THE REAL FORD V FERRARI CAR COLLECTION

Описание: Calling all Ford Vs. Ferrari Fans! Today, we're back in Texas with Phil Mulacek, Petersen Supporter and automotive aficionado! If you watched the first two parts of the collection tour (linked below), you'll know the Mulacek car collection is full of amazing ‪@ford‬ cars but now, the final chapter we close with both #Ferrari and Ford race cars, specifically the GT40 and 250LM!

Watch the previous Part 2 here:    • MASSIVE MUSTANG COLLECTION IN TEXAS PT 2.  

Led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building the Ford GT40, a new racing car with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Italian racing team Scuderia Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France.

The Ford GT40 was a high-performance endurance racing car commissioned by the Ford Motor Company. It grew out of the "Ford GT" (for Grand Touring) project, an effort to compete in European long-distance sports car races against Ferrari, which won every 24 Hours of Le Mans race from 1960 to 1965. Ford succeeded with the GT40, winning the 1966 through 1969 races.

The effort began in the early 1960s when Ford Advanced Vehicles began to build the GT40 Mk I, based upon the Lola Mk6, at their base in Slough, UK. In 1966, the GT40 Mk II broke Ferrari's streak at Le Mans, notching the first win for an American manufacturer in a major European race since Jimmy Murphy's triumph with Duesenberg at the 1921 French Grand Prix. In 1967, the Mk IV became the only car designed and built entirely in the United States to achieve the overall win at Le Mans.

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