1966 Ford GT40 expensive car

1966 Ford GT40 expensive car
1966 Ford GT40 was a tribute to this vettura.Henry Ford II wanted a car capable of winning the 24 hours since the early sixties. Initially, Ford attempted to buy Ferrari, but after the interruption of the negotiations in 1963, it was decided to produce its own car.
1966 Ford GT40 was a famous sports car produced by Ford from 1964 to 1969. Conceived as a rival of Ferrari in endurance racing, he won four times in succession, from 1966 to 1969, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.The Ford began to work closely with Lola and the end result was a car that was named the GT 40. The acronym "GT", as designed for the new Gran Turismo, even then will never be approved for this category and the number "40" inches in height equal to the windshield of the car measured (1.02 m), as required the regulation.

1966 Ford GT40 sports car
For this purpose it was created a small subsidiary in Great Britain, Ford Advanced Vehicles, based in Slough. He also began to deal with Cooper, Lola and Lotus. Cooper had gained experience in racing in Gran Turismo and prototyping. Also at that time his performance was falling in Formula 1.

1966 Ford GT40 old car
The Lotus proposed his project in Europe. At the 1966 Ford GT40 end of Lola proposal was chosen. To be tested were veterans of the American races Carroll Shelby and Carroll Smith preferred that the project of Eric Broadley pointing to the adoption of a V8 engine.Were used to power the car several engines with displacements ranging from 4.2 L (the same used by the Lotus 34 and Lotus 38 at the 1966 Ford GT40 Indianapolis 500) up to 7 L (derived NASCAR).

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