This is the actual car that paced the field for the 1964 Indianapolis 500. To meet the speed requirements for a pace car, it was fitted with a detuned engine from the Mark I Ford GT40 race car.
Mecum's upcoming Indianapolis auction will include the sale of one of the two surviving GT40 Roadster prototypes.
The GT40's basic layout comprised a monocoque ... Ford supplied its all-aluminum 4.2 L Indianapolis engine in concert with a Colotti gearbox, believing it would handle the engine's 350 horsepower.
The only other Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadster in existence, GT/108, was sold at the 2019 RM Sotheby’s Monterey ...
This Ford GT40 stayed parked for 21 years with a transmission design issue. Emelia Hartford has just fixed it and took it to ...