With Ford having elected to focus its GT40-based 1967 competition programme on the brand new American-built Group 6 Mk4 version, John Wyer teamed up with Gulf Oil to campaign a heavily…
Read MoreIn October 1966, John Wyer was visiting New York on business when he took a call from Gulf Oil Executive Vice President, Grady Davis. The two men had met for the first time at the Sebring 12 Hours…
Read MoreChassis M10003 started life as the last of three Mirage M1s built by John Wyer Automotive Engineering who had acquired the GT40 production rights from Ford. The M1 was a significantly…
Read MoreJohn Wyer’s Mirage team created the M2 as a Group 6 Prototype to contest the 1969 World Sportscar Championship alongside the team’s Group 4 Ford GT40s that had won the title in 1968.
Read MoreChassis M10001 was the first of three Mirage M1s completed by John Wyer Automotive Engineering (JWAE). Conceived as the ultimate GT40, the M1 was created to contest the Group 4 Sports class of…
Read MoreChassis M10002 was the second of three Mirage M1s built to contest the 1967 World Sportscar Championship. Although John Wyer had hoped the GT40-based M1 would be accepted as a Group 4…
Read MoreJohn Wyer’s decision to build a Group 6 Prototype for the 1969 racing season had not met with the initial success one might have expected; the Mirage M2’s best result from five outings at three races…
Read MoreFor the 1968 World Sportscar Championship, the FIA unilaterally decided to impose a three-litre engine limit for Group 6 Prototypes. At a stroke, this made cars like the Ford Mk4, Ferrari P4, Mirage…
Read MoreWhen the Mirage M1 fell victim to a three-litre engine limit imposed on Group 6 Prototypes for 1968, John Wyer Automotive Engineering (JWAE) temporarily reverted to the Mk1 GT40. As it was…
Read MoreAfter the FIA banned large displacement Group 6 Prototypes like the Mirage M1 for 1968, John Wyer temporarily turned his attention to the Group 4 GT40; the big Ford offered a 2000cc…
Read MoreChassis 02 was one of three Group 6 Mirage M2s built to contest the 1969 World Sportscar Championship. Two were BRM-powered with ZF gearboxes while the other car initially ran a GT40…
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