT/111, the 10th car built after the original GT40, which featured chassis number GT/101, and one of 12 GT40...
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Shelby Distribution commemorative Ford GT40 MkII
In celebration of Carroll Shelby’s 85th birthday, Shelby Distribution USA under license from Shelby, will build a limited run of replicas of the original 1966 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT40 race car. The original cars are credited with wins in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they took...
Kenneth Hall
