Ford vs Ferrari, the story of the Ford GT40 on "Behind the Headlights" 

Darn shame! By 1973 they were bringing troops home.

Yes and also Bruce Mclaren RIP.

Don't forget Jim Clark

Bro the fact they did him dirty like that was fucked uo

Damn Skippy 😁

The producers saw this 2 years ago and decided to make the movie from all the info in this episode

I actually saw this when it was originally released

Madhu Sudhan for the record, already knew the story ha. But guilty.

Hell yeah, this what made me love ford as one of my favorite car company.

Ken Miles was a huge part of the Shelby managed, Ford GT40 program. He was killed August 17, 1966, testing at Riverside Raceway in California.

The man ford left in the shadows of who had one of the largest parts of making the gt40 a winner. I pity ford for being selfish of not letting ken be the first to win the triple crown with their car.

I have been out on the track in one of these cars they are very snug smelly and loud, so snug the door pushes down on your bone dome and into your seat. They mostly drift sideways at 200mph

He makes a mean chili too. :-)

csonkaperdido you are correct

Stfu

@Enzo 1965 The old boomers complaining cant figure that out.

Better than all the multiculti rubbish we get now, Gillette anyone??

@@capitanvonchickenpants8492 *Your comment has not aged one iota. Cheers!*

Ok buddy. A kiwi victory. Of course.

I'm here before.

CharlzR I haven’t seen that yet so I was wondering is here before

Me

Yep, saw it today, gr8 movie. I think the GT40 owed a lot of it's development to Ken Miles.

Finally saw the movie was great

It's an uploaded dub of a VHS recording of the speed show channel in 2000. There's going to be commercials

@@johnj.baranski6553 I understand that it's an upload from VHS. I was (I thought) being sarcastic to the person who uploaded it. All that effort half-assed. All it takes is 2 VHS recorders. Play one, record with other. Pause recording unit at commercial break. Restart recording unit when program resumes. Copy to disc. Upload to RU-vid.

@@mileschase9866 i'd only put that much effort into it if I was getting paid.

in 1967 the winning MKIV was dyno'd at 494 before the race and 499 3200 miles later.

They should have checked #1

@@davidthayer6969that is very well with the margin of error, especially in the 60s when they measured solely the engine with accessories or a drivetrain. But still holding up that well is impressive, especially for the times and it showed that a big inefficient engine is more durable than a high strung, but more efficient engine. That means however that fuel restrictions allowed Porsche and Ferrari to still run Le Mans, while fords engine was out, because it purely relied on its loose construction and huge displacement, which made it chug way more fuel.

F. W. - not just that everyone forgets about The Godfather of the GT40 Roy Lynn. In Dearborn Roy Lunn and his team had a new version of the GT40 ready for testing. Ford Motor Company had been working to develop and perfect a 7-liter 427 cubic inch engine. Lunn and his team had worked an engineering marvel to fit the larger engine in the mid-engine car while retaining aerodynamic integrity. That’s the car that Ken Miles raced after he tested at the Romeo test track

Ok then what about Eric Broadly the British owner of Lola? The Lola mk6 ran Le Mans in 1963 and retired due to engine trouble, it had a V8 engine was 40 inches high, hell it even had the door tops that go into the roof, Ford bought the rights to the mk6 and employed Eric to oversee the project, the GT40 “IS” a tweaked Lola MK6 😊

Only possible by Americans, but everyone else hated us for that, so they are tearing the entire world apart for spite, even though they are destroying themselves, as well.

especially the netscape ad

@@alexander1485 Featuring Kevin Sussman from Big Bang Theory.

A multimillion dollar corporation beats a little (then) car manufacturer with 100 times less the budget of Ford. Assholes

@@attiliodemoliner7920 IKR I don't know how people think Ford is a underdog, a big company threatening to buy the small company and if they don't comply they will beat them with all the money they have. American corporate world I guess

FAHRT! $100Millons vs $25Millions.... Get a grip on REALITY! FOOL!

@@attiliodemoliner7920: Enzo Ferrari had the backing of FIAT genius! LOL.

@@naveenbattula: When it came to Le Mans FORD was the underdog vs Ferrari! That's a no brainer! And FORD spent less money on the GT40 program than what it would have cost FORD to buy Ferrari in 1963 for $18 Million! And don't forget Ferrari always had a piggy bank with FIAT.

British car British driver Shelby's engine and none above would give away 1st place McLaren stole title from Ken Miles r.i.p

Hear, hear Kregg Barnhart, Hear hear. Recognizing this video is about Ford vs Ferrari BUT the men beng interviewed back when this was made failed to mention a great many cars that for certain appealed to we youngsters of that era - me as well being among them 'cause I was born in '47. I remember very well the '62 406ci, 4spd, the '63 390 and 427 4spd Galaxies, the '64/65 427 Thunderbolts, the '65 Hi-Pro 289 Mustangs and Falcons, the list goes on for high performance Fords so to say Ford wasn't in the performance market just isn't true. Henry the 2nd was just pissed off at Enzo Ferrari for telling him to go pound sand and he threw the sink at beating him just to get even,, he did it with the help of a few outstanding men of the time.

especially the hooters ad

@@nate199813 *Like some Thai sauces, Hooters honeys are still hot and sweet. Cheers!*

*The days before illnesses, real or imagined became profit centers to be exploited. Or maybe the FCC had more clout unimpeded by bought-and-paid-for commissioners. Cheers!*

miles was not an engineer, he was a tech he didnt go to school or understand what he was doing he just did what he felt, not math art.

*That was typical for cable/sat/OTA service in 2005. 2023 is same shit, different decade. That's why I prefer* tv.youtube.com *wherein I can pay to not have to endure that crap. However, I do miss the Hooters Honeys commercials.

Hahaha! #metoo

Got a cassette with a game.?

*You can still get two out of three but only with WiFi, no 28Kb modems anywhere. Cheers!*

Wow that's amazing 😂

That 9.95 price though. Lol

LoL I was going to comment the same thing I rememeber watching this show in 2003 or 4... it was awesome

Billy Bob I am back in business. Msg me and I’ll let you know where to send the checks. We just go by CASH now, so make your checks to that I guess I am probably breaking some law if I don’t state that this obvious joke is a joke

Here's a tip - fucking skip them

If you travel to Las Vegas be sure to visit the Shelby Heritage Center, you will love it.

It is the partnership with people like Ken Miles that really guaranteed their success.

I rewatched one of those shows that made me fall in love with cars, the 2004 or so episode of Overhaulin’ with the cherry nova. I’m a ford and chevy fan these days, with the pony car precursor (merc comet) and a handful of camaros in the driveway.

Terry Lessmann I thank him everyday as drive my MKII MR2 Turbo to work. Thank you, sir, you’re suspension tuning was impeccable. First performance Toyota I’ve not felt the need to improve the suspension on. It’s truly flawless.

Enzo 1965 Mine was actually manufactured within the first month of production. As a Ferrari fan, I’m sure you’re aware that mid-engine sportscars with no nannies and a lot of available torque shouldn’t be driven by your average driver. I am not your average driver, I’ve only ever owned turbo MR2s and Celicas. I don’t have issues with these cars because I learned to drive on them. When you have that experience, the tendency towards oversteer is a feature, not an issue. Porsche 911 owners tend to agree.

Enzo 1965 And you are correct. Back when I had a car club in my twenties, a lot of the younger rich kids that joined actually talked their parents into buying them used MR2Ts and the parts they needed to get them into the 300whp range. Most of those cars left the tarmac at least once. Most didn’t result in anything more than curbed rims and brown underwear but the tendency towards oversteer on the 1990-1992 cars was a real thing. All it really comes down to is unfamiliarity with midengine driving dynamics. If you enter a corner hard and then balk in the apex the car has a tendency to shift all its weight to the front leaving the drive wheels with greatly reduced traction and a tendency to toe out on the outside wheel. This initiated the oversteer that must be steered into to recover but inexperienced drivers will typically hit the brakes and countersteer which just makes the problem worse. It’s an easy thing to correct by fitting a wider set of rims on the rear with 275width tires, a 93+ rear subframe and arms or simply don’t lift off in the apex. I’ve never done the subframe because it neutered the handling. The 275 tires makes it require a far more deliberative set of actions. As I said, this isn’t an MR2 thing, all contemporary midengine cars, including Ferrari, will do the same thing.

One of America's greatest drivers and builders

Ever heard of JIM HALL? Chaparral II CHEVY?? Jim invented the WING on the II-E and II-F 1966/67 CanAM and Le Mans Changed racing forever! Though Ferrari 250.275 and 330P cars of 1964 and 1964 Had a hidden Wing Foil, in the fairing of the roll over bar Making up for the masked spoiler on the rear... I noted this while in the NART pit, 1964 Sebring... The elder SEFAC mechanic put his finger to his lips! I would last see him at Sebring, 1972.. With the 312PB's Those were the days The Golden Years.. Forza Ferrari!

FIAT pissed of Enzo Ferrari when they wouldn't hire him in Torino Italy, subsequently creating the Ferrari brand.

Everyone pissed each other off and became better 🤷‍♂️

If you know the full story you would know how much of a dick Ford was

Henry Ford THE SECOND dimbulb...

The Black Car Guy imagine if he wouldn’t pissed him off? No gt 40 and no movie

Sorry about the commercials, this was recorded from cable TV, just fast forward through them.

the continued use of the word 'banned' or 'outlawed' makes me chuckle. the rules change every dam year! get used to it. nothing gets outlawed!

@@lasvegasandthehoney - Even in government, rules changes (new laws) result in - wait for it - BANNING and OUTLAWING. Get over it.

@@alanhardman2447 i think you do not understand terminology

They SUCK. Couldn't edit them out???

They do--they seem old-fashioned and they're not that old.

Online poker and a car that brags about making 200hp, yeah they seem very dated.

@@billenright2788 You have a channel. You do it.

@@robbchastain3036 the cars in the commercials are 2005

GM had the sales leadership, so their brass probably didn't see any reason to spend lots of money on racing. So both Ford and Chrysler used racing to get more interest in their performance cars. Ford had been the leader in engine tech every since the flathead v8, and Chrysler's hemi caught them up and they stayed competitive for years. GM? Their big block could be bored and stroked out over 500 cubic inches and remain reliable, so it was theengine used in many cars in the Can Am races until Porsche came up with the twin turbo 917

Great story 👍. History channel, 4 part documentary, Cars that built America.

@@d.e.b.b5788 917 Twin turbo air cooled flat 12 variant. Jesus. Last I heard, value was $22 Million for an original.

@BOBBY LEE Wow, you're way older than I am! Did you ever get to Daytona to see races on the beach? That must have been wild!

Did y'all forget about Jim Hall. First car with a wing and first car with ground effects. He won in the rain at LeMans.

Ford just likes to keep the world humble I think. LOL Who's your daddy now? LOL

Chris Amon Quote -- " we were over a minute ahead of car #1 when FORD gave us the order to slow, Miles didn't and over took us in the pits and raced away to a big lead. McLaren caught him in the rain and over took AGAIN. " Miles let McLaren lead the final lap and CLEARLY cross the finish line ahead of him. Because he knew he was running second place. But FORD had promised him he would be awarded the dead heat anyway and get the Triple Crown. FORD fucked up and robbed him of his chance to race McLaren head to head. Amon is also quoted as saying "even without FORD interference we would have easily beat car #1.." Read the article "Lunch with Chris Amon" Motorsport Magazine June 2008. And watch the race online. Miles is clearly letting McLaren drive in first place for the last lap.

It is very clear that #2 crossed the line first. What I can't understand is why the GT40 was such a piece of shit before Miles fixed it. I thought Bruce and Chris were test/development drivers, therefore should have sorted the car. I thought they were good test drivers ... confused

@@psk5746 The american narrative of two kiwis fixing the dog of a euro sports car (with an american engine)

The J-Car predeccesser to the Mk. IV

We'll hear the end of this....

SCOTT FLYNN November 15

*Agreed. One reason to love* tv.youtube.com *Cheers!*

You were warned!

@@9145709902 hahaha! I actually enjoyed them... In honesty, I love watching all the old shows I recorded on VHS back in the 80's & 90's, coz the adverts add historical and nostalgia value. Your ones from the (US?) are an alien and exotic world! Anyways, can't remember if I subscribed... If not, I will do. 🍀 Cheers man

Lol, I see what you did😁😁

*Yeah, the self-congratulatory/war-stories crap gettin' a bit thick here. "But, but Ferrari..." Cheers!*

LLP LLP

IN THE DICK

I know right. I didn't know there was a restaurant out there called Hooters. LOL

@@johnj.baranski6553 John, you must live in Europe? Cuz Hooters has been around since the 1980's, in both large USA cities & smaller ones as well as they expanded. Try the "3 Mile Island" 🔥 hot wings, if u ever get to eat at one. But to be honest, the last few times I ate at them, the food was nearly terrible at best. Different franchises have different quality of food. & this documentary is very good because of the footage & the interviews of so many who are now gone. Thks Speed Channel for this original content 👍

@@johnj.baranski6553 *Dude, they're attached to, or in proximity of every mall worth going to. Thank God they're still around and at least in Florida the franchise is prospering. Cheers!*

*Yep. When you find them, Hooters Girls are still hot and sweet. Cheers!*

actually Henry Ford 2 said "its your ass if you lose"

@@alexander1485 - I suppose you don't think Enzo said the same thing (in Italian) to his people when he found out Ford was gunning for him???

BOBBY LEE how so? His tariff war is putting American small business owners out of business.

Christian Bale said "I just got a role in a new movie" Christian Bale's body said "Oh shit".

That's 1 out of 2 then

Now with web accelerator...

@@soundwavesuperior6761 WebMD:the bane of all medical professionals! Lol

I lol'd hard at this! You guys made my day!!

DEEREMEYER1 Ugh. My MR2T agrees with you sir. I’m thinking it’d be best just to remove the engine lid altogether.

@@negativeindustrial *Agreed! Mister Twos are sterling example of a Toyota run by Engineers, not Accountants. Pity is they forgot to accommodate additional turbo heat load. Hope you still have it and still love it. Cheers!*

@@blackrifle6736 I will never sell that car. I tracked down a legitimate GReddy Intercooler and intercooler piping kit with shroud and upgrades spal fan. Currently running 21PSI on an ATS Blackjack Turbocharger. Upgraded the radiator along the way and no more cooling issues! Thanks for the compliment!

@@negativeindustrial *My pleasure. Excellence and respect for fine machines should always be lauded publicly. Cheers!*

FORD HATED ENZO

*Henry II's ultimate FUF! troll was delicious Schadenfreude to behold. Cheers!*

are you a netscape guy?

That new Grand Prix 🤤

Oldsmobile...

lol a Superbird???? really they only won 8 races and the were NEVER outlawed...........NASCAR changed the 1971 rules to factor out ALL of the aerocars including the Fords.

facts.

Yep lola designed and built it. Shebly critiqued it with the huge help of his chief tester ken. Without ken it would have taken longer and shelby knew that. I pity ford not giving enough recognition to kens help along with robbing him of the triple crown for a photo.

your talking absolute nonsense as the gt 40 was built from mk1 to mk3 versions and supplied cars to0 Shelby for engine change which made the mk4 gt40 all Shelby did was change engines too Shelby tuned engine all engineering did by ford avo (ADVANCED VEHICLE OPERATIONS WHO ALSO MADE FORD RS MODELS) IF YOU WATCHED THE FILM PROPERLY IT STATES WAS JUST BACK FROM SEEING CAR IN ENGLAND ) so not facts do a bit of research as Shelby only re engine mk4 and gt40 mk1 to 3 won races too just not le mans carrol Shelby did what he done to ac ace turned it into a cobra by adding ford v8 cars built engineered at ac cars uk shipped too usa for Shelby in knockdown form rolling chassis no engine or gearbox for Shelby to fit v8 into chassis originally meant for straight 6 engine ford usa claim the fame but the brains of it all belongs to uk adding an engine doesn't make you the car builder more car tuner Shelby was a genius and knew how to tune a car to beyond most of his peers he designed the ac cobra based cobra daytonas that he does deserve credit for as was hell of a car with lots raw power even the modern ford gt the v8 ones are a british design im not sure of new gt with v6 the facts are out there reason I know is ive owned most ford Europe RS models escorts fiestas capri,s and have read many books about ford avo and they included gt40 history the facts are out there

😢cry much😭

You are wrong with your anti-american rant. The Ford GT was derived from the Mustang I , a rear engine , 2 seat sports car that produced both the Mustang and the GT. It was a running concept that debutted at Watkins Glen on Oct. 7 1962. That concept, a clay model and Ford engineers went to Eric Broadley and contracted him to get the program started. The Mk II because of its bigger heavier drivetrain was a complete redesign from brakes to cooling and aerodynamics. BTW Ford pioneered wind tunnel testing for cars in excess of 200 mph.The Mk II was designed built and tested by Kar Kraft, Shelby and Ford Advanced Vehicles. To compare it to the 64 GT is like comparing a B-17 to the Wright Flyer. I laugh at the people who cry "It wasnt a fair fight Ford had more resources" . I wonder if the Axis powers were bellyaching about that after WWII? The moral of that story is - dont pick a fight with somebody who has more resources than you. And the will to beat you.

Ford made some impressive accomplishments. But Ford never made their performance available to the public like GM, with low volume exceptions. While I don't know, I always surmised Ford didn't want the warranty liability. GM sure made a fortune putting out massive amounts of solid lifter high horsepower cars.

I see that someone just went to the movies...

*Indeed, Canadian assemblers earned the right to take a bow. With $Millions in sunk dev costs at risk, scrupulous build quality is one reason why TMC Japan chose you guys to assemble the 1st Gen Lexus sedans. Cheers!*

*Of course it was and remains so to this day. You think this was for charity, the "Betterment of Mankind" or some other crap? It was a business that in this case got personal. Capiche?*

Avoid My Snipes Yeah, that was in the documentary.

EVERYONE involved with the fiasco, even Ferrari people, have said Enzo appeared to have been "all in" with the discussions, and suddenly pulled out. One Ferrari engineer said he believed Mr. Ferrari was using the highly-publicized negotiations to bring investment monies into the organization and from the beginning, had no intention to sell. Ferrari was, after all, in dire straits and had placed his company up for sale. I'm certain that Mr. Ford saw the scam and decided to take Enzo to the woodshed for being publicly "humiliated" by a small, albeit successful, racing company.

Alan Hardman Ferrari sold the road car division of his business to Fiat in 1969. Ferrari’s chief focus was racing. His road cars were just a means to fund his racing program.

@@alanhardman2447 well a lot of family pride with them no doubt. And a big reason that Iaccoca was never given his due is because at the bottom he was not family in the end. He did a lot for Ford and used his skills in auto industry to help out at another company in the end. What a skilled manager he was.

To shut up Millenials, I just bring up the Saturn V and Apollo . Same era.

@abi dabi .... not without the US space program kid !

@abi dabi And what histories of computer science are you reading ?

@abi dabi Eh, I know all about Operation Paperclip. However, we were debating the Internet. It was the US space program that exponentially accelerated computer development, without which you kids would not have the Internet. Von Braun & co. were more the core of the physical engineering team & fluid dynamicists. Your "common knowledge" is just that ... common.

@abi dabi Wow. Yabba Dabba Do's triggered ! Eh....

From the reading I have done the mark 1 and 2 where fully european, mark4 was fully USA built.

Ford 302 CID iron block GURNEY Weslake heads

When I say did the heads I'll expand on that ... Bill was development engineer at Weslake ,he did heads for many types of engines including bikes and was himself a F1 Sidecar World Champion. Unfortunately he lost his life at the Isle of Mann TT along side his passenger racing a sidecar but his engines live on and people who know want and seek out Weslake engines that guys like Bill built to win and that's what The Deauce wanted & got

""When I say did the heads I'll expand on that"" ...??? a Muddled explanation, at best.. STILL hiding the fact it was an American Made iron 320 CID block from FoMoCo... Replacing the 289... with Gurney Weslake heads I also give Weslake credit for the adapting the copper O-Rings, ending the blown head gasket problems we we saw in 1964 - 1965.... Cobras, GT-40s, and the King Cobra Coopers run here with 289s... ALL blew head gaskets and freeze plugs... Never seen with our 427s... History! I've been following the TT since 1964, too Manx Radio TT Have books on people like Phil Irving Another great engine designer tuner Vincent HRD, Repco/MRD.... Keith Duckworth's book.. TRY to be less CHAUVINISTIC Prejudiced FORZA FERRARI J.C.

@@375GTB fuck off shit head

MrDragpics - Spoiler alert? Who in the world doesn't know what happened with this situation? I just don't get why history has a "spoiler alert", I guess.

*You're actually informing us that your time has no value. Therefore tolerating commercials is an opportunity cost you're willing to pay. Pity, that.*