When the World Rally Championship switched from Group A to WRC regulations for the 1997 season, one of the older generation cars to get a new lease of life was Ford’s Escort RS Cosworth. In…
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 MoreBetween 1971 and ‘72, Ford’s legendary Capri RS2600 was the class of the European Touring Car Championship field. Six ETCC wins from eight outings in 1971 were followed by an astonishing eight
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 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 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 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…
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 MoreGT/103 was the third GT40 Prototype completed. It was one of five examples used for the model’s debut campaign in 1964. GT/103 first raced at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Driven by Richie Ginther and…
Read MoreChassis 065 was one of two works RS200s prepared for the 1986 Acropolis Rally which took place between June 2nd and 4th. Ford registered chassis 065 in May, at which point it was issued licence…
Read MoreChassis 004, sometimes referred to as P4, was the second RS200 prototype built. It was completed in November 1984 and registered B690 CEV on February 15th 1985. The left-hand drive…
Read MoreOf the twelve GT40 Prototypes built, four were broadly similar Roadsters. A fifth Roadster was also assembled on Ford’s behalf by Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, but this experimental car had a special…
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