JWA Ford GT40 1968 Le Mans Lap Onboard 

Stirling Moss got stopped by the police in the UK in the 1960s ,for speeding !! As he wound down the driver' s window the policeman stood looking down at him and said sarcastically " Who do you think you are? Stirling Moss ? Licence please ! " True story that !

The sound of that V8 is glorious.

I waited 52 years to see that point of view. Cool !!

I love it pulling out of the pits as that pushrod V8 sputters and coughs until it’s up in the revs and starts pulling cleanly, absolutely fabulous 👍

So beautiful to see the circuit "as it was" before the wholesale development, not just of the circuit, but of the town itself, alongside the Mulsanne straight.

you got to love the sound of that small block ford v8

The sound of that V-8 is music to my ears!

Watching this footage reminds me of the 1971 movie Le Man's with the legendary Steve McQueen

I've seen this lap done by Mike Hawthorne. He's chatting away as though it's a Sunday drive. Excellent. Really enjoyed this.

This is quite wonderful. While an exchange student at Lycée Jean Charcot in St. Servan in 1964/65 I had the privilege of attending the 1965 LeMans. That was the year that the fabulous GT40s, or something very much like them, were introduced. I don't think I've ever had a complete tour of the Circuit de La Sarthe, and it definitely lives up to its reputation. Actually seeing Tertre Rouge and the Maison Blanche is stirring. In fact, I feel a strong impulse to pour myself a big snifter and put on some Jango Reinhart, just for old time's sake.

I was a teenager in the pits at the old Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas where each fall they held the Can Am race. As I stood in awe looking at all the cars I heard a voice, I turned and there stood Stirling Moss with two very attractive young women and arm around each, he was explaining the cars. What a life he had!

The "Good Old Days" in Racing .... at Le Mans , Cars were MACHINES and Drivers were MEN ...with Incredible Skill and stamina ... Nothing compares today ...Like those days : )

The Mulsanne straight with nothing but trees on the left with white paint on them. Insane.

I have this on a VHS tape along with a compilation of other great in car footage of a 427 Cobra and a 935 Porsche at old Riverside Raceway in California. This is a great slice of history. Thank you

When Le Mans was a great circuit before all the changes on the Mulsanne broke up the flow and character of the whole place. I was there one year on the Mulsanne straight in the cafe right next to the track and as the cars sped past the air pressure from them blew the shutters of the cafe in, at which point the owner would push them too and wait for the next car to blow them open…great fun! Great video and the sound of the GT 40 was amazing! Thanks for posting.

So insanely dangerous - these men were gladiators first and foremost

Remember that Dan Gurney called those trees 'French safety barriers'. By the time any car pieces got thru them, they'd be to small to hurt anyone. Fabulous video, could listen to Sir Stirling Moss all day. (Edited for spelling)

I was an invited guest of Ford for both the 2016 and 2017 24 Hours. Also attended both 2018 and 19, and 2010 with Matech. In 2017 AJ Foyt was there. He told our group many great stories including how the white paint on the trunks of those Linden trees at the beginning of the Mulsanne Straight was there for safety. All it did was to "blind the shit out of you" especially in the middle of the night as you became more fatigued. His exact words were "safety my ass". I am a Ford GT owner/driver and have been to Lemans 5 times. Once with Matech (2005/06 car) and 4 times with Ford. This video is well done. Thank you.

That's what a proper engine sounds like !

That is the best music I heard today. Awesome.

I once met Sir Stirling Moss at a racetrack back in the 60's. I got his autograph.

I love it when the revs get high enough. You can hear it snarl.

My Dad was good friends with the localFord dealer so as a 16 year old I got to drive Pantera and an AC Cobra. Growing upin the golden age of American muscle carswas beyond cool

Held my hand on the bass speaker , send shivers down your spine!

Glorious Music from that Ford.

Wow , that V8 engine sound brings tears of joy , what a beast , great film clip thanks for sharing mate .

I have a DVD called In Car 956 of Derek Bell driving the Porsche 956 around 7 of the world’s best circuits. On that circuit he’s clocking 220mph down the straight. Awesome

I've seen the 1983 Derek Bell video numerous times but this one really opened my eyes to how insanely dangerous the old course really was.

I went with my dad and uncles to Sebring during the '60s. After my dad died and I was old enough to drive, I'd go with a friend. I have 8mm footage of Sterling Moss driving past. I was there in 1966. They gave helicopter rides and I was climbing aboard a Bell helicopter when we saw smoke billowing up. We flew to the hairpin curve where Bob McLean had just crashed. That night, I was down at the S curves when Mario Andretti and Don Wester tangled on the warehouse straight. There were some spectators who had connections and were sitting on the loading dock in a restricted area. They were struck and killed. I was at Sebring the first time the Ford GT40 raced. I was in Junior High at the time and actually wrote and article about the race for my school's newspaper. Two years later I had slides I took at the race shown on local TV. That led to my getting hired as my high school job running audio for the 11:00 PM news Friday and Saturday nights.

SCCA here, love these older films.

The sound of that small block Ford would make anyone a Ford fan. Beautiful.

So much more exciting then, miss those days. Awesome video.

No chicanes, no Porsche curves!!!❤❤

Derek Bell's description of driving the Porsche 917 on the Mulsanne at night hitting 249 mph (not kph) - it must have been equally terrifying and thrilling...

Damn, that was wayyyyy cool!!!!!

the sound is just fabulous!

Such a ballsy circuit - so much speed!

Who doesn't like a lap in the GT40??? Thanks for sharing, it was a fun ride!!!

That was sweet music he was listening to on that relaxing "country drive"...

Love it, seeing this is epic, I have been to the 24 hrs of Lemans back in the 80's as a spectator and it was one of the greatest racing events I have attended. 👍

This is tremendous 👍

I like the model kit of the McLaren M8B (on the bookshelf). I had one when I was a kid. Always wanted a similar kit of the M20 (1972).

The induction sound from the IDA WEBBER'S is pure music, you can hear the familiar popping of the carbs at low RPM as the car leaves the pits.

Notice the pit-lane with the two-white stripes for the imaginary 'pit-wall'. The was no entry path to drive into pit-lane back then, the driver just made a hard-right turn, off of the race course, into the pit-box. And then to exit the pits, had to check for on-coming cars, and when it was clear, a hard left turn and full throttle.

In the US we had a show in the 90s or maybe even late 80s called "The Glory Days" which had a host and would show these old racing films, mostly from the 60s and 70s but also from the 50's and before. It was initially on ESPN but later on Speedvision. Love this old stuff. I think Dave Despain was the host who would introduce it.

Great movie, cheers Fabrizio

I've kept coming across your content in the last few months, really enjoying it from Oxford UK. You have a new subscriber as requested. Thank you.

Thank you so much. This is wonderful to see

Saw this Le Mans 1968 footage about 35 years ago on VHS tape -combined film made by Ferodo UK Brakes and the John Wyer Automotive Engineering-Ford/Porsche Gulf team exploits from 68-71 - 👍🏻

There is in car footage from the 1954 race with future F1 World Champion Mike Hawthorn at the wheel of a D Type Jaguar.

To race Le Mans then when it was country road except for pit / race lane versus today is amazing!

Gnarly footage, thanks for sharing, very fun.

>you've got to do it right first time. Otherwise you just won't come 'round again.

Indianapolis to arnage is really a fun combination , it flows well when going through there.

This is amazing 👏🏿

Excellent, thank you!

My favourite car of all time. My favourite car story of all time that gt40 p1075

Absolutely Brilliant!!!!

Love that "highway sound".

Glorious!

Thank you for that. Awesome sound stems from that cross-over 'bunch of snakes'. Thought your specialty would have been the '66 win by that black/silver GT40 by Bruce McLaren R.I.P. & Chris Amon [arguably one of the best F1 drivers never to win a GP]. Saw him race @ Lakeside in Tasman C'ship, against Jackie S., Graham Hill RIP etc.

The gear changes are soooo slow compared to the quick shift auto boxes today. Awesome sitting in this car at speed. I had the pleasure of seeing # 1075 at Goodwood FOS in 2019 on the 50th anniversary of the 1969 win.

Really good!

There is great onboard from 1977, 936/77 Spyder. Jurgen Barth on a qualifying run. The speed is amazing.

The video starts at 1:56.

You can almost smell the race fuel and exhaust. Simply wonderful

I drive this car in the simulator all the time on tracks like this (although without the new chicane) and Longford. It feels great and it makes it easy to tell that this was an out-lap (also maybe keeping in mind that he had recording equipment onboard), but the game can't get close to how raw the engine sounds in this. AND the audio is in sync, which is nearly never the case. I found Ford v Ferrari nearly unwatchable, in part because the audio never makes sense. Thanks for posting this. I'm going to try and find the full doccie now!

I watch the footage of all the vertical obstructions around the course and it reminds me of the line in Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song, “That Smell”; (“Oak Tree, You’re In My Way”)

It must have been awesome driving there back in the day!!!

Great video, starting at 1:58. Thank you.

This was a "small" engined Ford GT. Only 5 litres not the 7 litre beast. The ruling body changed to rules to ban the big engines

GT Forking awesome!

Those m a n u a l gear changes.

Epic!

Stirling Moss was the ultimate gentleman. I wish F1 had more drivers of his ilk today.

Good work Kiwi

“And that’s the first three and a half minutes of 24 hours.” -Ford v. Ferrari

Nice to see it going past maison blanć

Skip to 1:56 for video

En 1968 à l'entrée des hunaudieres j'avais 11 ans je m'en rappel bien

Brilliant. 🙂

'68 also saw the Howmet, for the 1st and last time :)

Nice to see some incar footage going through the old White House section.

Actually their is a earlier video in the 50s of Jaguar D type going around le man with driver commentary. Its something else! Id highly check it out 👍

That was fun. I would love to drive that track in an GT40 I do drive a 1962Falcon with a 550hp 302 manual transmission. Its fun but not a GT40

Wow!

Jaguar did this with Mike Hawthorne commentating back in 1956.....12years previous....so hardly 'new' territory. That said, thanks for posting this vid - awesome sound.

Try the IOM TT races trees lamp posts stone walls and people sat at the side of the road as heros on bikes flash past at 200mph+. I once did 100mph in a FIAT van on the Mulsanne straight it wouldn't go any faster! Museum is well worth a visit

If i count correctly the Car in this Video have 5 Gears. I was thinking the early GT40 Models had 4 Gears?

Dang, made that look easy!

good thing they have all those trees to slow you down in case of an accident

I think the 917 Porsche cars were close to hitting 240 MPH on the Mulsanne Straight

Wow. Thank You for sharing that. So cool. I could imagine my hero, Mr. Dan Gurney driving the Mk IV around there. Stunning audio!

Oh, to have this old course again with modern cars.

2:00 start

This was the real Le MANS no chicanes and no Porsche curves. The original white house part of the track

Okay - I’ll subscribe.

What a treat it would be to run a few laps at Le Mans in my Vette,wow the history

5:40 Maison Blanche Same division as Burnenville, Masta, Eau Rouge, Karusell, Bosch Kurve, Corkscrew, Parabolica or Loews.

Reminds me of commuting to work. 😛