Like I said they didn't start racing until 1964, that's twice I haven't seen what your point was, if your just going to repeat what I say then why comment again!? And yes the porche's were defiantly the kings after the gt40's and rightly so as they were amazing, but that had alot to do with the help of John wyer of the gt40 and mirage fame :)
Apparently most of you do not know your history. The GT40 won more than 2 races when the mechanical problems were ironed out. It won four times in a row the 24 hours at Le mans. After that, due to rule changes it was obsolete. Probably because MR> Ferrari did NOT want to keep losing races. 1966 the MkII 1967 MkIv and 1968-69 the oldest of the gt40 chassis design, the Mk I. 4.2 L-4.7L and 7L Of course soon the P917s came and goodbye to EVERYONE! The king, the Porche 917. See McQueens movie, GREAT
Your history is wrong my friend, gt40's only started racing in 1964, which indeed the gt40's had a bad run of mechanical problems, then after the Nassau race in dec-1964 shelby was sent the cars which he complained about the condition of the cars, as they came straight from the race, in 1965 the gt40's of shelby also had a very bad run of mechanical problems and although winning first 2 races the rest of the season was very disappointing.
Result for the rule changes, and the organisers believed the cars were getting to fast for there tracks and as a result changed the rules to accommodate that. These top speeds are for these cars I'm not saying that the gearing was never changed make them go faster but these are the top speeds of the original race cars for Le Mans.
To win in 1968-69 with his M1 mirage gt40's, so infact the european cars you say were unreliable did infact win 2 years in a row, with no ford and no American involvement the mirage cars are infact a UK icon, and also strange that most replica's in America are infact the mk1's and not the mk4's, you need to stop reading biased American books and read the truth. Also for the top speeds of the cars the mk4 top speed was 230mph and the mirage was 210mph, infact the mk4 top speed was the result fo
@daver32gtr In 1964. After dismal results with the GT40's in their first two years, mainly dealing with reliability due to mechanical failure, the Ford GT40 program was handed over to Holman Moody and Carroll Shelby to compete against Ferrari, with the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans victory being the most famous, as well as 1967. While factory support from Ford backed Carroll Shelby and Holman moody with the MkII and MK IV chassis.
And if you further note that only engine and body modifications to help the brake cooling were made, with slight modifications to fit engine, it was a big deal to Americans that wanted the gt40 to be built and driven by Americans so that they could claim they did it by themselves, this infact was done with the mk4 which indeed was an all American result and rightly so, as ford actually pulled out of racing after winning with mk4, it was infact John wyer of the original mk1 that took the Brits t
@sergeantfunk52 you say that the Brits were unreliable with the mk1 lol if you did infact know your history you would know that in 1965 there were infact 2 mk2 gt40's in the Le mans race along side the mk1's that did not finish, Americans seem to forget that fact, also if you look it up you will find that shelby complained about the condition of the mk1's he received to be modified at Karcraft as they were not cleaned due to the fact they had come straight from a race, and if you further note t
The MkIV was actually the only all American Gt40 built. He also said the 917's were doing 240mph and they were doing 200mph. No GT40 did those kinds of speeds that I know of.
@kirk0respite Any road version car can't compete with a real race car. You have to be naive to think that when you had a ferrari, you can compete with an F1.
@kirk0respite this is a completely different car,a 1969 gt40 with 427.one did 254 on the straight in 67-69.its in the early Guinness book of world records.
Note how the commentator praises the barriers and the safety, just as the car goes past those famous road trees at 0:50 to 1:05, which are totally open to crashes with just a thin barrier around each of them XD
@barath4545 He's not just an anonymous commentator, he's the legendary Vic Elford. He's talking about the Porsche 917-LH, a car that came 5 years after this. In 1970, the entire track was redesigned to be more safe after the fatal crash in 1969 of John Woolfe.
1:00 - "what tree do I hit if I have a puncture...now I don't have that worry anymore"...said as the car in video is passing by a hundred trees...makes now sense?
@astar334. It was an epic battle, I love it too, but you do realize that "wop" means With Out Papers= illegal alien, and does not simply refer to Italians
Well Ferrari won the Daytona 24 hours in 1967 beating the Ford GT40's. Since the days of the GT40 Ford hasn't won once on LeMans, neither has Ferrari. Meanwhile Porsche won 16 times and Audi 9 times,
@McLarenMercedes I know, Audi is just killing everyone in there these days, can't wait for the race this year. I am always routing for Porsche though Ever since I saw the 512s and the 917k. I do give some props to Audi though.
@fgtxpaco7458ss porsche are coming back to le mans next year. they do race in the GT section with the Porsche GTR cars but they wish to race with a proper LMP car next year.
@MonsterCanadianRugby I wish that the Diesel engines would go away :/ i miss the old Lemans Era's like Group 4 and Group C. still its gonna be good seeing the King (Porsche) return to Lemans LMP section
@SICKJ0KER . Im still waiting to see Bugatti enter LeMans. I think its gay that it took 4extra cyls and 4turbos for them to design a car faster than the naturally aspirated BMW from the past like 10-14yrs (McF1)
Bugatti has already won LeMans twice. In 1937 and 1939. Had WW2 not come in between they'd probably have other wins in the 40's.
You also fail to realize Bugatti designed that W16 to have a reliable and smooth 1000hp for years. Also it's rock stable at top speed whereas only racecar pros dared driving the McLaren F1 above 200mph. One of BMW's executives tried on the German autobahn and had an accident doing 330km/h (205mph).
@McLarenMercedes I meant Le Mans currently. And for an engine that size it should run reliably for years- they dont get a cookie for that. If anyone here has owned one, Id love to hear how reliable a Bugatti actually is. That having been said, if your on Youtube, dont bother saying youve owned a Bugatti. good research friend, the weekend is coming up, I suggest you get a date.
stupid logic your using....by your thinking today's cars should be doing 1000 mph on public roads, because some mercedes prototype build specifically for top end, managed to do 400kph 75 years ago.
guess what after 75 years it's still the fastest car ever to travel on public roads.
As for the Ford GT40, any technical book would tell you that the car topped at 207-210.
The only car capable of achieving 240's was the porsche 917 as the video says, and that thing was light years ahead of gt40
@AfflictionFTW The 917 wasn't light years ahead of the Mk4, and it didn't even win until '70. Ford dropped the program at the end of '67, if they had continued who knows.
We make Ford tooling Tunnel Port, High riser, medium riser, cobra jet, 427 SOHC heads in aluminum or iron with part numbers!......... best in the industry
What is also very impressive about this GT40 is the rear view morror shows no fibration at 240 mph and that to me shows Shelby's true attention to maximum preformance.
The GT40's didn/'t even race in 1963 so how could they be outmatched by Ferrari? The cars were new to competing in 1964 and needed sorting out. No reason to criticize just because they smashed Ferrari and Porsche in the following years. They're all great cars and made each other better.
Shame Ford didn't show up in 1970...when the 917 destroyed everything in it's wake. They only way they could "kill" it was change the rules, but that didn't Porsche from winning 16 times outright.
Maybe the new Ford GT will come back to Le Mans...
@RStarga The GT40 didn't show up in 1970 because it was outclassed in 1969. The reason it won was because of the Porsche 917's teething problems. Gulf racing who fielded the GT40 in 1968 and 1969 switched to the 917K in 1970.
@k6k6k6Darkie GT-40 didn't show up in 1970 because Enzo Ferrari was ticked off like nothing else and got the European controlled board to exclude American cars. Not by name but by requirements. Either way it is a fine example of American ingenuity. Henry Ford II made this car in 8 months. Mind you the European car companies had years of experience with this type of racing and Ford had little and he still beat them four times in a row.
@billyslo87 There were still american Corvettes racing in the GT 5000+ catagory that year. Enzo had nothing to do with the change. He was mad about it because it meant his relatively new Ferrari P4's were no longer legal either, and he refused to field any cars in 1968, which was when they established the change. Not to mention the GT40 was derived from a proposal by Lola, who did have extensive euro-racing experience, and whom Ford had commissioned to design the car.
@AfflictionFTW The MK II was built in the U.K. when Ford used Eric Broadley's design. The MK IV was made in the U.S. when Ford II turned the project completly over to Carroll Shelby. The MK IV was the one that won the races in 67-69 not the MK II. The MK II won 2nd and 3rd in the '66 Le Mans and the only MK IV, built totally in the U.S., won 1st place. In '66 the MK IV set the record for the fastest lap up to that point in the Le Mans. MK IV was made by Shelby in the USA.
@billyslo87 The Mk2 was only loosely based on Broadley's design, it was pretty much a different car. The Mk4 wasn't built by Shelby, he just did the drive train and tuning. There was no Mk4 in 66, Mk2's won 66 1,2,3. The Mk4 only won in 67, the Mk1 Gulf car won in 68 69. The Mk4 was made by KarKraft in the USA, Shelby just did the engines and ran the race team. The Mk1's and Mk2's chassis were built in England but designed entirely by Ford.
@billyslo87 The Mk2 was the car that finished 1-2-3 in '66. The Mk4 was 1st and 4th in '67 and was based on the '66 J car that never raced and bore no relation to the GT40. Both the Mk2 and Mk 4 were 7 litre prototypes. The 68/69 winner was a standard "production" homologated GT40, the same chassis winning in both years.
@Molo9000 The MKII was completely American actually. The winning car was a Shelby American GT MKII driven by Bruce McLaren I believe, although it appeared to be a tie between McLaren and Ken Miles. Trust me I've read many books about it. The GT's that were made in Europe all lost because they broke down. If you would like to know the full on story, my personal favorite book was "Go Like Hell" by A.J. Baime. Great book if you have the time to read it.
Christ, dude, the WORLD exisited before you were born, or don't you believe that?
Your virtualy world you live in is FAKE, so you can't tell reality from illusion...better NOT breed and bring more stupid people like you into the world.
@RStarga he most certainly will breed stupid people like himself because most people you can reproduce with think they can drive and are downright stupid so go figure.
Well since Sauber Mercedes did 400km/h (250mph) in 1989 and the WM-Peugeot (solely entered to take the all time speed record down the Mulsanne straight) did 416km/h (258mph) in qualifying, you can see where things were going. Driving 400km/h at night with loads of others racecars leaves very little room for errors. People still remembered the bloody 1955 LeMans accident and another serious one could possibly have made the opinion of the public ban the race. Different times today.
agreed! they still hold the closest finish in Le Mans history, with the GT40 beating the 917 by about 100 meters...this however isnt a Mk. IV, she only raced in '67. this is actually a Mk. I. in fact the very same Mk. I that won in '68 won again in '69
yea porsche's turbo technology and aero packages were still in its infancy and those teething years cost them some outright wins. but if you look at their wins over the next two decades, they definitely got it sorted out.
only the '66 (Mk. II) and '67( Mk. IV) got the stock car derived 427, the older and obsolete( or so it seemed compared to the 917's) Mk. I's that won both in '68 & '69 got race prepped 302's
@whtbullitt Actually the car being spoken about that goes 240mph is the porsche 917L. The ford shown in this clip reaches a top speed of about 207mph.
@madam94 wrongo boyo!!the car he is talking about is the ford gt40 7 litre,the one in this video.and the mark iv 427 did 254 at lemans.its in guiness book of world records.didn't u hear him ask how fast they were going?and the driver responded 240.watch it again.
I love Ford and all, but the GT40 has basically nothing to do with Ford.
They made a team with Lola, a guy from Aston Martin, and they were built and designed in England.
Only 8 had anything to do with Ford America. The 6 Mk IV'S were built by Shelby and raced in a grand total of two races, and the two J-cars were also built by Shelby. One was never raced, and the other killed somebody.
@McLarenMercedes Who said it was built by Ford themselves? Let casual fans live in their ignorance. This was yet another successful Anglo-American project. In any event, the GT40 Mark IV's where just as fast as the 917 with its monster big block Ford side oiler 427 engine. The J car (Mark IV) was designed by Ford "In House" and during early testing killed Ken Miles. That car before SET the distance record until Porsche broke it.
@dj4monie Also the '69 cars had reverted back to the Mark III cars and the ACO forced Ford to use a smaller engine, the new thin walled Windsor based engine the 302... So while down on power to the whopping 12 cylinder Porsche engine it still make enough power to push the car well over 200mph. That is why this car is an icon.
I think it's hilarious seeing the trees with piddly little hay bales in front. Like that's really gonna help. All that's gonna dfo is provide more fuel for the fire... well, now that I think about it, maybe that's why the bales are so small; a smaller bale won't burn so much. :) Oh well... GO FORD!
I have to laugh at seeing all those trees lining the course with little or no protection. Why not just throw some boulders in the middle of the course while they're at it. Safety has come a long way hasn't it.
"100 mph is a very large speed differential". I agree -especially for the slower car that would almost be blown off the road by the GT40 as it went past!
Safety was often considered unmanly at that time, hah. People could and did lose control at 160...even on the straight, usually in the rain. Cars were much more unstable at speed then those today.
I dont like american cars I think there crap but I do love this GT 40 and you guys kicked ass that was the whole point this is a beautiful car and even the new GT 40 is awesome I love it very fast very dangerous car awesome status symbol
I love how people think the GT40 is the same thing as a Ford GT. '-.-
FNCrist 2 days ago
This is my favorite car, next to 66 jaguar.
gregory747 1 month ago
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ZuhlJin 1 month ago
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ZuhlJin 1 month ago
Chris Amon! kiwi legend
Grunzaa 1 month ago
11 people drove for Ferrari.
fanofdiesel 1 month ago 2
the power of the power!!!!!
weber40dcom 2 months ago
great video thanks very much for upload
toma23rulz 3 months ago
FORD IS BEST FOREVER
gerry7man555 4 months ago 3
917. Porsche. Victory assured.
arklat 5 months ago
ford gt40 for life
xpozd2radar 5 months ago 3
Like I said they didn't start racing until 1964, that's twice I haven't seen what your point was, if your just going to repeat what I say then why comment again!? And yes the porche's were defiantly the kings after the gt40's and rightly so as they were amazing, but that had alot to do with the help of John wyer of the gt40 and mirage fame :)
daver32gtr 5 months ago
Apparently most of you do not know your history. The GT40 won more than 2 races when the mechanical problems were ironed out. It won four times in a row the 24 hours at Le mans. After that, due to rule changes it was obsolete. Probably because MR> Ferrari did NOT want to keep losing races. 1966 the MkII 1967 MkIv and 1968-69 the oldest of the gt40 chassis design, the Mk I. 4.2 L-4.7L and 7L Of course soon the P917s came and goodbye to EVERYONE! The king, the Porche 917. See McQueens movie, GREAT
ghfakar 5 months ago
Your history is wrong my friend, gt40's only started racing in 1964, which indeed the gt40's had a bad run of mechanical problems, then after the Nassau race in dec-1964 shelby was sent the cars which he complained about the condition of the cars, as they came straight from the race, in 1965 the gt40's of shelby also had a very bad run of mechanical problems and although winning first 2 races the rest of the season was very disappointing.
daver32gtr 5 months ago
@daver32gtr The first gt40's were made in 1963 and raced in 1964 The first 2 years
10243612B 5 months ago
Result for the rule changes, and the organisers believed the cars were getting to fast for there tracks and as a result changed the rules to accommodate that. These top speeds are for these cars I'm not saying that the gearing was never changed make them go faster but these are the top speeds of the original race cars for Le Mans.
daver32gtr 6 months ago
To win in 1968-69 with his M1 mirage gt40's, so infact the european cars you say were unreliable did infact win 2 years in a row, with no ford and no American involvement the mirage cars are infact a UK icon, and also strange that most replica's in America are infact the mk1's and not the mk4's, you need to stop reading biased American books and read the truth. Also for the top speeds of the cars the mk4 top speed was 230mph and the mirage was 210mph, infact the mk4 top speed was the result fo
daver32gtr 6 months ago
@daver32gtr In 1964. After dismal results with the GT40's in their first two years, mainly dealing with reliability due to mechanical failure, the Ford GT40 program was handed over to Holman Moody and Carroll Shelby to compete against Ferrari, with the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans victory being the most famous, as well as 1967. While factory support from Ford backed Carroll Shelby and Holman moody with the MkII and MK IV chassis.
10243612B 6 months ago
And if you further note that only engine and body modifications to help the brake cooling were made, with slight modifications to fit engine, it was a big deal to Americans that wanted the gt40 to be built and driven by Americans so that they could claim they did it by themselves, this infact was done with the mk4 which indeed was an all American result and rightly so, as ford actually pulled out of racing after winning with mk4, it was infact John wyer of the original mk1 that took the Brits t
daver32gtr 6 months ago
@sergeantfunk52 you say that the Brits were unreliable with the mk1 lol if you did infact know your history you would know that in 1965 there were infact 2 mk2 gt40's in the Le mans race along side the mk1's that did not finish, Americans seem to forget that fact, also if you look it up you will find that shelby complained about the condition of the mk1's he received to be modified at Karcraft as they were not cleaned due to the fact they had come straight from a race, and if you further note t
daver32gtr 6 months ago
The MkIV was actually the only all American Gt40 built. He also said the 917's were doing 240mph and they were doing 200mph. No GT40 did those kinds of speeds that I know of.
slot962 6 months ago
Sounds like sex!!!
pauloararaquara 6 months ago
Oh man, that sounds amazing!!
raypettit74 7 months ago 2
did he say 240mph!? there is no way that a 69 ford gt40 can do that tell me how! the new one cant go 210 WTF! i thought the gt40 went 190
kirk0respite 7 months ago
@kirk0respite haha forza 3 seems to have got u confuzed. for some reason, forza had the ford gt's underpowered
TheStockCarStig 7 months ago
@kirk0respite Any road version car can't compete with a real race car. You have to be naive to think that when you had a ferrari, you can compete with an F1.
Destronus 7 months ago
@kirk0respite this is a completely different car,a 1969 gt40 with 427.one did 254 on the straight in 67-69.its in the early Guinness book of world records.
bobo007xx 6 months ago
Note how the commentator praises the barriers and the safety, just as the car goes past those famous road trees at 0:50 to 1:05, which are totally open to crashes with just a thin barrier around each of them XD
barath4545 7 months ago 14
@barath4545 He's not just an anonymous commentator, he's the legendary Vic Elford. He's talking about the Porsche 917-LH, a car that came 5 years after this. In 1970, the entire track was redesigned to be more safe after the fatal crash in 1969 of John Woolfe.
lmlA7Xlml 4 days ago
All cars lift off except for the Porsche 917.
Legend.
MercSLRFan 7 months ago 10
Argh! That SOUND!!!
Ascender2306 7 months ago
America. Fuck yeah!
TankBreaker227 8 months ago
1:09 what are the speeds that you're doind down the sraigt? we´re aproaching 240MPH. O-O it had to be a FORD hell yeah!!
ricardoeldelmustang 8 months ago
Damn. Long ass gears and crazy flat straightaways. Some dangerous racing in those days
g0ing2n0where 8 months ago
Haha! #6 Ford GT40 seen at the end of the video! Won Lemans back 2 back!
HOscalerules 9 months ago
@HOscalerules jajajaja dude, you´re wathing it upside down, the number six had "gulf" colours, that´s the number nine XD.
ricardoeldelmustang 8 months ago
1:00 - "what tree do I hit if I have a puncture...now I don't have that worry anymore"...said as the car in video is passing by a hundred trees...makes now sense?
Sincopare 9 months ago
@UnluckyChucky WOW! pretty fast for a 40/50 yr old car, thanks for the info btw :)
spam0193 9 months ago
i love how they claim that the thought of hitting trees isnt there anymore after they have simply leant a haybale against it! ha
brilliant video
mangaloveFTW 10 months ago
Ford beat the shit out of the wop's at their own game on their turf. How awesome.
astar334 10 months ago
@astar334. It was an epic battle, I love it too, but you do realize that "wop" means With Out Papers= illegal alien, and does not simply refer to Italians
eternalnameless 9 months ago
@astar334
Well Ferrari won the Daytona 24 hours in 1967 beating the Ford GT40's. Since the days of the GT40 Ford hasn't won once on LeMans, neither has Ferrari. Meanwhile Porsche won 16 times and Audi 9 times,
McLarenMercedes 8 months ago
@McLarenMercedes I know, Audi is just killing everyone in there these days, can't wait for the race this year. I am always routing for Porsche though Ever since I saw the 512s and the 917k. I do give some props to Audi though.
Subsw00fers 8 months ago
@Subsw00fers Is porshe still racing in lemans or did they quit?
fgtxpaco7458ss 7 months ago
@fgtxpaco7458ss porsche are coming back to le mans next year. they do race in the GT section with the Porsche GTR cars but they wish to race with a proper LMP car next year.
MonsterCanadianRugby 6 months ago in playlist Racing car heaven
@MonsterCanadianRugby I wish that the Diesel engines would go away :/ i miss the old Lemans Era's like Group 4 and Group C. still its gonna be good seeing the King (Porsche) return to Lemans LMP section
fgtxpaco7458ss 6 months ago
Bugatti will kill this now that SS is out
SICKJ0KER 10 months ago
@SICKJ0KER Right, good job, Bugatti can design a higher top speed than a car made 40 years ago.
liud128 10 months ago
@SICKJ0KER . Im still waiting to see Bugatti enter LeMans. I think its gay that it took 4extra cyls and 4turbos for them to design a car faster than the naturally aspirated BMW from the past like 10-14yrs (McF1)
eternalnameless 9 months ago
@eternalnameless
Bugatti has already won LeMans twice. In 1937 and 1939. Had WW2 not come in between they'd probably have other wins in the 40's.
You also fail to realize Bugatti designed that W16 to have a reliable and smooth 1000hp for years. Also it's rock stable at top speed whereas only racecar pros dared driving the McLaren F1 above 200mph. One of BMW's executives tried on the German autobahn and had an accident doing 330km/h (205mph).
McLarenMercedes 8 months ago
@McLarenMercedes I meant Le Mans currently. And for an engine that size it should run reliably for years- they dont get a cookie for that. If anyone here has owned one, Id love to hear how reliable a Bugatti actually is. That having been said, if your on Youtube, dont bother saying youve owned a Bugatti. good research friend, the weekend is coming up, I suggest you get a date.
eternalnameless 8 months ago
Fastest car to travel 400kph on public roads hahahahahahahaha
SICKJ0KER 10 months ago
was this the twin cam 427 ci?
LPcustom76 11 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
see my racing on C6R at le mans:
/watch?v=0poS9wNDIl0
jpzhouutube 11 months ago
Whats the name of this film ?
jesusantoniogb 11 months ago
no way you would come out hitting those trees to the left
silverbird58 11 months ago
Does he say 214 or 240 down the straight? I think 214 because you'd struggle to hit 240 mph today down the straight
spam0193 11 months ago
@spam0193 he said 240
yes the gt40 did 240 mph which is almost 400 kmph
in 1939 auto union were braking 400kmph
the bugatti veyron does 252 mph but it is a road car the gt40 is not
UnIuckyChucky 11 months ago
@UnIuckyChucky
it never did 240...stop talking out of your ass.
AfflictionFTW 11 months ago
@AfflictionFTW ah it did in 1939 they were doing 400kph on car roads so how can't they do 400kph in 1969
UnIuckyChucky 11 months ago
stupid logic your using....by your thinking today's cars should be doing 1000 mph on public roads, because some mercedes prototype build specifically for top end, managed to do 400kph 75 years ago.
guess what after 75 years it's still the fastest car ever to travel on public roads.
As for the Ford GT40, any technical book would tell you that the car topped at 207-210.
The only car capable of achieving 240's was the porsche 917 as the video says, and that thing was light years ahead of gt40
AfflictionFTW 10 months ago
@AfflictionFTW The 917 wasn't light years ahead of the Mk4, and it didn't even win until '70. Ford dropped the program at the end of '67, if they had continued who knows.
gt40f 9 months ago
Todays race drivers are just a bunch of flat-out fairies since the RBS pimp 'Jackie' Stewart made it a roundy-roundy boring procession.
newdor 1 year ago
OH GOD, i fap to the sweet noise it makes
3ni2nr 1 year ago
0:55 "they have designed the barriers effectively and it's absolutely superb."
off to the left, hay bails infront of trees. I doubt that's safer than just hitting the tree...
filippone55157 1 year ago
@loverboy0008 It's a Mark 1.
Gordanovich 1 year ago
this track has changed so much..
LoginErroronu 1 year ago
ferrari who?
ninrou1776 1 year ago
Yay for Chris Amon :)
6Vital6Remains6 1 year ago
i kinda like the commentators before than the present ones
NoloPasoro01 1 year ago
The very best of American Muscle people.
Maxpound 1 year ago
We make Ford tooling Tunnel Port, High riser, medium riser, cobra jet, 427 SOHC heads in aluminum or iron with part numbers!......... best in the industry
DoveManufacturing 1 year ago
The sound when accelerating and shifting, that was real pure racing
hellcat2001 1 year ago
now thats a fly by
elputopez09 1 year ago
Will those commentators shut the fuck up and let us enjoy the vintage ford 427ci tone?
Maxpound 1 year ago
tree a joke right ?
uhfnutbar1 1 year ago
What is also very impressive about this GT40 is the rear view morror shows no fibration at 240 mph and that to me shows Shelby's true attention to maximum preformance.
WadeMaurer 1 year ago
My all time fave car!
R1CH130 1 year ago
Legendary... truly.
86Ivar 1 year ago
This is the one ford car that I actually like!
cripin2021 1 year ago
My god, 240 in 69?
PeterMayer 1 year ago
Late 60's-early 70's, great times were had if you were into comedy and cars.
I have yet to see anyone funnier than Monty Python, or anything sexier than a Ford GT40!
Also, I really hope I'm not the only person younger than 18
that's heard of both of these triumphs.
BumbleBeest9000 1 year ago
@BumbleBeest9000 im only 20 but i like Monty and love a good ol GT40
rickmarcus 1 year ago
sucks if u werent driving a ford! every just got dicked that year, and the year b4 that & b4 that & B4 that
ChocManus 1 year ago
The GT40's didn/'t even race in 1963 so how could they be outmatched by Ferrari? The cars were new to competing in 1964 and needed sorting out. No reason to criticize just because they smashed Ferrari and Porsche in the following years. They're all great cars and made each other better.
10mak01 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
"anyone who says ford sucks needs to watch this, and if they still say ford sucks, they are mentally retarded. 240 mph... nuff said"
Although i like the GT40, the car actually topped around 210mph.
I seriously doubt that any version of the GT40 could get any close to 240.
It was the Porsche 917 that made a 246mph.
AfflictionFTW 1 year ago 19
@AfflictionFTW
GT-40 MK IV did 220 mph, and the GT-40 MK II was the first car to break 200 mph at Le Mans.
FordGTGuy 1 year ago
@FordGTGuy
And most unsafe car at over 200mph.
2jzgtejza80 1 year ago
That sound is amazing.
EMaster9 1 year ago
God, I love youtube. Nice, exposed trees next to the roadway. "Hey, kill me here."
gmartinz01 1 year ago
ford vs ferrari!
eurolease24 1 year ago
ich bin ....sprachlos
salvatorearcilesi 1 year ago
i love the sound :)
connr3456 1 year ago
249 f-ing miles a hr in 1969 like fuckk...
DjDominikTomic 1 year ago 3
True motosport. Today everything is controlled. Risk was the fun.
dominikb12 1 year ago 2
Shame Ford didn't show up in 1970...when the 917 destroyed everything in it's wake. They only way they could "kill" it was change the rules, but that didn't Porsche from winning 16 times outright.
Maybe the new Ford GT will come back to Le Mans...
RStarga 1 year ago
@RStarga The GT40 didn't show up in 1970 because it was outclassed in 1969. The reason it won was because of the Porsche 917's teething problems. Gulf racing who fielded the GT40 in 1968 and 1969 switched to the 917K in 1970.
k6k6k6Darkie 1 year ago
@k6k6k6Darkie GT-40 didn't show up in 1970 because Enzo Ferrari was ticked off like nothing else and got the European controlled board to exclude American cars. Not by name but by requirements. Either way it is a fine example of American ingenuity. Henry Ford II made this car in 8 months. Mind you the European car companies had years of experience with this type of racing and Ford had little and he still beat them four times in a row.
billyslo87 1 year ago
@billyslo87 There were still american Corvettes racing in the GT 5000+ catagory that year. Enzo had nothing to do with the change. He was mad about it because it meant his relatively new Ferrari P4's were no longer legal either, and he refused to field any cars in 1968, which was when they established the change. Not to mention the GT40 was derived from a proposal by Lola, who did have extensive euro-racing experience, and whom Ford had commissioned to design the car.
k6k6k6Darkie 1 year ago
@billyslo87
The Gt40's chassis, and suspension where build in UK.
Anything that Ford had to do with this car were the engines.
They weren't banned; Ford didn't show up in 1970, simply because their cars where obsolete compared to the 917's.
AfflictionFTW 1 year ago
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billyslo87 1 year ago
@AfflictionFTW The MK II was built in the U.K. when Ford used Eric Broadley's design. The MK IV was made in the U.S. when Ford II turned the project completly over to Carroll Shelby. The MK IV was the one that won the races in 67-69 not the MK II. The MK II won 2nd and 3rd in the '66 Le Mans and the only MK IV, built totally in the U.S., won 1st place. In '66 the MK IV set the record for the fastest lap up to that point in the Le Mans. MK IV was made by Shelby in the USA.
billyslo87 1 year ago 2
@billyslo87 Le Mans 1966 was won by a Mark 2 GT40. It was the Shelby American team operating it, but it was a MkII.
Le Mans 1967 was won by the all-American MkIV. Ford ended factory involvement in the race after this season.
Le Mans 1968 and 1969 were won by a Mark I, yes a Mark One (same car both years), modified by John Wyer in the UK.
You can go look up the books if you don't believe me but there is the reality.
Gordanovich 1 year ago
@billyslo87 The Mk2 was only loosely based on Broadley's design, it was pretty much a different car. The Mk4 wasn't built by Shelby, he just did the drive train and tuning. There was no Mk4 in 66, Mk2's won 66 1,2,3. The Mk4 only won in 67, the Mk1 Gulf car won in 68 69. The Mk4 was made by KarKraft in the USA, Shelby just did the engines and ran the race team. The Mk1's and Mk2's chassis were built in England but designed entirely by Ford.
gt40f 9 months ago
@billyslo87 The Mk2 was the car that finished 1-2-3 in '66. The Mk4 was 1st and 4th in '67 and was based on the '66 J car that never raced and bore no relation to the GT40. Both the Mk2 and Mk 4 were 7 litre prototypes. The 68/69 winner was a standard "production" homologated GT40, the same chassis winning in both years.
thatconsultantbloke 9 months ago
@billyslo87 THANK YOU!!! I hate it when brits claim that it was built by them and it's not American. THE CAR THAT WON LEMANS WAS AMERICAN
sergeantfunk52 9 months ago
@sergeantfunk52
Only the 1967 race was was won by an american built Mk IV.
66 was won by a Mk II, 68 & 69 by a Mk I.
Molo9000 8 months ago
@Molo9000 The MKII was completely American actually. The winning car was a Shelby American GT MKII driven by Bruce McLaren I believe, although it appeared to be a tie between McLaren and Ken Miles. Trust me I've read many books about it. The GT's that were made in Europe all lost because they broke down. If you would like to know the full on story, my personal favorite book was "Go Like Hell" by A.J. Baime. Great book if you have the time to read it.
sergeantfunk52 7 months ago 2
@billyslo87 1966 was won by mkII
1967 mkIV
1968 & 1969 mkI same car
10243612B 8 months ago
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@AfflictionFTW you suck my cock you fucken dirt bag!!
ShelbyLasVegas 1 year ago
@AfflictionFTW Suck an American cock you asshole dirt bag!!
ShelbyLasVegas 1 year ago
it's fake, video cameras hadn't even been invented in 1969
everynameseemstobe 1 year ago
Christ, dude, the WORLD exisited before you were born, or don't you believe that?
Your virtualy world you live in is FAKE, so you can't tell reality from illusion...better NOT breed and bring more stupid people like you into the world.
RStarga 1 year ago
@RStarga he most certainly will breed stupid people like himself because most people you can reproduce with think they can drive and are downright stupid so go figure.
F1ferrari09 1 year ago
@everynameseemstobe
LOLOL you are so fucking stupid research your shit. How do you think they made movies from 1910-1969 dumbshit?
livinglifeslies 1 year ago
@everynameseemstobe um, it's not a fake. It's film. John Frankenheimer invented the on-car camera for the movie Grand Prix.
PeterMayer 1 year ago
@everynameseemstobe - at the risk of being Poed, Google "movie film".
JBofBrisbane 1 year ago
Those were the days,before they f****d up the circuit.Mulsanne used to be fantastic before they stuck mickey mouse chicanes in.
daterwat666 1 year ago 6
Perhaps, but cars would be doing 450km/h (280mph) today. Sounds safe to you?
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@daterwat666
Well since Sauber Mercedes did 400km/h (250mph) in 1989 and the WM-Peugeot (solely entered to take the all time speed record down the Mulsanne straight) did 416km/h (258mph) in qualifying, you can see where things were going. Driving 400km/h at night with loads of others racecars leaves very little room for errors. People still remembered the bloody 1955 LeMans accident and another serious one could possibly have made the opinion of the public ban the race. Different times today.
McLarenMercedes 8 months ago
427 all ford
Antoniopubcorner 1 year ago
GT40 Mark 4 and Porsche 917...Two of the greatest race cars ever.
yugrbugr 1 year ago
agreed! they still hold the closest finish in Le Mans history, with the GT40 beating the 917 by about 100 meters...this however isnt a Mk. IV, she only raced in '67. this is actually a Mk. I. in fact the very same Mk. I that won in '68 won again in '69
seniorcat03 1 year ago
V8 for ever! spirit!!!!!
kashubelua 1 year ago
Instant classic. The winning 1, 2, 3 cars were 427 powered Caroll Shelby built cars
RikterZilla 2 years ago
it was runnin shit til porsche came out with the 917 and more superior drivers
boy4romgtown 2 years ago 3
yea porsche's turbo technology and aero packages were still in its infancy and those teething years cost them some outright wins. but if you look at their wins over the next two decades, they definitely got it sorted out.
seniorcat03 1 year ago
What was the motor 302 or 351 or 429
idak12 2 years ago
427
ytykg 1 year ago
only the '66 (Mk. II) and '67( Mk. IV) got the stock car derived 427, the older and obsolete( or so it seemed compared to the 917's) Mk. I's that won both in '68 & '69 got race prepped 302's
seniorcat03 1 year ago
Whoops, oh well, we all make mistakes! Thanks for the correction!
ytykg 1 year ago
'65 Mk. I 4.7L 289 (didnt win Le Mans)
'66 Mk. II 7.0L 427
'67 Mk. IV 7.0L 427
'67 Mk. III detuned 289, road car, 7 made
'68 & '69 were "obsolete" Mk. I's but with 302's
seniorcat03 1 year ago
anyone who says ford sucks needs to watch this, and if they still say ford sucks, they are mentally retarded. 240 mph... nuff said
whtbullitt 2 years ago 2
@whtbullitt Actually the car being spoken about that goes 240mph is the porsche 917L. The ford shown in this clip reaches a top speed of about 207mph.
madam94 2 years ago 19
@madam94 wrongo boyo!!the car he is talking about is the ford gt40 7 litre,the one in this video.and the mark iv 427 did 254 at lemans.its in guiness book of world records.didn't u hear him ask how fast they were going?and the driver responded 240.watch it again.
bobo007xx 9 months ago
I love Ford and all, but the GT40 has basically nothing to do with Ford.
They made a team with Lola, a guy from Aston Martin, and they were built and designed in England.
Only 8 had anything to do with Ford America. The 6 Mk IV'S were built by Shelby and raced in a grand total of two races, and the two J-cars were also built by Shelby. One was never raced, and the other killed somebody.
hypnolobster 1 year ago
@hypnolobster Um yeah, it had something to do with Ford. Hello?
PeterMayer 1 year ago
well, the GT40 was hardly made by Ford themselves
the chassis was based on a Lola first, and the original Ford GT (not called GT40 originally) was no matched for the Ferraris in 1963,64 and 65.
Porsche saw 246mph with their 917longtail and they still have the overrall distance record for the 24 hour race.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@McLarenMercedes Who said it was built by Ford themselves? Let casual fans live in their ignorance. This was yet another successful Anglo-American project. In any event, the GT40 Mark IV's where just as fast as the 917 with its monster big block Ford side oiler 427 engine. The J car (Mark IV) was designed by Ford "In House" and during early testing killed Ken Miles. That car before SET the distance record until Porsche broke it.
dj4monie 1 year ago
@dj4monie Also the '69 cars had reverted back to the Mark III cars and the ACO forced Ford to use a smaller engine, the new thin walled Windsor based engine the 302... So while down on power to the whopping 12 cylinder Porsche engine it still make enough power to push the car well over 200mph. That is why this car is an icon.
dj4monie 1 year ago
@dj4monie Oops I was right the first time, they used a 289 (not the newer 302 block) and used Gurney (as in Dan) Westlake cylinder heads.
dj4monie 1 year ago
@McLarenMercedes But Shely had a hand in the redeisgn as well, no? Give some credit where credit is due.
PeterMayer 1 year ago
@McLarenMercedes
The Ford GT-40 MK IV was completely designed in American, the chassis, suspension, body and engine were American engineered and built.
FordGTGuy 1 year ago
What a stunning car......Sounds amazing also..
vagasduke 2 years ago
I think it's hilarious seeing the trees with piddly little hay bales in front. Like that's really gonna help. All that's gonna dfo is provide more fuel for the fire... well, now that I think about it, maybe that's why the bales are so small; a smaller bale won't burn so much. :) Oh well... GO FORD!
Albinobluenardz 2 years ago
That bale of hay is useless anyway you hit a tree doing 240mph in any car you better kiss your ass good bye.
Hotarihanzo 1 year ago
it sounds so sweet,i love ford cars.
sarge8504 2 years ago 2
did i die and go to heaven? what a beautiful engine sound.
taz275 2 years ago 4
I have to laugh at seeing all those trees lining the course with little or no protection. Why not just throw some boulders in the middle of the course while they're at it. Safety has come a long way hasn't it.
VonKaNon 2 years ago 39
@VonKaNon They have high visability tape on them! :)
cheesefruit200 1 year ago
@VonKaNon well then you would laugh so hard at the nurburghring circuit in germany
MIGHTYSAMINYOURFACE 1 year ago
@MIGHTYSAMINYOURFACE Personally I think parts of this video look worse in terms of safety than the Nordschleife does today.
blockheadface 1 year ago
Ford GT40 is a ferrari killeeer
xMrAngelZx 2 years ago 6
Thanx for this. i love the in car footage!
4JayeP 2 years ago
I love the GT40.
KillerDreck89 2 years ago
this is brilliant
Blackwood550 2 years ago 3
Jethelmet and sunglasses! N1!
M3Engel 2 years ago 3
"100 mph is a very large speed differential". I agree -especially for the slower car that would almost be blown off the road by the GT40 as it went past!
asd36f 2 years ago 4
Did he say approaching 214 mph or 240 mph. Damn that's cooking for 1969. Hell even for today!
mine1username 2 years ago 7
240mhp
arnold4life476 2 years ago
if the ACO didn't put so many restrictions, they could be doing 250 at Le Mans, but adding 2 chicanes didn't help either
AM007009 2 years ago
Where'd you get this video? Awesome!
No1snYpeslikme 2 years ago
if u lost control on the long straight ud be fucked up by the trees
elementx153 2 years ago
regardless where the parts came from it was /is an amazing car.
mikxr 2 years ago 2
The GT40 was so awesome.
CorvetteRacingFan 2 years ago 2
nice...but I love 917....she is pure lady
jurgenmanfred 2 years ago
Yes I too adore the 917...too hard to call which was the best.....to say nothing of the 512S....
latenightpilgrim 2 years ago
cool vid, thanks for uploading!
themorganator 2 years ago
with any other car except the 917 one comes down the straight flat out, nuff said !
rofl !
freedomsoldier187 2 years ago
i love hearing that engine rev up and down. she is tigah, hear her rawr
ledzeppelin27 2 years ago 4
you spaz
covGuk 2 years ago
... what the hell is a spaz anyway?
ledzeppelin27 2 years ago
0:56 lol, the row of padded trees on the left kill me.
Was it too much to put up a contiguous barrier?
Pads or not, if you hit one of those trees at 160, you'd be dead for sure.
SparkamusPryme 2 years ago 3
Safety was often considered unmanly at that time, hah. People could and did lose control at 160...even on the straight, usually in the rain. Cars were much more unstable at speed then those today.
vansoth 2 years ago
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great vid! I cant wait to watch your other vintage racing uploads.
5/5 and subbed
clhoyt1003 2 years ago
we smoked the ferrarie
jellybean545 2 years ago
I dont like american cars I think there crap but I do love this GT 40 and you guys kicked ass that was the whole point this is a beautiful car and even the new GT 40 is awesome I love it very fast very dangerous car awesome status symbol
FORD KICK ASS
Spocky4 2 years ago