In the 1966 Le Mans, the GT40 Mk II car broke Ferrari's winning streak, making Ford the first American manufacturer to win a major European race since Jimmy Murphy 's Duesenberg in the 1921 French Grand Prix. [5][6][7] In the 1967 Le Mans, the GT40 Mk IV car became the only car developed and assembled entirely (both chassis and engine) in the Un...

2019年11月15日 · Why did Ford campaign the big Mark II, rather than the lighter GT40 with the 289 engine or the more advanced "J" car? Why a slow-turning 7-liter engine instead of a lighter, high-output unit...

During the practice laps, the 427 set the lap record at 3:33, almost five seconds faster than the Ferraris! Ken Miles received his wish as he and Bruce McLaren teamed up to drive one of the GT40X cars. While the Ford had set the lap record, the race was an unmitigated disaster.

manufactured by Ford (USA) in United States ; 2-door coupe body type; RWD (rear-wheel drive), manual 4-speed gearbox; gasoline (petrol) engine with displacement: 6997 cm3 / 427 cui, advertised power: 361.5 kW / 485 hp / 492 PS ( SAE ), torque: 644 Nm / 475 lb-ft, more data: 1966 Ford GT40 Mk II (man. 4) Horsepower/Torque Curve

1965 Ford GT40 specs, 0-60, lap times, performance data, top speed, engine specifications, pictures, updated April 2025.

2021年1月31日 · Ford first decided to shoehorn a seven-litre engine into the GT40 during early 1965; it was thought a big block motor might be the best way to go for high speed tracks like Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans. Two prototypes were thus equipped (chassis GT 106 and GT 107) and the GT40 Mk2 was born.

For the 1967 Le Mans 24-hour race, Ford – anxious to repeat its sensational 1-2-3 victory of 1966 – entered a six-car team. There were two Mk II-B GT40s – this car, which ran as No. 57, painted light blue, and No. 1047, which was painted gold and ran as No. 5 – and four of the new lighter and more aerodynamic Mk IV “J-cars” with ...

2020年12月28日 · Constructed with an aluminium instead of steel chassis, this latest machine was dubbed the X1 Roadster. Built and campaigned by Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, the experimental X1 Roadster was raced in North America and the Bahamas during late 1965 where it successfully trialled a variety of future parts.

2016年6月17日 · In January 1966, Shelby American’s California shop took delivery of a bare chassis identified as P/1046—the 47th GT40 from Ford Advanced Vehicles’ 87-car production run. The Shelby crew...

When Ford embarked on the ambitious project to end Ferrari's dominance at Le Mans, the original engine envisioned to power the GT (later GT40) was the all-alloy, twin-cam V8, which was already under development for use in the Indy 500.