{"id":72777,"date":"2021-06-18T09:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T09:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=72777"},"modified":"2021-06-30T08:39:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:39:12","slug":"ford-gt40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/ford-gt40\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford GT40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is a lot to say about the Ford GT40. However, other magazines have already done this frequently. Especially when the film “Ford v. Ferrari” was released two years ago and prepared the back story for moviegoers, the mid-engined race car was on everyone’s lips. To sum it up in a few sentences: Henry Ford II wanted to give his company a younger, cooler image. After all, more and more young people were growing up whose families had earned good money as a result of the economic boom after World War 2 and who were now looking for exciting cars. This led, among other things, to the presentation of the Mustang in 1963. At the same time, the sports car brand Ferrari was facing insolvency in Italy. Although the Scuderia won race after race, the annual new developments were too cost-intensive. At the last minute, however, company boss Enzo Ferrari rejected a takeover by the Ford Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Lola Mk6 GT to the Ford GT40<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Whether it really came to clear insults of Enzo Ferrari about Henry Ford II, as shown in “Ford v Ferrari”, can no longer be clarified with certainty. The fact is, however, that in Detroit it was decided immediately after the failed negotiations in Italy to beat Ferrari on the racetrack. For this purpose, two Mk6 GTs were purchased from the English race car designer Lola under the direction of Eric Broadley for testing purposes. Ford Advanced Vehicles Ltd. was founded in Slough, UK, with former Aston Martin team manager John Wyer as its head. In the following months, the company implemented the findings from the test drives with the Lolas and developed its own mid-engined sports car. This was given the name GT40 for the GT racing class (for which the car was never homologated) and a height of just 40 inches (about 1.02 meters). It made its debut on March 16, 1964.<\/p>\n\n\n

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