Chassis P/1018 was one of two Mk1 GT40s built to race trim for promotional use. It was commissioned by Ford on behalf of Carroll Shelby whose firm had undertaken much development…
Read MoreChassis P/1069 was on of 31 Mk1 GT40s completed as road cars and one of several commissioned by Ford for promotional use to help celebrate the company’s victory at the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Read MoreChassis P/1076 was one of three Mk1 GT40s built for the works Gulf Oil-backed John Wyer Automotive Engineering squad to use in the 1968 World Sprtscar Championship. Whereas a new…
Read MoreChassis P/1004 was an early Mk1 GT40 allocated to Ford’s six-car attack at the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours. Following preparation by Shelby in California (completed May 5th 1965), it ran at Le Mans in…
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 GT/105 was one of twelve Ford GT Prototypes built and one of five created for the model’s inaugural competition season: 1964. That year, Ford contested the World Sportscar Championship…
Read MoreChassis P/1003 was the Mk1 GT40 sold to French industrialist and racing driver, Guy Ligier. Ligier tentatively began competing in the late 1950s (on both two wheels and four), but it wasn’t until after…
Read MoreChassis GT/104 was one of twelve Ford GT Prototypes manufactured prior to the subsequent Mk1 and Mk2 variants. GT/104’s debut appearance came alongside a brace of sister cars at the 1964 Le…
Read MoreChassis 195 was a standard 250bhp right-hand drive RS200 that Ford sold during early 1987 to the Patrick Collection in Birmingham. The Patrick Collection was a motor museum established by…
Read MoreChassis P/1038 was one of four Mk1 GT40s sold to the Essex Wire Corporation. It joined P/1001 and P/1010 (which the firm had received in 1965) and P/1026 which was another new car for the ‘66…
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 MoreChassis P/1000 was the first Mk1 GT40 tub produced. It initially served as Ford Advanced Vehicles’ basis for tailoring body panels for early GT40s. As a result, P/1000 was not built up into a complete…
Read MoreChassis M3/1107 was the last of seven Mk3 GT40s constructed and one of two built in 1969. Famously, only three of the seven Mk3s were purchased by private buyers. The other four were…
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 MoreChassis 001 was the original RS200 prototype. Ford management gave the green light for 001 to be constructed in September 1983 and the car was finished in early March of 1984. On the 12th of…
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…
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