The legendary Ford GT40 (awesome sound)

[TheCaraf]

Not a replica ??

i have seen this one during the summer during an event in Brussels :)

[russiaviation]

I love to have one,too ! LOL !!!

[douchechillum]

Good things always happen when you take a British car and put in an American engine.

[classiquemotosport]

How give a shit if its a replica or not can you have the real one or not so why not a replica.

[RandomPsychic]

Too quiet to be a real 40....

[Ahead5ABC]

Automotive Pornography

[RaikenXion]

Beautiful car, wen people say cars r sexy I know wot they mean wen I look at GT40

[rcbuggyracingya]

@wakenride ok thank you

[TheMrbean97]

y the paint like that?? its look ugly, anyway its a Great Car Ever

[CharleyFarley1040]

Makes you proud to be English when you see what Lola designed, thats why they were all right hand drive. Eric Broadley, what a genius. By the way, there were more than 2 Gulf spec cars, some are still in England. I should know, i supplied rebuilt original parts to the last 40 to be built. It was stored, in parts, until 2009, then shipped to the UK and built for the Chairman of Gulf Oil.

[StfuSiriusly]

@CharleyFarley1040 It wasnt just Lola there was a team and one of the main engineers was from Ford. Though it was led by Aston martin guy john wyer (sp?) and of course included Broadley but none of the Gt40s ever won or got close to winning until they sent the cars to Shelby and they threw in a 7liter and tweaked the cars and then had their first win. If anything you should say it makes you proud of the collaboration of forward thinking people.

[TJ4774]

I would lop off my balls for that car.... Seriously..

[rcbuggyracingya]

@wakenride i am really intrested in thos fords, but can you pleas tell me what replica is? sorry for my bad english!

[hOtFRiesaRegood7]

if this was real itd be a lot louder. and the gulf's are both in america.

[hkspower1]

The Ford GT40 was a high performance sports car and winner of the 24 hours dude its not it was a winner it still is the winner is show some respect

[Mattyj241]

@arminask

No bro! It's ford keeps circling the problem

(logo)

[ItsMeTheBadGuy]

Can anyone please give me the color codes for the blue and orange Ford GT40.

I've searched for days :(

TYVM

[Hirash]

@ItsMeTheBadGuy 3707 Zenith Blue, 3748 Navy Blue and 3957 Tangerine.

[ItsMeTheBadGuy]

@Hirash aww thanks, I had the painter choose some colors. Too late. But thanks anyway!

I will check those colors now, I'm curious! :)

[jcstumpy1]

Big-n-Deep

[UMCxH4CKZ0RS]

its a replica but if u look at :18 - :21 , the engine still has hilbourne fuel injectors :O

[KyleReidzilla]

@wakenride Well of course, I'm pretty sure a 1960's race car isn't exactly street legal.

[andyj288]

@wakenride i agree this one is a replica, however there was more than 2 gulf gt40's

best british car ever!!

[STfrontiersman]

Id let mike tyson punch me in the face and bite a piece of my ear off for that car.

[arminask]

FORD

F-fix

O-or

R-repair

D-daily



[thepineapple1]

This car so small, you could probably park it under your kitchen table! xD

[xSpittfire]

Dear Santa...

[nephilium67]

I want. I want. I want.

[grijam02]

There goes half of its fuel tank.

[seapeddler]

Most people don't realize the GT40 was the first electric car to win Le Mans.

[RebelSoul2010]

@MrAlexdive well if you can find someone willing to sell you one and can drop several million dollars

[MrAlexdive]

that kind of cars is for sale??? I'm curius.

[worldbestlatindad]

@MrAlexdive Man this legendary car is ridiculously expensive, a few millions of dollars!!!

[MrAlexdive]

@worldbestlatindad I do not get it. I mean some racing original cars maybe cost millions. but a replica, cost about 50000$ . (I do not remember where i read this).

[MrFabietto66]

fantastic!!!!!

[03focussvt943]

Cool car, but the cameraman's shite mic didnt hardly pic up the sound. Thumbs down.

[smosherx]

sweeeeet

[idestroyedtheworld]

Dan gurney won in that exact car in either 67 or 68... before u start sayin o ur stupid or u dont kno shit i kno it becuz there is a little bubble on the drivers side and dan gurney was so tall they did that so he could fit in that car.

[legomonster608]

@idestroyedtheworld there are a few of these gt40 with the bubble its for the helmet to fit couse the car was so small

[oAPXo]

@legomonster608 I thought it was the GT43 that only had the bubble roof?

[WalkerGuitarist492]

@idestroyedtheworld Well, it's not '67, the Mark IV won that year.

[premiermc]

OG

[blackopsmontage1000]

waar was dit

[technojaa]

i'm not sure if that's even a real one..

[Mrbronco2013]

@technojaa what are you stupid?

[technojaa]

@Mrbronco2013 no check some pics of a gt40 of 1969 or 1968 there are differences

[Nintendy123]

@technojaa The Ford gt40 had many variations of it. this is juz one of them.

[koringn]

nothing in the gm stable can ever come near this.

[DrInsane76]

You are getting in,but never out!? Awesome car! Low,wide and what a power.

[mynith]

that car is so tiny...I'm nt even sure if I'd fit in one, but boy, how I'd love to

[DoctorNambu]

REALLY A GMC COMERCIAL??? FUCKING DUMB

[Drathius17]

I didnt hear anything??!!

[ProfessorIgor]

mufflers ?? blasphemy !!!

[djza4321]

never saw one in my life if i had it i would take care of it so much knowing that it is super rare

[Casper7412]

Ill trade you my future wife for that car :)

[Ernestoide]

Nice sound AHHHHHHH

[MichaelDFarris]

Built to destroy Ferraris

[doowaditti]

Absolutely beautiful in sight and sound.

[AlchemistHawk]

Real Sports Car

[witham93]

I wouldn't fit in a ford gt40!

[DaScorpi0n]

FORD

F-first

O-on

R-race

D-day

=]

[TVRnGTR]

@DaScorpi0n Ferocious On Road Dominance or my personal one Fuck Other Retards who Differ

[VladBlok28]

FORD

henry - ford.

:P

[BoostedVtec]

@DaScorpi0n

FORD

F-ound

O-n

R-oad

D-ead

:P

[DeathCoreGamer]

@BoostedVtec This ford isn't on the road dead after 50 years so your argument is invalid. Mister front wheel drive honda badass

[BoostedVtec]

@DeathCoreGamer ur just hating on Honda reliability ...and oh yeah..cuz all hondas are fwd...moron

[DeathCoreGamer]

@BoostedVtec 90% of them are. I honestly have no idea how reliable honda's are. And personally I could not give a fuck how reliable they are. Point is you're trying to tell people that Ford's are found on road dead. This one isn't, so your argument is invalid. Good fight.

[Rumeel12708]

@BoostedVtec naw

F-irst

O-n

R-ace

D-ay!!!!!

[salusburycheese]

Can't hear anything.

[shred316]

@fordsuckbigtime... Blow me, fuckhead.

[shred316]

It's not a fucking british car you dumbfuck. How stupid are you. The British don't make 427 SOHC or honeycomb designs. What the fuck?

[scassidy100]

@shred316 we made sum good cars tho

[zinger52]

I don't know why I keep going back to these clips it's not bringing me any closer to my ideal

[willembb]

that porsche makes me feel sick at the start

[Davyjones2511]

ugly shit

[98undrtaker]

Yes the MK1's were built in Britain at first but after 2 failed attempts Shelby took over the project reworked the mistakes with the car and made the MK2 which was the first win in 66, in 1967 the car was completely redesigned as the MK4. In 68and 69 the MK1 was reworked from it's original design and won those 2 races ran by British teams. So actually it's both a British and American design depending on the year. The book Go Like Hell will tell you all you want to know about the Frod GT40.

[Ltndoom]

i'm glad to be able to say i've seen an original one.... which was in a ferrari store...

[PimSrOck]

Oh mon dieu, quelle fabuleuse auto, quelle merveille, les mots me manquent ! :')

[eversostrong]

Americans are responsible for this car regardless. It otherwise would not been built.

[keefer2111]

its a great car if you are 5ft tall...6fters? it gonna be real tight

[bonitim1]

A Be isso so tem placa na frente eh?

[trydownloadingthis]

Have you ever seen such a good-looking car? Me neither.

[latenightpilgrim]

@trydownloadingthis its one of the best lookin cars EVER mind you i am biased as i watche dit cross the line way back in '69., arguably the greatest race ever,and boy, Le Mans is full of superlatives...

[davinou26]

Why americans don't remake cars like that ?

[CemetaryGatesML]

@davinou26 .....they did, the concept came out in 2002, the production of the remake of this car began in 2004

[BumbleBeest9000]

@CemetaryGatesML

It's not a remake, it's a limited-production shitbox that can only wish it were as good as this.

[CemetaryGatesML]

@BumbleBeest9000 .... funny, is that why it can set faster lap times then the origonal GT40?

[gogrampus]

it's fuckin quiet like sleeping sheep

[greenbastard619]

kit car. Not the real thing.

[musikTECH]

@greenbastard619 ofcorse lol

[Cash2112]

Can't hear dick. . .

[64fairlane305]

What sound?

[3llDiablo]

metal on steroids +1

[spam0193]

He could probably driven it straight under that barrier :) GT40 is an epic car by the way- British designed chassis and body with a huge American V8 crammed into it! People should learn from it, good things come from U.K/U.S partnerships!

[sayhellomother]

yeaah with a belgian license plate

[blackberry4511]

the downside to this car. anyone over 6 foot cant fit in it.

[DoomsDaySlip]

@blackberry4511

Not true. I fit in a mark 2 model just fine and I'm 6'2"

Dan Gurney was 6'5" and they made the Gurney bubble so he could wear his helmet in the car.

Continuation models also have their pedals set a few inches farther back, so it's very "tall-person-accessible" now. :)

[blackberry4511]

@DoomsDaySlip oh, i dont have any personal experince. but someone told me that. dosnt the 40 in GT40 stand for the total height of the car? i dont know what the unit is for it.

[DoomsDaySlip]

@blackberry4511

The height is 40 imperial inches, and yes, thats where the 40 in it comes from. It's about as tall as your kitchen countertop. Thats why there are the cuts in the doors, the car sat so low to the ground, it's easier to drop in from the top than it would have been trying to get in it like a normal car. I was good friends with a guy who owned one, and he demonstrated to me how quickly and easily it was to get in and out. We are both tall people, for the record

[sdj9776]

Obviously the car is registered in Belgium. I like the Belgian flag on the driver's side window. Is this a reflection of the current owner's citizenship or is it a tribute to the greatest of all Belgian drivers, Jacky Ickx? De toute façon, vive la Belgique et vive la GT40!

[167harry]

this is my ultimate dream car :P love it and gtistopgear your right :P XD i'm to tal for it i think XD haha

[ekhaat]

Waddaya mean, awesome sound? We didn't get to hear it!!

[GTisTopGear]

i bet tat door could chop your head off if your too tall

[hasbor]

i cant stop masturbate on this

[SBCriss]

boys drive european cars, men drive american muscle cars

[DVGTS1]

the most beautiful ford ever made

[SeatBeltFTW]

@DVGTS1 The GT40 is not a Ford!

Many car manufacturers tried to make a re-make of the car but they were all rubbish.

But ford made the real thing!

Again the original GT40 isn't a Ford.

[DVGTS1]

@SeatBeltFTW i know it was built in britain under the suppervision of shelby, but this car in particular was registered as a ford as has been the most popular form of the car.

who gives a rat's ass if the original wasn't from ford. it's now widely known as a ford.

[camelman999999]

@DVGTS1 That is not correct. Carol Shelby took over the project (in the states) after the first poor season. (I think Carol Shelby could make a souped up trash cart win a race) Shelby was fond of developing British sports car designs with the awesome power that can be charmed out of the lumbering V8 engines from Detroit of the time(EG. AC Cobra). Give credit where it is due the design was Lola's the development of the project was down to Shelby.Ford kept their distance until it started winning!

[fordsuckbigtime]

i agree i like the old ford better

[excalebuir]

@DVGTS1 elanor can make a stand!

[sirlonghair]

look at the fule injection in the window is the GT40 the first to display it's engine seams a lot of super cars do the same thing now and now a lot of cars are going V8 like the M5 whats wrong is the stupid over complcated V10 giving you problems go pay for another valve job or just get an LS3 to replace it so they are replacing it LOL

[Mockingbird5150]

OMG!!! THE BEAST FROM THE WEST

[gwmkwan]

sadly this car wasn't even made nor design in the US

[MrBoboeug]

i would shit my pants tf a ford gt40 drives in front of me ans by the way the car has almost the same decorations like the porsche 917 i love both of the cars!!!

[FreakydeekyDutchman]

Judging by the size of the wheels, this is a kitcar. Still very cool though

[brainklean]

The good old ferrari slayer. Quite the car in its day. Still looks good.

[TheMrDiddlez]

This is the only American car I like :D

[acdcdave1387]

@TheMrDiddlez wasnt even made in america.....thats the sad part, guess no one likes our cars?

[jozeqfdsfs]

@acdcdave1387 where is it made

[acdcdave1387]

@jozeqfdsfs England. Ford was pissed that Ferrari backed out of a purchase deal so Ford and lotus and I think maybe lola, built the GT40 in England to compete against the Ferraris in Lemans racing. Sure enough the car whooped the Itai's 4 years in a row. A part of American history.....yet it wasnt even made in america. But I still think America has good cars, despite the lack of "current tech."

[Mavermick7]

That's because it was made in England.

[DriftHero77]

@TheMrDiddlez too bad its not even american LOL

[k887176]

@DriftHero77

get your facts man.

[DriftHero77]

@k887176 It was made by a designer who worked for aston martin, henry ford just paid for UK engineers to make him a car that could win lemans.

[peanuts2105]

@TheMrDiddlez Even though it's not really American

[eskimo810]

@peanuts2105 what do you mean?

[StarsMarsRadio]

@peanuts2105 Not entirely American or British. A joint effort.

[drMINDdamage]

@TheMrDiddlez American cars all the freakin way \../

[banjitson420]

@TheMrDiddlez You don't know much about the others.

[rres2]

@TheMrDiddlez it is the only one that is cool

[richrich27]

@TheMrDiddlez true but not true... its british... americans just took the credit

[127069]

@TheMrDiddlez its not american, the americans paid the english to make it

[youreadingmyusername]

@127069 it was originally designed by the British, until Shelby took over and actually made it win something.

[127069]

@youreadingmyusername nope

[127069]

@youreadingmyusername shelby gave it the 427 whick it needed, but the advanced design was english,you yanks still use leaf springs even now

[youreadingmyusername]

@127069 i'm from new zealand, and we gave the car it's first major victory.

[127069]

@youreadingmyusername bruce mclaren

[eversostrong]

@127069 Leaf springs? - in what - pickup trucks and SUVs?

[127069]

@eversostrong new mustang for example,and no one else uses leaf springs other than you in suv's

[eversostrong]

@127069 Yes, but there was a debate on that before it was built. The thing is/was that the straight axle is more suited for the dragstrip - as far as modding, swapping, etc. (compared to I.R.S.). The dragstrip is more of a passion to the average U.S. citizen than (circular) racetracks apparently.

Also, I believe that the rear axle was a cost-cutting measure.

[eversostrong]

Respond to this video... I wouldn't get too "bent out of shape" about leaf springs, however. Mustangs are not bad stock and can be made to handle quite well, thank you.

[imjustwonderful]

@TheMrDiddlez what about the (also) legendary Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe?

[godzillaisnuclea123]

@TheMrDiddlez they were actually designed and built in britain.

[BIGBLOCK5022006]

@godzillaisnuclea123

Exactly. British design and engineering with American V8 power made the GT40 the machine that put the fear of God into the Ferrari's.

[godzillaisnuclea123]

@BIGBLOCK5022006 and thats the best way.you cant beat a 7 litre v8.

[AlexAfferMetallica]

@TheMrDiddlez are you american? because foreign cars suck. in my opinion the ferrari is the worst sports car ever and it is the last sports car i would ever want to drive. It just looks stupid. the lamborgini is not as bad but it still is not as good as ANY american car.

[shokokrispi]

@TheMrDiddlez i really hope you are not american

[badcolt944]

@TheMrDiddlez its funny because its not even American XD

[cadillacowboy1]

@TheMrDiddlez dude you are retarded it not made in america!!!!!

[Summitshow]

@TheMrDiddlez except for its pretty much a british car..

[xCobi]

@TheMrDiddlez Dodge Viper & Ford GT/GT40 real American dream

[Miccy10]

@TheMrDiddlez It is great, but it was part british, since it was designed and built in britain, but for the american company Ford... I think

But the new Ford GT (not GT40) is completely american, and very good

[liamcarroll1993xx]

@TheMrDiddlez What about the Corvette ZR1? Shelby Daytona/Cobra/Gt500 Mustang? And the new GT, apart from that yeah the rest are either crap or just not as good as other cars :)

[kartingbeast93]

CRISISSSS

[jfkdjfd]

this car is so sexy, hands down my second favourite car of all time.

[carloshalo3]

this is the 1969 ford gt

[IchiCrack]

Is this an original GT40 or replica? 

[silverbird58]

GULF NO NOX ON THE CAP  . BEEN AWHILE

[rAkiztA1155]

i don't care which country this car came from. it's one of the best cars to ever exist.

[auron6293]

The car was invented in America. Just saying.

[RedemtionInABox]

damn youtube comment arguments... 

[bobcooper31]

Janusha I think you might be interested in a new German motor bike. It has a capacity of 1200 cc 6 cylinders and is supercharged. The output is around 200hp. It should be lethal. You've got to admire the German engineers. Not much doubt in my mind that the Germans produce the best cars in the world and if they set their mind to it bikes as well

Youtube won't let me show the link it seems so just google these words gizmag horex-six-cylinder-supercharge­d-motorcycle

[Allieisatastyflavor]

@bobcooper31 im looking forward to what cycleworld has to say about this new german bike. but with a supercharger, the output should be significantly higher than 200, otherwise, whats the point of it? BMW already has the s1000rr and it has about 200. i do like how horex is entering the "modern classic" motorcycle genre along with triumph and recently royal enfield and norton

[bobcooper31]

@Allieisatastyflavor "the output should be significantly higher than 200, otherwise, whats the point of it?"

We won't know until we get further info but it may well be that they are designing a bike with plenty of torque to keep it tractable which means they will have to sacrifice some bhp . Not much use of having mega horsepower and a steep torque curve like the 2.4 lire 750bhp Formula1 that has trouble getting away from a standing start. .

[Allieisatastyflavor]

@bobcooper31 thats a solid point, but at the same time. how much torque does a motorcycle need? the s100rr has about 80lb-ft which is more than enough to give it greater acceleration than a super car