Ford GT40 Mk IV is up for auction on Bring a Trailer. The vehicle up for bid spent the first part of its life as an open-top ...

Ford Mk IV was originally raced in Can-Am as an open-top car, and later converted to replicate the 1967 Le Mans-winning GT40.

It was a historic night: the first victory for the Ford GT40, the Ford that beat Ferrari. It was the debut of the Shelby American Ford racing team. It was also the first time an American car had won a ...

Undaunted by a lack of wins, Ford regrouped for 1965 with Carroll Shelby-already a veteran with his Cobras-taking over the GT40 MK II program. He delivered a win at Daytona with Ken Miles and ...

and the tried and tested 380bhp 4.7-litre Ford V8 from the Shelby American Cobras providing the power, the GT40 would take its firstrace win at the Daytona 2000km in February 1965. Along with the ...

A 1967 Ford GT40 is currently up for bid over at Bring ... wasn’t enough for Ford and the car’s mastermind, Carroll Shelby, though. They decided to rework the car’s chassis and bodywork ...