JWA Ford GT40 1968 Le Mans Lap Onboard
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This amazing piece of ground breaking onboard footage allows us to ride onboard one of the Gulf sponsored JWA Ford GT40s for a lap of the Le Mans circuit in 1968. This early onboard coverage was such a big deal, Stirling Moss does the narration. Its cool to see the Le Mans circuit as it was, without chicanes and with primitive safety features. Be sure to turn the sound up. That little GT40 really sings!
The sound of that V8 is glorious.
It has the *FORD* sound…
@@dennisyoung4631 If only my 67 Mustang had sounded this good.
@@dennisthemenace49 one chief aspect is to use an x-pipe. That shifts the overall tone higher in pitch, such that the engine sounds more *F.O.R.D.*
Then, one wishes to build the engine so it runs *good* in the upper ranges, ideally with a power peak somewhere over seven thousand. Finally, one wishes ample airflow of the right kind…
It sounds brutal.
You can fit 180° headers in that car, there’s a few videos floating around of someone that did it in a 65. Lot of fab work though. An x pipe like Dennis said will make it a touch higher and raspy, but it won’t give you this sound. Equal length tri y headers with a well engineered x could get you close (think old restrictor plate nascar of the late 90s early 00s), but that’s a lot of fab work too.
Stirling Moss got stopped by the police in the UK in the 1960s ,for speeding !! As he wound down the driver' s window the policeman stood looking down at him and said sarcastically " Who do you think you are? Stirling Moss ? Licence please ! " True story that !
That would have been FUN , to watch the Coppers Face upon reading Licence details .
There is a similar story from the 50's about Curtis Turner (one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR. Turner had been stopped for practicing J-turns and donuts. According to the story, the cop said the same thing to Turner.
Incorrect. You're confused when Senna was stopped on the A11 near Attleborough. The officer said 'who do you think you are Nigel Mansell'.
He did that in a TV advert, I didn't know it happened for real.
I had a friend who went to Silverstone with is dad. On the way home had he and his dad were just leaving when the police stopped him. He wound down the window. The police man said who do you think you are James Hunt. His dad said yes. The police man thought he was talking the p*** until he showed him his license.
So beautiful to see the circuit "as it was" before the wholesale development, not just of the circuit, but of the town itself, alongside the Mulsanne straight.
Agreed. This is what LeMans should be rather than the slot-car track it's become over recent decades.
The same with the old Spa, and many many more.. remember 70s Kyalami ? Gone.. Even the Le Castellet with original 3km long straight, or old Zeltweg butchered into A-Ring or how they call it now.. Dont even think about Clermont Ferrand. Those old tracks had the magic, the flow
Just got here from watching a lap with Hawthorn in a D type 1956 .tracks appears identical apart from the chicane at the end .
@@tomasvanecek8626 Zeltweg was a bumpy old airfield that has nothing to do with the current Austrian circuit - did you mean the Österreichring?
@@rondog540 Of course I did.. but that name is so long to type, you know :) Anyway, the Zeltweg name was carried on, long after the airport circuit, and all Austrians in 70s understood... are you old enough to know ?
I waited 52 years to see that point of view. Cool !!
This is quite wonderful. While an exchange student at Lycée Jean Charcot in St. Servan in 1964/65 I had the privilege of attending the 1965 LeMans. That was the year that the fabulous GT40s, or something very much like them, were introduced. I don't think I've ever had a complete tour of the Circuit de La Sarthe, and it definitely lives up to its reputation. Actually seeing Tertre Rouge and the Maison Blanche is stirring. In fact, I feel a strong impulse to pour myself a big snifter and put on some Jango Reinhart, just for old time's sake.
ok...I admit , that is better than the movie
MB looks terrifying .RIP J Woolfe
I was a teenager in the pits at the old Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas where each fall they held the Can Am race. As I stood in awe looking at all the cars I heard a voice, I turned and there stood Stirling Moss with two very attractive young women and arm around each, he was explaining the cars. What a life he had!
I have this on a VHS tape along with a compilation of other great in car footage of a 427 Cobra and a 935 Porsche at old Riverside Raceway in California. This is a great slice of history. Thank you
Pretty sure I have the same tape buried somewhere in my “Archives”. It’s awesome. Got it out of a bargain bin somewhere.
I'm pretty sure I had that same tape, mine was called Fast Cars I think, I've been wanting to see this lap again for going on 40 years.
@@MikeGalusha That’s it! You jogged my memory. “Fast Cars” It’s so simple when you think about it.
I believe I can remember this very video; but can't seem to recall the title of the Cobra, and Stirling's lap??
The sound of that V-8 is music to my ears!
When Le Mans was a great circuit before all the changes on the Mulsanne broke up the flow and character of the whole place. I was there one year on the Mulsanne straight in the cafe right next to the track and as the cars sped past the air pressure from them blew the shutters of the cafe in, at which point the owner would push them too and wait for the next car to blow them open…great fun! Great video and the sound of the GT 40 was amazing! Thanks for posting.
That was called "real life" mate, unlike todays watered down H&S garbage, envious I was not there with you i'll tell 'ya, cheers, UK
@@markholroyde9412 wait so you guys want people to start getting killed at the track again? Cool.
A cafe next to the old Mulsanne straight wow 😮 that sounds like the spot
The Mulsanne straight with nothing but trees on the left with white paint on them. Insane.
That's what a proper engine sounds like !
To an American
@@stephenscholes4758 Also to British petrolheads ! You do not have the monopoly .
But........
Enzo said Americans can't build V8's.
Wana a bet?
@@Mark-lq3sb Still waiting for any American engine to win a F1 race lol
@@stephenscholes4758 Still waiting for an F1 engine to endure 24 hours. LOL!
I love it pulling out of the pits as that pushrod V8 sputters and coughs until it’s up in the revs and starts pulling cleanly, absolutely fabulous
👍
"push rod V-8's".....ummm, check the fastest accelerating tire bearing vehicles on the plane, power-added or normally aspirated....
.....they ALL have ummm, push-rods???.....so there's that....
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 Your full of shit mate.
K.D. ..............were those the 5.0 Gurney Westlake headed ????
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 I think he means "non-overhead-cam".
Ahhh…Those were the days! Remember running right behind Stirling, just B4 losing it while passing him on the Right hand side & into the sandbanks!! 😩
SCCA here, love these older films.
The sound of that small block Ford would make anyone a Ford fan. Beautiful.
Small block? Weren’t they a FE 427? Please let me know.
@@Jbennyho It's a 4.9 litre GT40, if not the chassis then the same spec that JW used to win Le Mans in 1968 and again in 1969. The race-winning GT40 had Gurney-Weslake dry deck heads and obviously a 5-speed gearbox (gets down to first a couple of times).
@@Jbennyho The big block in '66 and '67 only.
@@Jbennyho Not at this time. This is 1968, the largest cid for GT class was 5.0l and 3.0l for prototype. Mk2 and Mk4 used the 427 that were band after 1967.
Who doesn't like a lap in the GT40??? Thanks for sharing, it was a fun ride!!!
Such a ballsy circuit - so much speed!
I've kept coming across your content in the last few months, really enjoying it from Oxford UK. You have a new subscriber as requested. Thank you.
Derek Bell's description of driving the Porsche 917 on the Mulsanne at night hitting 249 mph (not kph) - it must have been equally terrifying and thrilling...
Notice the pit-lane with the two-white stripes for the imaginary 'pit-wall'.
The was no entry path to drive into pit-lane back then, the driver just made a hard-right turn, off of the race course, into the pit-box.
And then to exit the pits, had to check for on-coming cars, and when it was clear, a hard left turn and full throttle.
Like most road course and oval tracks of the time there was no pit wall. They pitted right along side the track.
There is in car footage from the 1954 race with future F1 World Champion Mike Hawthorn at the wheel of a D Type Jaguar.
If I remember correctly, that version still has normal traffic on parts of the course. Crazy
@@mostlymotiongraphics2134 yes, that was the old, full course. After they changed the rules (including reducing engine size) in the early '70s to slow the cars down and discovered it didn't work, they put in the first of the chicanes.
I've seen that ! Amazing !
@@jameshafner1442 it's really good looking at the video state of the art of that time.
It was raw & primitive. Much more dangerous too.
This is tremendous 👍
That was sweet music he was listening to on that relaxing "country drive"...
Damn, that was wayyyyy cool!!!!!
Gnarly footage, thanks for sharing, very fun.
The induction sound from the IDA WEBBER'S is pure music, you can hear the familiar popping of the carbs at low RPM as the car leaves the pits.
Saw this Le Mans 1968 footage about 35 years ago on VHS tape -combined film made by Ferodo UK Brakes and the John Wyer Automotive Engineering-Ford/Porsche Gulf team exploits from 68-71 - 👍🏻
No chicanes, no Porsche curves!!!❤❤
To race Le Mans then when it was country road except for pit / race lane versus today is amazing!
My favourite car of all time. My favourite car story of all time that gt40 p1075
1075.....the real G O A T !!
Thank you so much. This is wonderful to see
Those m a n u a l gear changes.
Stirling Moss was the ultimate gentleman. I wish F1 had more drivers of his ilk today.
I watch the footage of all the vertical obstructions around the course and it reminds me of the line in Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song, “That Smell”; (“Oak Tree, You’re In My Way”)
The video starts at 1:56.
Loved this! Now I’m wondering if this was powered by a 289 or 427?
A 302 I believe . The 7 litre cars were banned after 1967. It maybe a 289 but my guess it’s a 302 . It would have been John Wyer Gulf Car Painted light Blue.. As Moss said they were doing 200 mph plus in what was a development of the of the Mk1 GT first developed in 1964..
yeah the Europeans ruled out the mighty 427 ford so ford said thats ok and came back with the 302 small block ford and kicked the shit out of them anyway and in fact did it with the same car 1968 and 1969 race, only car to ever do that feat at La Mans
This is amazing 👏🏿
Glorious!
The Speed 6 Bentley known as “Old number 1” won the race in 1929 and again in 1930, with the same chassis and engine
GT Forking awesome!
Actually their is a earlier video in the 50s of Jaguar D type going around le man with driver commentary. Its something else! Id highly check it out 👍
Wow. Thank You for sharing that. So cool. I could imagine my hero, Mr. Dan Gurney driving the Mk IV around there. Stunning audio!
Really good!
That was fun. I would love to drive that track in an GT40
I do drive a 1962Falcon with a 550hp 302 manual transmission. Its fun but not a GT40
Jaguar did this with Mike Hawthorne commentating back in 1956.....12years previous....so hardly 'new' territory. That said, thanks for posting this vid - awesome sound.
'68 also saw the Howmet, for the 1st and last time :)
brake at about 500yards from the corner. crazy how cars 50 years later brake like 100 yards from the corner.
Oh, to have this old course again with modern cars.
Skip to 1:56 for video
This was the real Le MANS no chicanes and no Porsche curves. The original white house part of the track
What a treat it would be to run a few laps at Le Mans in my Vette,wow the history
you would be chasing cobras and GT40s LOL and maby a Porsche or two
@@mpojr yeah,maybe so. What you bringing to the track?
Epic!
5:40 Maison Blanche
Same division as Burnenville, Masta, Eau Rouge, Karusell, Bosch Kurve, Corkscrew, Parabolica or Loews.
Was that a picture of a McClaren M6B CanAm car over his right shoulder?
Plastic model kit box of a McLaren M8B by Accurate Miniatures.
Back in the late 20’s the same Bentley Speed 8 won LeMans.
A great historical video. Narration by one of the best drivers and the sounds of an analog V8 in full race tune. Sad that in a generation race fans will not be thrilled by the start up, full throttle and down shifting sounds of the past. Electric cars maybe faster but will have little "character".
Pedestrian pace, like warming up the engine.. up until Arnage - then the things got going :) finally the GT could stretch her legs a bit.. The loss of the Maison Blanche section was the crime of the century.
TY 🙏🙏
Reminds me of commuting to work. 😛
Man, thats' fast.
GRAND PRIX
1966, Drama, 2h 59m at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angles CA ... I was 14 years old
(also saw 2001: A Space Odyssey there)
top that
Ferrari chassis 0816 won Lemans in 1963 & 1964, as a 250P with chassis number 0814 formerly and as a 275P with chassis 0816 (but the same chassis) latterly. I also believe that the 6-1/2l Bentley Speed Six won in 1929 and 1930 with the same car.
Calmly talking about coming into a blind corner at 190 mph.....these people had titanium balls.
Just a short drive in the country. Yeah, right.
wow
Why do you ask Whats Up?
Ohhhhhhhhh............ moisture.
Winning twice with the same car? Joest Racing did it twice. In 1984 and 1985 with a Porsche 956 and in 1996 and 1997 with the TWR Porsche. And Klaus Ludwig (winner '84 and '85) insist they had the speed to do it again in 1986 with the same car as previous years.
Jesus
After watching laps at Isle of Mann this is too tame for me.
It's the Isle of Man, not the Isle of Mann. And riding the Snaefel Mountain Course at speed is MUCH better than watching UA-cam videos of it.
Crikey!
get it right the first time or else you won't come 'round again
sounds like good advice
Should have been recorded in stereo narrative in one channel,V8 in the other so you can mute the twit
It would have been nice to actually see the car .
How many gears in the tranny
5 speed ZF box
❤❤❤
Ford Racing!!
He's not even pushing it.
Its not doing 190mph I can tell you that, Stirling Moss "biggin' it up" as usual. Surtees was the real gentleman.
nice !! it's fun to compare with Mike Hawthorn's lap more than ten years before this and to see these roads by yourself nowadays (i'm lucky because i live only at 300km from Le Mans) talking about safety...it wasn't a thing before the 80's...90's (what??? they want to reach 400km/h??? ok no problem...impossible nowadays)
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Those engines, were they flat plane? Wow
No but I believe may be 180 degree headers
Nope
When internal combustion is dead, and all that is left are talking golf carts, the europeans are going to get together in a quiet, secluded room in a discreet location, and mutually agree they shouldnt have talked all that shit about those American crossplane V8s.
Evolve or die.
@@thethirdman225
@@metrichotrods1763 Yes, I am a bot, aren't I? In 20 years, when motor vehicle manufacturers are no longer producing engines - like 80 year-old American pushrod designs - drivers will still be racing each other and I will still be watching.
What will you be doing for amusement (keep it clean)?
@@thethirdman225 You'll be on social media talking shit like the rest of the sad individuals with your personality profile.
@@thethirdman225 of boredom
A--to my ear-- disdainful "Some people lift", as the driver lifts.
the upshifts sounded painfully slow by today's standards
What do you expect, the car's technology is 56 years old. My 07 Vette has a manual and it shifts the same way.
@@alvinbanks The video says 1968. In 1968 I had a 4 speed small block and I shifted much faster than in the video.
So insanely dangerous - these men were gladiators first and foremost
I've seen this lap done by Mike Hawthorne. He's chatting away as though it's a Sunday drive. Excellent. Really enjoyed this.
I watched the pre-race coverage from Monaco F1 long ago. Jackie Stewart was always doing commentary but this time he took a car for a lap, camera and audio recorders on board. He's driving the car with his typical smooth handling while he's talking as casually as ordering a meal. Meanwhile I'm at home in my easy chair and my fingernails are digging into the armrests.
Neil, Do you think Hawthorn caused the giant wreck in 1955 by cutting in front of Lance Macklin in the Austin-Healey and slamming on his brakes to get into his pit, instead of slowing and pulling in behind him?
@@petnatcar I've seen reconstructions of the incident and there seems two sides. A racing accident, yes, but I do feel Hawthorn, in the heat of the moment, made the wrong decision and caused the accident.
@@MartysWhiteSuit Hawthorne was as close to the right side of the track as possible.. Macklin was glued to his back in much slower car - and that should have told him something, like: He´s going to pit. Didnt happen. It was definitely him, who had caused the mayhem. Eton graduate, ladies man.. ok, but he did race at Le Mans before.. what a brain fart, maybe too much champagne the evening before. Anyway, HE was the culprit, no two ways about it.
Is that the microphone on chest film? Typical French!.
The "Good Old Days" in Racing .... at Le Mans , Cars were MACHINES and Drivers were MEN ...with Incredible Skill and stamina ... Nothing compares today ...Like those days : )
you got to love the sound of that small block ford v8
Try FE big block 427
>you've got to do it right first time. Otherwise you just won't come 'round again.
I was an invited guest of Ford for both the 2016 and 2017 24 Hours. Also attended both 2018 and 19,
and 2010 with Matech.
In 2017 AJ Foyt was there.
He told our group many great stories
including how the white paint on the trunks of those Linden trees at the beginning of the Mulsanne Straight was there for safety. All it did was to
"blind the shit out of you" especially in the middle of the night as you became more fatigued.
His exact words were
"safety my ass".
I am a Ford GT owner/driver and have been to Lemans 5 times.
Once with Matech (2005/06 car) and 4 times with Ford.
This video is well done. Thank you.
Where would you recommend I watch from?
@@frankbuck99I watched from the Ford hospitality, a two story they set up with a spacious balcony.
A few options are (if you have the budget) you can buy into the Porsche or Aston Martin hospitalities. A friend of mine recommends Aston Martin for having the best amenities. Another one is 'Project 100' they can set you up with all the passes and even garage tours during the race and also 'Vanessa's Louge' hospitality which in my opinion is the best.
You will also want to be in the main grandstands for the start of the race, and the closer to the starting line the better.
Also check if you go with a provider if they offer a booth for the drivers parade and a flight over the track in a Helicopter.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
@@gurneyforpresident2836 yes I’ve got a question, can you cut me a cheque for £100,000 so I can afford the trip? 😂
@@mcrichton46 it doesn't cost anywhere near that much.
Just work a job (like I do) save up, plan for your budget and make the trip.
@@gurneyforpresident2836 thanks for the information! Attended the race in 1973 and 1975, haven’t been back since but would like to go again.
Remember that Dan Gurney called those trees 'French safety barriers'. By the time any car pieces got thru them, they'd be to small to hurt anyone.
Fabulous video, could listen to Sir Stirling Moss all day.
(Edited for spelling)
My late Mom, as a child in France in the 1920s, recalled French motorists met their demise due to those tree-lined roads, even when the cars were cruising along at around 35 mph/56 km/h.
Like the Dan Gurney quote. But that isn't "Sir" Stirling Moss doing the commentary in '68, just Stirling Moss - he wasn't knighted until the year 2000, and I don't think they work retrospectively - LOL. (Though Lofty England seemed to think they did - when you read his account of developing the C-type Jaguar, it's full of: "I said "Sir William this..."" " I said "Sir William that..."" etc, and you have to think: "No, you didn't matey-boy, because Bill Lyons wasn't Sir Anybody in 1951" (Always think that knighthoods are just redundant for some people - if anything, they take away from their achievements. They'll always be William Lyons and Stirling Moss to me. And "Sir" Mick Jagger is plain ludicrous....)
@@Philcopson Oh I dunno. Harry Secombe dubbed himself Sir Cumference, which all and sundry thought was entirely appropriate.
@@phildavenport4150 Now, that's funny! "Sir Cumference" 😆
Watching this footage reminds me of the 1971 movie Le Man's with the legendary Steve McQueen
That is the best music I heard today. Awesome.
My Dad was good friends with the localFord dealer so as a 16 year old I got to drive Pantera and an AC Cobra. Growing upin the golden age of American muscle carswas beyond cool
If i count correctly the Car in this Video have 5 Gears.
I was thinking the early GT40 Models had 4 Gears?
@tecdessus The Colotti gearbox proved too fragile, the 427 cars used a purpose-built gearbox using Ford's RWD toploader internals.
Glorious Music from that Ford.
Wow , that V8 engine sound brings tears of joy , what a beast , great film clip thanks for sharing mate .
Mikldude9376 you sure got the beast part right 👍🇦🇺
I drive this car in the simulator all the time on tracks like this (although without the new chicane) and Longford. It feels great and it makes it easy to tell that this was an out-lap (also maybe keeping in mind that he had recording equipment onboard), but the game can't get close to how raw the engine sounds in this. AND the audio is in sync, which is nearly never the case. I found Ford v Ferrari nearly unwatchable, in part because the audio never makes sense. Thanks for posting this. I'm going to try and find the full doccie now!
I HATE nothing more than watching movie dickheads changing up gears way down the Mulsanne Straight...when it was a STRAIGHT !!
If you're ever around the Charlotte NC area and want to experience a real ride in one shoot me a msg. I have straight pipes on mine so it's a bit louder than this, but my last one sounded just like it.
@@VINGIGGS I'll def bear this in mind! I'm in South Africa but have family in NC. Sadly my most vivid memory is of one nearly running me over. It nearly lost control on acceleration and I was standing next to the road. I caught it on camera and watched it to death. My closest experience to driving one was renting a Cobra replica for two days on my honeymoon. It was amazing
That and the fact F vs F had not a single heal-toe shift in all those foot well shots🤦♂️
@@DSW964 Heel. Oddly enough, a well set up brake/accelerator pedal arrangement has the two side by side when the brake pedal is fully depressed. Dividing the right foot in half vertically, the left half remains on the brake pedal while the right side rolls across to blip the throttle for the downchange, and the heel is not an important part of the manoeuvre. Having said that, I have co-driven old sports cars in races where the two pedals were well apart and I not only had to use both heel and toes to bridge the bloody gap, but also sometimes toes and shin. Takes your mind off the job somewhat.
I have a DVD called In Car 956 of Derek Bell driving the Porsche 956 around 7 of the world’s best circuits. On that circuit he’s clocking 220mph down the straight. Awesome
Held my hand on the bass speaker , send shivers down your spine!
This was a "small" engined Ford GT. Only 5 litres not the 7 litre beast. The ruling body changed to rules to ban the big engines
@tecdessus 302ci
I love it when the revs get high enough. You can hear it snarl.
Yes, it starts to sound more *F.O.R.D.* then.