is one of only two surviving roadster examples The car was the only roadster prototype to race at Le Mans, which it did in 1965 A rare opportunity to own one of the original Ford GT40 prototypes ...

To see the car’s place in racing history, rewind to 1965 when Ford was fast-tracking its Le Mans-focused GT40 program. In preparation, its Ford Advanced Vehicles division—in the UK—had built ...

This 1965 Ford GT40 Roadster is the only one of its kind to have raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It saw the light of day as the second of only five GT Roadster competiton prototypes ever built ...

“The GT/109 roadster was sent to Shelby American in California in preparation for its one and only race: the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours.” With the GT40’s potential now proven, the GT/109 roadster ...

It also raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans of the same ... examples built. This GT40 MkII is chassis number P/1032 and was originally delivered to Shelby American in late 1965 as an unpainted ...

I at its first Le Mans, Ford yanked control over the GT40 to America. The ensuing 1965 season didn’t make Ford’s decision look wise, as Ferrari walked all over the re-organized team.

Michigan headquarters trying to figure out how to wedge the automaker's new 427 cubic inch V8 into the GT40's engine bay. After the Spring 1965 time trials at Le Mans, drivers Ken Miles and Phil ...

This particular 250 LM, a 1964 example, was fielded in the 1965 Le Mans race by Luigi ... the museum is departing with include a 1966 Ford GT40 Mk II, a 1957 Chevrolet Corvette SS Project XP64 ...

The 1965 Le Mans was the last time a Ferrari won the great ... That was quicker than Ford of France’s open-cockpit 4.7-liter GT40, all the Cobra coupes, and the four other 250 LMs campaigned ...

The north-western French town of Le Mans will forever be synonymous ... and eighteen podiums between 1960 and 1965 was suddenly challenged by the Ford GT40 in what was to become one of the biggest ...

To see the car’s place in racing history, rewind to 1965 when Ford was fast-tracking its Le Mans-focused GT40 program. In preparation, its Ford Advanced Vehicles division—in the UK—had built a total ...