Forty-nine years ago Ford achieved the impossible: beating Ferrari in the Le Mans 24-Hour race. The Italian team had been dominant for the previous six years and the Americans desperately wanted to ...

A 1966 Ford GT40 Mk I bearing chassis no. P/1034 is coming up for sale The car will go under the hammer at Mecum's Kissimmee auction in mid-January The car is one of 31 road-going Mk Is built and ...

Because an original 1966 Ford GT40 Mk I—one of only 31 road-going examples ever built—will be up for grabs and is likely to fetch bids in the millions. According to the listing, the car ...

And while the characters behind the GT40 are well known, such as Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles, less so are the cars themselves, whose official production spanned a mere six years, from 1964 ...

Iconic 1966 Ford GT40 MkI, the first road car sold to a private owner, to be auctioned in Kissimmee, January 2025. The legendary 1966 Ford GT40 MkI Road Car, a hallmark of automotive history ...

And while the characters behind the GT40 are well known, such as Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles, less so are the cars themselves, whose official production spanned a mere six years, from 1964 through ...

To meet the speed requirements for a pace car, it was fitted with a detuned engine from the Mark I Ford GT40 race car. The ...