Ford GT40, the first to be delivered to a private customer in the UK, has just been sold for $7 million at the Kissimmee auction ...

and the tried and tested 380bhp 4.7-litre Ford V8 from the Shelby American Cobras providing the power, the GT40 would take its firstrace win at the Daytona 2000km in February 1965. Along with the ...

The Ford GT will make its race debut at ... The replica outfit Superformance, with the help of Shelby and Safir, makes a continuation GT40 Mk.II, and with the historic circumstances of the Daytona ...

Because an original 1966 Ford GT40 Mk I—one of only 31 road-going ... the company that manufactured the dynamometers used by Shelby American for testing GT40s. He reportedly sold the car ...

Having done a good job with the Cobra, Ford contracted Shelby to develop their new top-flight racer. Named the GT40, a tuned ...

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It also won the GT class that year in the 24 Hours of Le Mans while Ford was struggling (and failing) to finish the race with ...