A Ford GT40 Mk II that competed in the historic 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans has been auctioned for $13,205,000 at the RM Sotheby’s event in Miami, the highest auction price ever paid for the model or a ...

A Ford GT40 MkII which managed 12 laps at the famous 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours has become been auctioned for a record amount ...

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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 ...

As documented in countless books and the movie Ford v ... And in 1966, after a couple of false starts, the GT40 Mk II did just that, finishing 1-2-3 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, just as it had ...

From Daytona to Le Mans, Ford engines have been tested ... The engine's design elements developed for this GT40 MK II program carried over into future Ford performance programs.

The initial models struggled with reliability, but Ford remained persistent, refining the car into a world-beater. Dominance at Le Mans By 1966, Ford had perfected the GT40, and the results were ...

It’s likely that you know by rote the whys and wherefores of Ford’s entry at Le Mans in 1966. Henry Ford II had been slighted by Enzo Ferrari when the Italian pulled out of a deal to sell his company ...