Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, 2016 Ford GT40

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Concours d'Elegance, Car Show, 2016-08-21, Pebble Beach Lodge, Pebble Beach, California, US

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, 2016 Ford GT40

Ford GT40's at 66th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

50Th year since the Ford GT40' won at Le Mans. Pebble Beach lined up 17 cars fo all to enjoy.

Ford GT40 P-1046 Mark II 1966 Ford GT40 P-1015 Mark II 1965 Ford GT40 P-1016 Mark II 1965 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

Ford GT40 P-1046 Mark II 1966; Ford GT40 P-1015 Mark II 1965; Ford GT40 P-1016 Mark II 1965
The 3 cars in thier finishing order of the 1966 1,2,3 finish. This however is not how they crossed the line. Following Ford's order, all three cars drove across the finish line side by side.

Ford GT40 P-1046 Mark II 1966 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

Ford GT40 P-1046 Mark II 1966
Placed First at Le Mans 1966 in the 1,2,3 finish. Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon

Following its memorable win, the car passed to Holman & Moody and was entered in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967, driven by Lloyd Ruby and Denny Hulme. After running amongst the race leaders, Ruby crashed on his 300th lap and P/1046’s racing days were over. Once repaired, this famous car was shipped around the United States as part of a Ford marketing tour. It was later rebuilt as a roadgoing supercar, complete with a gold metal-flake paint job.
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Ford GT40 P-1015 Mark II 1965 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

Ford GT40 P-1015 Mark II 1965
Placed Second in the 1,2,3 finish. This car ran first untill the last lap but slowed for the 1-2-3 finish as per "Ford Co." Having started infront of P-1046, P-1046 was decleared the winner as it had traveled father in the 24 hr. time

It made a victorious debut at the first 24-hours race held at Daytona, in February 1966. Following its magnificent win there, at the hands of Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby, the car crossed the Atlantic to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Ken Miles, then partnered with Denny Hulme, hoped to win the long distance race. This car led the race through many of the closing laps. Then, following a Ford decision to stage a photo finish, Miles slowed - and his GT40 crossed the line alongside the GT40 driven by Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon and ahead of the GTO of Ronnie Bucknum/ Dick Hutcherson. Officially it finished in 2nd because the GT40 driven by McLaren and Amon had driven farther at that point, having started farther back. Following Le Mans, this Mk II was raced again only twice, once again at Daytona where it did not finish and once again at Le Mans where it crashed. Then it was retired and put into storage at Holman & Moody.
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Ford GT40 P-1016 Mark II 1965 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

Ford GT40 P-1016 Mark II 1965
Placed Third at Le Mans 1966 in the 1,2,3 finish. Ritchie Ginther and Ronnie Bucknum

This car was built in 1965 and shipped as a bare chassis to Shelby American in Los Angeles, where it was completed in January 1966. That February, driven by Richie Ginther and Ronnie Bucknum, it entered its first race, the 24 Hours of Daytona, but did not finish due to issues with the gearbox. After racing at Sebring in March and finishing 12th at the hands of A. J. Foyt and Bucknum, it was handed over to Holman & Moody, who took it to France for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. This proved to be its finest hour: driven by Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson, it finished a close 3rd to the GT40s that placed 1st and 2nd in a famed photo finish. Its final race was back at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967, driven by Mark Donohue and Peter Revson, where gearbox issues led to another DNF. In 1970 the car was donated to the Harrah Museum in Nevada where it resided for many years.
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Ford GT40 P-1075 1968 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

Ford GT40 P-1075 1968
P-1075 Wins 24hr of Le Mans in 1968 and 1969

This Ford GT40 (P/1075) is one of the most important GT40s ever built, having won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968 and 1969. It is one of only two race cars in history to record consecutive wins there. For the 1968 Le Mans race, the regulations were changed and a 3-liter limit was imposed on all prototypes, eliminating the 427-cubic-inch Ford engines. Fortunately, the team at J.W. Automotive Engineering, under the direction of John Wyer, saw the potential of the GT40 as a Group 4 sports car, and they built two lightweight GT40s with carbon-fiber reinforced bodywork that was virtually identical to the original GT40 Mk I. As a result, this car, driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi, scored a resounding win at Le Mans in 1968. With the GT40 win, Ford was again at the top—and, incredibly, this GT40 repeated its Le Mans win in 1969 driven by Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver.
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Ford GT-109 Roadster 1965

Five Ford GT40 roadsters were built by Ford Advanced Vehicles in England, and this roadster (GT/109) is one of two steel-bodied prototypes delivered to Shelby American for testing in March 1965. This is the only GT40 roadster to have a race history; it ran at Le Mans in 1965, entered by Ford of France with drivers Maurice Trintignant and Guy Ligier. As with all the GT40s at Le Mans that year, it retired. Then it was shipped back to Shelby American, and the roadster project was shelved because Ford decided to focus its development on the coupe. After three years of use as a test car for various GT40 modifications, the roadster was spotted in a dusty warehouse by Dean Jeffries, and he acquired it from Shelby.
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Ford GT40 M3-1101 Mark III 1967

This GT40 Mk III (M3/1101) is the road-going prototype shown at the 1967 New York Auto Show. The car features the distinctive Mk III front fender with four headlights and the longer alloy rear end that was bolted onto the standard Mk I body. To add to its image as a road car, it was also fitted with a luggage box and Borrani wire wheels. Despite its road-going specification, the car competed for a number of years in international historic races. A recent restoration has returned the car to its New York Auto Show appearance.
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Ford GT-101 Prototype Tribute 1964

This car is an exact re-creation of the first-ever Ford GT40, then called simply the GT, that was originally built by British specialists Abbey Panels and Harold Radford. After development work by Ford at Dearborn the GT (GT/101) was shown to the press at the 1964 New York Auto Show before it ran in the 1964 Le Mans trials driven by Jo Schlesser. During the trials, that first prototype was crashed—as was the second prototype (GT/102) driven by Roy Salvadori. After Le Mans, GT/101 was scrapped, and the GT design was modified and became the GT40 Mk I. This car was built from the original drawings and photos of GT/101. Over a two-year period, the engine was built from scratch with the assistance of Ford Heritage and Ford’s race engineer Mose Nowland, who had worked on the original GT40 engines
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Ford GT-101 Prototype Tribute 1964

Ford GT-101 Prototype Tribute 1964

Ford GT-101 Prototype Tribute 1964

Ford GT-103 Prototype 1964

Completed in June 1964, this Ford GT40 prototype (GT/103) is the earliest known GT40 chassis in existence. At the end of the 1964 season, after months of development and disappointing race results at Le Mans, Reims and later Nassau Speed Week, the third and fourth GT40 prototypes (GT/103 and GT/104) were sent to Carroll Shelby for further tuning and preparation. The cars were then entered in the opening race of the 1965 season, the Daytona 2000 km Continental, and it soon became clear that Shelby’s development work had made a difference; GT/103, with Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby behind the wheel, raced into the history books as the first GT40 to score a victory. Later that year, GT/103 finished 2nd at Sebring and 3rd at Monza driven by Bruce McLaren and Ken Miles. It was then fitted with a 325-cubic-inch engine for a race at the Nürburgring driven by Phil Hill. After this race, GT/103 was officially retired from the factory tea
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Ford GT-103 Prototype 1964

Ford GT-109 Roadster 1965

Ford GT-109 Roadster 1965

Ford GT40 J-4 Mark IV 1967

The first J-Car, with a lightened chassis and fiberglass body, was completed in March of 1966, and it made its first public appearance at the Le Mans Trials where it recorded the fastest time. The J-Car project was put on hold while development concentrated on the GT40 Mark II, but after Ford’s 1-2-3 win at Le Mans in 1966, Ford revived the J-Car to compete against Ferrari’s 330 P4. Chassis J-4 was prepared by Ford engineers with a new body, incorporating a longer front nose, a Can Am–style tail section and a new roof line with a rear window. During this transformation the J-Cars officially became known as the GT40 Mark IV. This Mk IV (J-4) debuted at Sebring in April 1967, where it led from the start and took victory with Bruce McLaren and Mario Andretti behind the wheel. Four Mk IVs were entered for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1967, and that race was won by a J-5 driven by Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt. J-4 had been kept in the United States and was used for testing at Daytona before being put into storage. It was sold to the first of several private owners in 1970.
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Ford GT40 J-4 Mark IV 1967

Ford GT40 J-5 Mark IV 1967

This Ford Mk IV (J-5), driven by Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1967. The car was a continuation of Ford’s original GT40/J-Car program of 1964, which was resurrected in order to replicate the success of Ford’s grand win by a trio of Mk IIs at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. This Mk IV uses a strengthened chassis and a NASCAR-style steel roll cage, and the body is more conventional than the first “bread-van” J-Car. It also has a lower tail to improve airflow. It is fitted with the same 427-cubic-inch V8 that drove the winning trio of Mk IIs in 1966. Despite being 600 pounds heavier than its rival, the Ferrari 330 P4, this Mk IV eventually crossed the line three laps ahead of it. Following the 24-hour race, the car was shown at the Auto Expo International in September of 1967, before going to Dearborn, where it was donated to The Henry Ford museum in 1972.
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Ford GT40 J-5 Mark IV 1967

Ford GT40 J-6 Mark IV 1967

This is the Mk IV chassis (J-6) that was driven by Bruce McLaren and Mark Donohue to 4th place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1967. After Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt’s historic victory that year in its twin, the bubble-roofed bright-red J-5, all the other J-Cars were returned to Shelby American to be fitted with a bubble roof and painted red and were paraded around the United States on various publicity tours. This J-Car was acquired by Foyt in 1972. In1990, after it had passed through several other hands, its current owner bought the car and returned it to its proper yellow paintwork as it was seen at Le Mans, its only race.
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Ford GT40 J-6 Mark IV 1967

Ford GT40 M3-1101 Mark III 1967

Ford GT40 M3-1101 Mark III 1967

Ford GT40 M3-1101 Mark III 1967

Ford GT40 P AM-GT2 1966

This GT40 (P AM2) is one of the two lightweight GT40s prepared by Alan Mann Racing in England for the 1966 race season. It debuted at the 12 Hours of Sebring, driven by Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart, but did not finish. Despite promising results at Le Mans Trials in April, Ford ordered Mann to switch to the new 7.0-liter GT40 Mk II. As a result, this car was sold to GT40 driver Paul Hawkins at the end of the year. Hawkins modified the car for use in Group 4 races and it competed all over Europe, recording a multitude of wins—at Snetterton, Silverstone, Crystal Palace, Auvergne, Zeltweg, Oulton Park and Nürburgring, to name but a few. It has one of the most successful race histories of all of the GT40s, and its current owner still races the car very successfully in historic motoring events.
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Ford GT40 P AM-GT2 1966

Ford GT40 P AM-GT2 1966

Ford GT40 P AM-GT2 1966

Ford GT40 P-1015 Mark II 1965

This GT40 Mk II (P/1015) took part in the famed 1-2-3 Ford GT40 finish at Le Mans in 1966. It made a victorious debut at the first 24-hours race held at Daytona, in February 1966. Following its magnificent win there, at the hands of Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby, the car crossed the Atlantic to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Ken Miles, then partnered with Denny Hulme, hoped to win the long distance race. This car led the race through many of the closing laps. Then, following a Ford decision to stage a photo finish, Miles slowed— and his GT40 crossed the line alongside the GT40 driven by Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon and ahead of the GTO of Ronnie Bucknum/ Dick Hutcherson. Officially it finished in 2nd because the GT40 driven by McLaren and Amon had driven farther at that point, having started farther back. Following Le Mans, this Mk II was raced again only twice, once again at Daytona where it did not finish and once again at Le Mans where it crashed. Then it was retired and put into storage at Holman & Moody
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Ford GT40 P-1015 Mark II 1965

Ford GT40 P-1015 Mark II 1965

Ford GT40 P-1016 Mark II 1965

This GT40 Mk II (P/1016) was the third car in the triumvirate of GT40s that ruled Le Mans in 1966, recording a remarkable 1-2-3 finish. This car was built in 1965 and shipped as a bare chassis to Shelby American in Los Angeles, where it was completed in January 1966. That February, driven by Richie Ginther and Ronnie Bucknum, it entered its first race, the 24 Hours of Daytona, but did not finish due to issues with the gearbox. After racing at Sebring in March and finishing 12th at the hands of A. J. Foyt and Bucknum, it was handed over to Holman & Moody, who took it to France for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. This proved to be its finest hour: driven by Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson, it finished a close 3rd to the GT40s that placed 1st and 2nd in a famed photo finish. Its final race was back at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967, driven by Mark Donohue and Peter Revson, where gearbox issues led to another DNF. In 1970 the car was donated to the Harrah Museum in Nevada where it resided for many years.
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Ford GT40 P-1016 Mark II 1965

Ford GT40 P-1031-P1047 Mark IIB 1966

This GT40 (P/1031) was delivered to Shelby American in November 1965 and prepared for its first race, the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1966. With Dan Gurney driving, it led for most of that race, but the engine blew on the last corner and, breaking the rules, Gurney pushed the car across the finish line. After racing at Le Mans that June the car was upgraded to the new Mk IIB specification for the 1967 season, starting with 24-hour races at Daytona and Sebring. Le Mans was the next event for drivers Paul Hawkins and Ronnie Bucknum. After 17 hours the car retired with a seized engine. Around this time, official Ford records show that P/1031 changed identity and became P/1047. Although the reason is unclear, many race car identities were swapped due to accidents or matters related to race registration. Whatever the case, two weeks later, Ford of France entered this car in the 12 Hours of Reims, where it finished in 1st place, driven by Jo Schlesser and Guy Ligier. This was the final win for a GT40 Mk II and the only win for a Mk IIB. After several more races, concluding with the race at Montlhéry, the car was retired. The car has been carefully preserved ever since.
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Ford GT40 P-1031-P1047 Mark IIB 1966

Ford GT40 P-1040 Mark I 1966

This GT40 Mk I (P/1040) is the Scuderia Filipinetti team car, one of six GT40s originally built with long-distance Le Mans modifications. It was sold to Filipinetti immediately after being tested at Goodwood on February 23, 1966. After the Le Mans Trials in April, this car first raced at Monza, where it finished 3rd driven by Willie Mairesse and Herbert Muller. At Le Mans in June 1966, it was running in 5th position, behind the winning trio of GT40s, before crashing in the 16th hour. After it was repaired at Ford Advanced Vehicles, its last race was again at Monza in 1967, where it sadly caught fire, ending its racing career. The car has recently been restored to its 1966 Le Mans configuration.
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Ford GT40 P-1040 Mark I 1966

Ford GT40 P-1040 Mark I 1966

Ford GT40 P-1040 Mark I 1966

Ford GT40 P-1040 Mark I 1966

Ford GT40 P-1046 Mark II 1966

This GT40 Mk II (chassis P/1046), driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon, placed first at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, leading two other GT40s across the line for the famous 1-2-3 photo finish. Following its memorable win, the car passed to Holman & Moody and was entered in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967, driven by Lloyd Ruby and Denny Hulme. After running amongst the race leaders, Ruby crashed on his 300th lap and P/1046’s racing days were over. Once repaired, this famous car was shipped around the United States as part of a Ford marketing tour. It was later rebuilt as a roadgoing supercar, complete with a gold metal-flake paint job. Its new owner has now, thankfully, restored the car to its 1966 Le Man– winning configuration.
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Ford GT40 P-1046 Mark II 1966

Ford GT40 P-1074 Mirage M.10003 1968

This GT40 began life as a Mirage (chassis number M.10003) and made its debut at the Spa 1000 km race in May 1967. Driven by Jacky Ickx and Dick Thompson, the car finished first overall, recording the first win for a sports car in the now legendary blue and orange Gulf livery. Following FIA’s regulation change for the 1968 season, limiting prototype engine size to 3-liters and 5-liters for Group 4 cars, the Mirage was converted by J.W Automotive into a Group 4 GT40. This work was completed in February 1968 and the car was then assigned chassis number P/1074. It was the first of three lightweight racing GT40s built for the J.W.A./Gulf team. After several races, it ran in the Le Mans Trials with Jacky Ickx, who set a 3-minute 35.4-second lap record. This car also became a film star of sorts when it was used as a camera car in the Steve McQueen film Le Mans.
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Ford GT40 P-1074 Mirage M.10003 1968

Ford GT40 P-1075 1968

Ford GT40 P-1075 1968

Ford GT40 XGT-3 Mark II 1966

This 1966 GT40 (XGT-3), one of thirteen GT40 Mk IIs, is possibly the most original GT40 in the world. The main reason it has retained its original body work is that it is the only Mk II never to have raced in period. It is one of the three Alan Mann Lightweights built with an aluminum monocoque chassis, and it played an important role as a spare car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966—but it was never used. It still retains its original tachometer correction tag installed by Ford on all of the 1966 Le Mans cars. After that race the car returned to the United States and was taken around the country on Ford’s press tour, celebrating their famous Le Mans win. The car was also featured by Ford in their Autolite Spark Plug advertising of the period. Although it never raced in period, XGT-3 has been raced occasionally in historic events both in the United States and Europe.
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