1966 FORD GT40 Scuderia Filipinetti Starting up

A REAL1966 Ford GT40 Mark 1 race car staring up during a Griot's Garage event on October 2nd, 2010.

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• ford
• gt40
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• LeMans
• Daytona
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• Enzo

[justinbertrand450]

Yes they did! They just need one for the working blue collar man!

[sixtiesforever1966]

@justinbertrand450 Actually FORD built it because Ford wanted to buy out Ferrari and they would not sell so ford built the GT40 to beat Ferrari at Le Mans, and they did

[beluga420]

Looks like ford are now into the porn industry. Better than anything else.

[justinbertrand450]

a ford engineer, ford engines, and they had the resources to build it. its cool because they did just to prove they could. gotta love them for it :-) happy racing!

[justinbertrand450]

yeah true, but it had an

[thesunreport]

@justinbertrand450 ..lol..tbh if you look on wikipedia...it looks like it was designed by mostly british guys...and built in britain.. xD ..but yeah it is a ford project and a ford car so there's no shame in that.. ; )

[justinbertrand450]

Agreed, I love the story behind the cars, truly an american race car

[fricky101]

The savage sound that V8 produces sends chills down my spine, even to this day. Ferrari in that day had no idea the Beast Ford produced. One of My time favorite cars.

[DAREALZSLIMSHADY]

Dear Santa...

[sixtiesforever1966]

Got to buy a Superformance GT40 and have Nelson Racing Engines put one of their 1800 to 2000 HP Twin Turbo engines in it Check Out Nelson and see how streetable that engine is. Everyone would really be surprised.... Sir David