The car was tested at MIRA in Lindley on the 8th, 12th and 14th of April, on the 16th it went to Silverstone and then finally it went to the 1964 Le Mans test on the 18th where it was crashed and written off by Jo Schlesser. Then it was rushed back to England to begin testing. The very first car, the original prototype.įinished on March 30 of 1964, it was presented to the press near Heathrow Airport and then was immediately flown to New York to be shown to the US motoring press. We will start at the beginning, the very first GT40 It went through many, many changes and revisions.ġ964 was a hard lesson and the schooling lasted well into 1965. Through many stumbles, it was decided that the 4.7L 289CI Mustang/Cobra engine would be better suited.īefore the car became a world beater, it had a lot of growing pains to endure. To start things off, the original GT40 was to be powered by the Ford Indy V8. I will try and just focus on only the cars that i have models of. We really don't have the space or format for the entire history. The story is very long with lots of twists and turns. Not satisfied with winning it once, Ford went back and did it again with a clean sheet design. It was the first and only fully funded, win at any cost 'war' on championship racing and especially winning at Le Mans.

The Ford GT program is a very interesting chapter in the history of auto racing.

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