A year before Ford's glorious 1-2-3 finish al Le Mans things were not looking all that great with the GT40 racer. In a bid to improve the car, the Blue Oval shipped a number of unfinished race ...

The first owner was James Fielding, chairman of Heenan & Froude, the company that manufactured the dynamometers used by Shelby American for testing GT40s. He reportedly sold the car in 1971 to his ...

The original Ford GT40 was the sports car that etched itself ... the new Ford Chip Ganassi Racing GT won the LM GTE Pro category at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, proving that the competitive spirit ...

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Back in the late ‘60s, Ford’s racing division became a household name for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times in a row with its GT40 race car. To commemorate that success – and to ...

It came in first in the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans and is the only privately owned Ferrari in history to take the overall win.

In spite of its legendary 1-2-3 race win at Le Mans in 1966, just 30 GT40 road cars were built, although it spawned many replicas and even the Ford GT Heritage Edition tribute car to honour the ...

Ford has been absent from the top classes ever since the legendary GT40 retired ... about how racing the Mustang at Le Mans and elsewhere has helped drive interest in its sports cars.

A VINTAGE muscle car that once belonged to racing legend Carroll Shelby could be yours for £75,000. The stunning 1969 Shelby ...

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the endurance race ... GT40 models were powered by a 289 cubic inch V8 borrowed from the Fairlane, but all three cars Ford ...

There aren't many cars more coveted than the Ford ... is a 2005 reprisal of the legendary Ford GT40 Mark II that conquered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, taking down Ferrari in the process.