Having thundered around Le Mans with a pair of experimental GT40s running enormous seven-litre engines in 1965, Ford became convinced big block motors were the route to success at ultra high…
Read MoreHaving run a pair of experimental Ford GT40 Prototypes with enormous seven-litre engines at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1965, Ford was convinced that, although neither car completed the distance, this…
Read MoreTwelve Mk2 GT40s were campaigned by Ford’s competition partners Shelby, Holman Moody and Alan Mann during the 1966 season, one of which was chassis P/1032. The white and black car…
Read MoreChassis P/1031 was one of eleven GT40s either built up or converted to seven-litre Mk2 trim and campaigned during the 1966 season. These top flight cars were created for ultra high speed tracks…
Read MoreChassis P/1047 was one of twelve GT40s raced in seven-litre Mk2 trim during the 1966 season. It made its competition debut as part of an eight-strong Mk2 contingent that attended the Le Mans 24…
Read MoreTwelve seven-litre Mk2 GT40s were built up for the 1966 season, eleven of which were raced by Ford’s competition partners Shelby, Holman Moody and Alan Mann. P/1016 was one of three cars…
Read MoreFord’s debut campaign with the GT40 in 1964 proved a mixed bag; while the new car demonstrated an exceptional turn of speed, it also suffered from embarrassingly poor reliability. For 1965, a new…
Read MoreOver the winter of 1964-1965, Ford decided to shoehorn a seven-litre V8 into a suitably modified GT40 chassis. Prior to this, the GT40 Prototypes had been campaigned with engines of 4.2 and 4.7…
Read MoreAfter the GT40’s debut campaign in 1964, Ford decided to create a bigger-engined variant that would come to be known as the Mk2. The first pair of Mk2 Prototypes (chassis GT/106 and GT/107)…
Read MoreFord first decided to shoehorn a seven-litre engine into the GT40 during early 1965; it was thought a big block motor might be the best way to go for high speed tracks like Daytona, Sebring and Le…
Read MoreAt the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Ford entered a brace of modified GT40 Prototypes complete with enormous seven-litre engines. Unfortunately, the decision to campaign these Mk2 Prototypes at la…
Read MoreFor the 1966 season, Ford’s satellite teams (Shelby, Holman Moody and Alan Mann Racing) campaigned a batch of specially prepared Mk2 GT40s equipped with mammoth seven-litre engines.
Read MoreFord’s 1966 World Sportscar Championship campaign focused on three big events: Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans. For the attack, Shelby American, Holman Moody and Alan Mann Racing were…
Read MoreChassis P/1012 was one of eleven Mk2 GT40s campaigned in 1966. It debuted at the Daytona 24 Hours in February, where five of the white and black seven-litre cars were entered. P/1012 was part of…
Read MoreAlthough Ford’s limited 1964 campaign with the GT40 proved a major disappointment in terms of results, it was perhaps more important that the fledgling model had demonstrated the kind of speed…
Read MoreFor the 1966 season, Ford’s works-assisted teams campaigned eleven different Mk2 GT40s. Equipped with giant seven-litre engines, these cars won the triple crown of Daytona, Sebring and…
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