Ford Racer that once starred in Top Gear is heading up for auction, and it could be yours. The eye-catching racing car has ...
While you might be able to make a pretty good guess as to why the Ford 427 V8 was called the "side-oiler," the history ...
The Ford GT40 appeared in an episode of Top Gear ... mediadrumimages The car has had a number of owners since Shelby. Racing legend David Piper owned the car from 1971 to 1973.
This Ford GT40 stayed parked for 21 years with a transmission design issue. Emelia Hartford has just fixed it and took it to ...
from its early days in Can-Am racing to its stunning restoration into a Mark IV-style GT40.” The GT40’s development began in 1965 when Ford sought to create a lighter and more aerodynamic ...
The only other Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadster in existence, GT/108, was sold at the 2019 RM Sotheby’s Monterey ...
With Shelby now in charge of the racing programme, and the tried and tested 380bhp 4.7-litre Ford V8 from the Shelby American Cobras providing the power, the GT40 would take its firstrace win at ...
Rushbrook points out that the world of sportscar racing was in what he calls ... four Le Mans outright victories with the Ford MkII, MkIV and GT40 more than half a century ago.
It’s a living legend. Hillbank Motor Cars, the purveyor of recreated classic cars like the Shelby Cobra and Ford GT40, ...
As documented in countless books and the movie Ford v Ferrari, the GT40 was developed with the sole purpose of ending Ferrari‘s dominance of endurance racing. And in 1966, after a couple of ...