The legendary Ford GT 40... and why it was not successful on the road
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Summary
The Ford GT 40 is rightly regarded as one of the most successful sports cars of all time and, as the drivers of the time assure us, also one of the most comfortable for covering long distances. It was therefore only natural to derive road vehicles from the racing car. But here success fell by the wayside, only a few were built, most of which were eventually converted into racing cars anyway. This report tells the story of the Ford GT 40 and the two road-going versions and looks at a one-off that should have definitively positioned the GT 40 as a luxury sports car. The report is illustrated with over 120 photos, some of which have never been seen before.
This article contains the following chapters
- Ford versus Ferrari
- Pragmatic cooperation
- Over-engineering
- Fast and comfortable
- Presentation at the 1964 New York Auto Show
- Racing debut at the Nürburgring in 1964
- Total failure at Le Mans 1964
- Success after success, victory after victory
- Special version for everyday use
- Difficult entry and only a view to the front
- The most exciting toy on four wheels
- A Graber luxury version without a future
- The road-going GT Mark III
- On board the last Mark III built
- Disregarded back then, revered today
- The more successful descendant Ford GT
- Excerpt from the chassis number list
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 14min
Preview (beginning of the article)
In 1963, Henry Ford II launched a motorsport program to defeat the dominant Ferraris in the most prestigious race on the old continent, Le Mans. Within a year, a vehicle was created that was exactly 40 inches (around 1,029 mm) high and was therefore given the name GT 40. In fact, the Ford GT 40 won four times in a row between 1966 and 1969. Road cars were also derived from the racing car and even there they were superior in terms of performance to the sports cars from Ferrari and Porsche, but were still not a commercial success. In the early 1960s, Ford broke away from the agreement between American manufacturers not to race under their own flag and built a V8 4.2-liter for Indianapolis that catapulted a Lotus to second place in 1963 and powered the top five finishers in 1965.
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