Chassis 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 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 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 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…
Read MoreChassis GT/111 was one of four Mk1 GT40 Prototypes built as Roadsters. Conceived as a potential lightweight derivative, the Roadster concept was quickly abandoned and production GT40s were all…
Read MoreChassis GT/109 was one of twelve GT40 Prototypes built. Four of these were broadly similar Roadsters: GT/108, GT/109, GT/111 and GT/112. In addition, there was GT/110 X1: an experimental…
Read MoreChassis GT/102 was completed by Ford Advanced Vehicles in Slough on April 11th 1964. Like most of the early GT40 Prototypes, it originally came with a 4.2-litre engine and Colotti Tipo 37 gearbox. The…
Read MoreChassis GT/101 was the first Ford GT40 manufactured and one of twelve prototypes built. Although the GT40 project got off to a difficult start, the car went on to win the Le Mans 24 Hours on four…
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