{"id":86526,"date":"2021-12-15T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=86526"},"modified":"2021-12-28T08:25:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T08:25:56","slug":"ford-gt70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/ford-gt70\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford GT70"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Almost every motorsport fan knows the Ford GT40. In the late 1960s, this flat mid-engined wedge with doors cut far into the roof won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times in a row and other sports car races as well. Some sports car enthusiasts may also remember the GT90 that Ford presented as a tribute in 1995. Series production didn’t materialize, to the disappointment of many potential customers. Only the GT presented in 2002 for Ford’s 100th anniversary went into production in 2005. And currently, another mid-engine sports car with the abbreviation “GT” and visual references to the GT40 is rolling off the production line. On the other hand, only a few die-hard Ford fans know about another “GT” from the 1970s. In the British part of Ford of Europe, a thoroughbred rally car was built in 1970 to compete against the Alpine A110.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design by Ercole Spada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The mid-size sedans Zephyr and Zodiac of the fourth model generation formed the basis. However, the engine was moved behind the two passengers for better weight balance. The basic idea was rumored to have originated with motorsport director Stuart Turner, motorsport manager Jochen Neerpasch and British rally driver Roger Clark. These three were sitting together on a Ford plane on the way back from the 1969 Monte Carlo Rally. Ercole Spada was responsible for the design. He drew a compact, rounded sports car with a body made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic and equipped with pop-up headlights. However, the latter were replaced by fixed round headlights on the hood for some rally events. Len Bailey joined the team from the GT40 program to give the new car good driving dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n

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