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The Ford GT40 is a high-performance mid-engined racing car originally designed and built for and by the Ford Motor Company to compete in 1960s European endurance racing.Its specific impetus was to best Scuderia Ferrari, which had won the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race for six years running from 1960 to 1965.
A KVA Ctype chassis was also purchased to be used as the chassis design for Wares Ford GT40 replicas. After the initial 10 car bodies were built, Ware was approached by a number of people wanting to acquire one. He formed GT40 Replication Limited for that purpose and had Replicar Developments improve the mould quality.
The Avenger GT's tail section was longer than the Valkyrie's so that it could cover the car's rear-mounted engine, giving it an appearance closer to that of a GT40 Mk.III. The Avenger GT's windshield is the standard unit from a second generation (1965–69) Chevy Corvair, while the backlight is from a 1965 or 1966 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback.
The first private sale of Ford's new mid-engine sports car was completed on August 4, 2004, when former Microsoft executive Jon Shirley took delivery of his Midnight Blue 2005 Ford GT. [10] Shirley earned the right to purchase the first production Ford GT (chassis #10) at a charity auction at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Auction after ...
The top 10 sold for a total of more than £10 million, with the remainder consisting of a 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder, a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, a 1984 Porsche 956, a 2011 Ferrari 599 GTO and a 2018 ...
There's the text from the original 1966 Ford Press Release for the GT40 here: ... oh, BTW - all the original 1960s Ford GT40s were right hand drive (RHD). ... and there's a clip from the cockpit of one at Le Mans in 1969 here: [2] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.112.77.70 ( talk ) 20:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC) [ reply ]
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