"Ford v. Ferrari" premiered in 2019 ... one of the most revered cars in the annals of racing history -- the Ford GT40. The movie does a great job of highlighting how the GT40 came to be and ...
Ford v Ferrari accurately portrays the thrilling 1966 ... Ford couldn't have picked a better partner to take over the GT40 program. People who knew him also say that Christian Bales' portrayal ...
As documented in countless books and the movie Ford v Ferrari, the GT40 was developed with the sole purpose of ending Ferrari‘s dominance of endurance racing. And in 1966, after a couple of ...
The only other surviving GT40 Roadster Prototype, GT/108, was sold at RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction in 2019 for a cool $7.65 ...
The resulting vehicle was dominant, besting the cars of Il Commendatore from 1966 to 1969, although it should be noted that Ford's GT40 was unable to beat Ferrari in its first two Le Mans outings ...
In 1966 alone, it finished 1-2-3 against Ferrari, in one of the most memorable ... period correct GT40 Ford 289 cubic inch V-8 with Gurney-Weslake cylinder heads, four Weber twin-choke carburetors ...
It was a historic night: the first victory for the Ford GT40, the Ford that beat Ferrari ... to calling the LMDh news the kickoff to Ford v Ferrari II, which has many asking: Can Ford win again ...
From the trailers, it would be fair to assume “Ford v Ferrari’s” central focus is around the 1966 Le Mans race, and the production of Ford’s GT40 race car leading up to it. While this certainly is a ...
Ford's V8 is like the MacGyver of engines. From winning Le Mans and the Indy 500, to powering some cool (and weird) cars.
A 1967 Ford GT40 is currently up for bid over at Bring a Trailer. The example is from the car’s fourth series, which tried to better the performance of the GT40 that broke through at the Le Mans one ...
Ford v Ferrari stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale and hits theaters this November. Here's what you should know about the racing film before this fall.