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Tuned versions in sports-racers like the Ford GT40 and Shelby Cobra disproved the old adage about there being "no substitute for cubic inches." In fact, the GT40 nearly took the world GT Manufacturers Championship away from Ferrari in 1964, its first full season. Still, it was the big-b...
Model by BIZARRE 1/43 Ford GT40 MkII (DAYTONA WINNER - 1965): Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby drove to victory at the Daytona Continental 2000 Km in 1965. This was the first major victory for the GT40 and came after Carroll Shelby had taken over the GT40 program for Ford. This would be ...
Since its birth in 1965, the Ford Mustang has been an iconic entry into the American automaker's lineup. While it's had its ups and downs over its nearly 60 years in production, the Mustang has always had a singular air about them, and after Carroll Shelby convinced Ford to let him t...
Initially created for Bruce McLaren Racing in 1965 with a low-drag windscreen, on return to Ford the one-off roadster was updated to Mk2 specification for Shelby American. It’s only race event came at the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring where, after experimenting with automatic gearboxes during pra...
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He delivered a win at Daytona with Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby in GT/103 and a Second Place at Sebring with Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren in the same car. Shelby also ran the first MK II at Le Mans in June of ’65. Meanwhile, John Wyer continued development of the customer 289 GT40 ra...
After the Sebring test the GT40 was shipped to Holman-Moody, where many of the Shelby modifications were either changed or upgraded. Specifically, in preparation for the Daytona 24-Hour Continental on 5 February, the car was equipped with heavy-duty dampers and springs, adjustable anti-roll bar...
Ford then called upon the tuner and former driver Carroll Shelby to improve the car: he modified its aerodynamics for more downforce and installed another V8 engine, this time with a 7-litre capacity. Called GT40 MKII, this car returned to Le Mans in 1965. Despite the entry of 6 cars (...
At the higher end of things, the 670-horsepower Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack outmuscles all but one factory Ford Mustang from any generation. However, even the 760-horsepower Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 and its supercharged 5.2 V8 will have its hands full with the upcoming SRT Banshee. It...