Classics revealed: The Ford GT40 rides again 

I spotted a FORD GT40 in person myself. Check it out in my channel and let me know if you like it. Leave me a comment if you sub, I sub back.

billautotech So true... 😉

Did your wife leave you?

When you own a GT40, don''t need extras ... as a wife ;-)

I am a woman and that is GT my dream car. Its beyond beautiful tbh

Bennie Ag you would look great in one 😎

Correction correction: Small block cars scored the first podium wins for GT40. At Daytona in 1965 they took first and third. A Cobra Daytona took second. The Mk II was an amazing machine, and it did it's job. It is my personal favorite. However, John Weyer, whom always advocated the small block, came back and won LeMans in 1968 and 1969 with small block Mk I body style cars. Make no mistake, the Mk I was a winner too.

Agreed. The original design is breathtaking time and time again.

I would have this way over that "new" GT40. Even the 2005 version looked better than the new one.

Agree. The curves over the body over the wheels are key. The modern versions don't have that

Erm sorry to burst ur bubble but the original GT40 is British

except this is an english car, made and designed in England

andyj288 You got a source for that? Considering it was made by Ford?

Snake Assault i have many here is a few Thoroughbred and classic cars - oct00 Octane - jan09 and Oct03 Classic Cars - Oct94 a very good read Motorsport - Feb98 There are a number of books that are good, one of which is Ford GT40 by John S Allen Ford based the GT40 from the Lola MK 6 Hope that helps

exactly andy and was build and assembled in slough uk =)

Not in winter.

I spotted a FORD GT40 in person myself. Check it out in my channel and let me know if you like it. Leave me a comment if you sub, I sub back.

You can drive it in Forza Motorsport.

I spotted a FORD GT40 in person myself. Check it out in my channel and let me know if you like it. Leave me a comment if you sub, I sub back.

art vandelay I found one for 176 thousand dollars

dont get all bent outta shape over it....the car you want is called a detomaso pantera because it can hurt peoples feelings even more then this because it looks better....speed? who knows what it was after the smoke clears....

I spotted a FORD GT40 in person myself. Check it out in my channel and let me know if you like it. Leave me a comment if you sub, I sub back.

Yes

GT43 DOESN'T REQUIRE A GURNY BUBBLE ITS 43 IN HIGH

+Kelly Looney Take it up with Ford,you fool.I've never seen sooo much crap come out of a Globe subscribers mouth...LOL!!.Keep subscribing to it,but don't take your troubles out on the rest of us.

+rob biddlecombe Ford destroyed Ferrari.This car is so fast,handles so well,they would purposely pass Ferrari's ONLY in the curves,sometimes even being so bold,letting the Ferrari's pass in the straights,then the GT-40's would make passes on the Ferrari's only in the curves again.Only Bugutti gives this car a hard time.

+Kelly Looney Read the history for yourself looney-tunes.The Bugutti is the LAST frontier for Ford.Sorry,keep trying.

+Kelly Looney What you POSTED was T-H-I-R-D PARTY IN-FOR-MA-TION!!.This GLOBE magazine garbarge is NOT FROM FORD!!.On my THREE(3) GT-40's,the I.D.plate says,MFG BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY...my GOD are you that dim-witted or what?.What part of MFG.BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY don't you understand???.I would not have spent that kind of money for cheap clones!!.Ford STILL owns full rights to this car.(GT-40)Someday I hope that you stop subscribing to 3 party information and call Ford headquarters,they will tell you the same thing.

+Kelly Looney No propaganda Looney-tunes,its BEEN out here on the net for years,in your case,the NIT-WIT-NET is STILL in the dark on this one.

I wonder if you could drive the 917 on the street

Wow, that's the original especially built for Dan Guerney who was 6'7" tall, so they had to put a 'bubble in the roof , for his head!

+CC S As the saying goes, if you have to ask, you can't afford it.

CorvetteCoonass It was actually LOLA who designed and built all the chassis. I think they mention Broadley, the chief designer somewhere

Bill English It started life as a development of an existing LOLA car with a small 2 litre. Shelby only got involved after the car had won a LOT. John Wyer Automotive was the major developer of the car

Bill English He's just selling his replica, not really giving out much info about the GT40. Pointing out options and advantages of his replica. He's trying his hardest to make it American but his only reference is to the MkIV in '69. The only Real American car to win LeMans, all the others were JW cars. Most of this video is marketing for a replica company not fact.

+Bill English Let's get a few facts straightened out here. The original design DIDN'T win a lot, neither as a Lola or the original Ford GT40 mk 1. In fact, both '64 and'65 were a washout. John Wyer had no success at all in the early years with the car, which is why they brought in Shelby, and then Holman Moody. The wins started to come with the Mk2 in '66 with the big 7 liter engine in the mark 2. The cars were ideally suited to long fast tracks. in 68 both the mark 2 and mark 4 were outlawed because of the 427 engine, for the next four years only 5 liter engines were allowed at the top end. The 68 and 69 winners were both Ford small block 5 liter engines, based on their street windsor small block, in the original spec mark 1 car design. The Mark 4 didn't run in 69. The car that won in 69 was the same body and chassis as the car that won in 68, but with the smaller 5 liter engine. Ford pulled out their factory support at the end of the 69 year, having proved their point; that they could, seemingly at will, beat Ferrari at his own game. They would further that by supporting the design of the Cosworth Ford DFV, the winningest engine in F1 for years to come (technically, Cosworth designed the engine, but without Ford's $$$$ it might not have been as good as it turned out to be, we'll never know). During the time while the Cosworth Ford DFV was running, it wasn't unusual to see every other car on the grid with the same engine except the Ferraris (I guess Enzo still had his pride). Ferrari never again won the prototype sports car races, and didn't win again in F1 until the DFV was getting long in tooth. Collectively, Ford and the DFV kept Enzo out of the winners circle for 9 years straight, and the they alternated for 5 more, before Ford again took 3 in a row before the era of the turbos entered F1 and sealed the end of the DFV's racing life, after 15 years.

+CorvetteCoonass Lotus had nothing to do with it they were to busy with F1

vandohky helmet ?

Noel Dickson Yeah but the original ones cost millions... And they have the same performance if not better and are licensed and approved by ford. These are not kit cars.

The GT40 was built from 1964 to 1969. Holman-Moody (CA,USA) are still able to build "originals" based on their old drawings of the car btw

+Gold fire You can, but they're not practical. Ground clearance is very short so you will bottom out the car a lot, costing lots of $$$ to fix. The thing is loud, so you'll go deaf unless you wear ear protection (which isn't legally allowed BTW). The doors need a wide swing to open, so you can't just park it next to another car. And side & rear visability sucks, as does the 7 miles per gallon. Otherwise it's a great car.

it more than likely started life as a 351w and got a crankshaft with a longer stroke to increase C.I. to 427 they even make small block valve covers that look just like the FE series ones

Add 2014 Shelby Super Snake

@@maristoldboys5466 oh yes i forgot that..✍👍

I think it's pretty honest of them. Some might believe that American sports cars are disrespected because they're American. But the GT40 shows that if you make a simply masterful sports car, those same people will recognize.

+tecdessus A bit of a stretch!... It took Ford and Carroll Shelby to make these things work and win Lemans.

+landyman33 Better read a comparison between a basic Chevrolet Corvette vs a Porsche 911. The 'Vette wins in all performance categories and costs substantially less. Plus, it gets better gas mileage. www.topgear.com/car-news/review/911-versus-new-corvette-stingray According to the British. it also causes BMW M3,4,5 drivers to have their schwanz shrink at least 3 cm. Up next the Ford GT40. Too Bad Ferrari.

+cybertree your right. limy auto jouralists lagh at our cars yet we can hardly get thier cars to even run, the most expensive cars in england are the size of the average american car. british leylands are unreliable at best, and its laughable that the germans are now building englands rolls and bentleys-finest cars in the world my ass

@tecdessus - ??? I think your reply is in reverse! The Brits did the ground work in creating this car, but it took (not Ford) but Shelby American and Holman-Moody to make it a winner! "Original design wasn't fault free"? Oh, it had more than enough faults, which is why it never even finished a race, let alone won it!