Ford vs Ferrari, the story of the Ford GT40 on "Behind the Headlights"
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2016
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The story of the Ford GT40 and how it beat Ferrari at Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969 from the Speed Channel show "Behind the Headlights".
Just to let everyone know, this video was recorded off cable TV back in 2004, it's not in HD, the sound isn't the greatest and it contains commercials from that era (you can FF through them if you wish). If you can't handle that, please don't watch it.
Even though this channel is not monetized on my behalf (I receive NO money from UA-cam and don't care) UA-cam has now added commercials to pay 3rd party claims for the music used in some of the commercials that I left in this video, I tried to remove them but UA-cam won't allow me. The only way around the UA-cam added commercials is to pay for a subscription, sorry. - Авто та транспорт
My, dad died in Vietnam, 1973. God bless him. A better person than
I can ever be. No comparison. F
Watching this for two reasons:
1) Ford's quest for Le Mans dominance
2) Early 2000's commercials
especially the netscape ad
@@alexander1485 Featuring Kevin Sussman from Big Bang Theory.
Ken Miles Greatest of All-Time R.I.P.
Yes and also Bruce Mclaren RIP.
Don't forget Jim Clark
Bro the fact they did him dirty like that was fucked uo
Thank you for sharing this along with the period commercials. Takes me back.
People came after watching ford vs Ferrari trailer hit like
Damn Skippy 😁
The producers saw this 2 years ago and decided to make the movie from all the info in this episode
I actually saw this when it was originally released
Madhu Sudhan for the record, already knew the story ha. But guilty.
Hell yeah, this what made me love ford as one of my favorite car company.
Thanks for preserving and sharing this. I miss Speed/Speedvision of this era. Nice to see, commercials and all.
Wow, Net Zero. I remember getting that for 3 months before dumping it for AT&T DSL. Super fast since the A&T Central Office was 300 feet away. Thanks for posting this piece of history. Usually I hate the commercials but I'm a little bit older now with grandchildren that enjoy hearing the rest-of-the-story..
Edit: Just thought I'd put this out there. Back in 1958 a guy named Jim Robbins begged my father to partner up with him because he wanted to build Race Teams. My dad wasn't hurting financially and although Robbins offered him crazy money, dad was way more into making cash money, so he never took Jim Robbins up on his offer. He mentioned it to me one time back in the early 1980's and told me that the way the paperwork was to be drawn up, after Robbins died in the company plane crash during the mid 1960's, my dad would have become the head of Robbins Racing Division and God knows what else...
This is a fantastic video to find today on youtube, THANK-YOU Jim for putting it up...remarkable history footage and yes the commercials, resolution, music, ALL made for dynamite viewing ....remembering 2004 as well as the 66-69 LeMans victories. I'll have to go out to the Shelby American museum in Gunbarrel CO this Saturday to take a look at the Andretti Mk 4!
Rip Ken Miles 💔
Ken Miles was a huge part of the Shelby managed, Ford GT40 program. He was killed August 17, 1966, testing at Riverside Raceway in California.
The man ford left in the shadows of who had one of the largest parts of making the gt40 a winner. I pity ford for being selfish of not letting ken be the first to win the triple crown with their car.
I love the old adverts... amazing context.
I’ve sat in the No1 GT40, to think the speeds it achieved in the 60’s and driven by top drivers, it’s very snug inside and to sit in that at high speeds takes a brave person!
Lovely to see this video again, thanks for sharing.
I have been out on the track in one of these cars they are very snug smelly and loud, so snug the door pushes down on your bone dome and into your seat. They mostly drift sideways at 200mph
It’s the old school commercials that are the best part of this.
The movie was great I really enjoyed it
I was so sad about ken miles 🥺💔
Thank you so much for the great movie! Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles are great personalities.👑👑
fantastic editing! Nothin like signing up for premium just to watch more commercials! Love the content. I love racing! HATE COMMERCIALS!!!
It's an uploaded dub of a VHS recording of the speed show channel in 2000. There's going to be commercials
@@johnj.baranski6553 I understand that it's an upload from VHS. I was (I thought) being sarcastic to the person who uploaded it. All that effort half-assed. All it takes is 2 VHS recorders. Play one, record with other. Pause recording unit at commercial break. Restart recording unit when program resumes. Copy to disc. Upload to UA-cam.
@@mileschase9866 i'd only put that much effort into it if I was getting paid.
The most interesting part of this video is the old advertisements. They bring many memories.
Lets also not forget Bruce Mclaren, he was part of the ford racing program from the GT 40 Mk II test car, to the race itself, he was also killed in 1970 on a separate incident,
F. W. - not just that everyone forgets about The Godfather of the GT40 Roy Lynn. In Dearborn Roy Lunn and his team had a new version of the GT40 ready for testing. Ford Motor Company had been working to develop and perfect a 7-liter 427 cubic inch engine. Lunn and his team had worked an engineering marvel to fit the larger engine in the mid-engine car while retaining aerodynamic integrity. That’s the car that Ken Miles raced after he tested at the Romeo test track
Ok then what about Eric Broadly the British owner of Lola? The Lola mk6 ran Le Mans in 1963 and retired due to engine trouble, it had a V8 engine was 40 inches high, hell it even had the door tops that go into the roof, Ford bought the rights to the mk6 and employed Eric to oversee the project, the GT40 “IS” a tweaked Lola MK6 😊
As a kid and son of a Ford man, I was in heaven ( as a kid can be ) when Ford got it together to go car racing. Cobra's and Ford GT
's among others made for a lot of very cool times growing up. The best iconic racing of all time happened during the 60's.
Thank's for your determination to provide this history. 🎉
BRING BACK THE SPEED CHANNEL!
One of the best movies I’ve ever seen
21:59 "we had mechanics from New Zealand".... [first country that Shelby mentions]. Bruce McLaren (great engineer) and race car driver and Chris Amon (who Enzo Ferrari himself called the best test driver he ever worked with) piloted that black Ford across the line in first place. While neither Bruce or Chris (or Denny Hulme who was sitting in the car when Miles wasn't, and only Kiwi F1 champion) were talked about at all in the film, THIS WAS A KIWI TRIUMPH. Screw anything else 3 of the top 4 steps were occupied by New Zealanders. And all these guys contributed to the development of that car.
Ok buddy. A kiwi victory. Of course.
The KING, my fellow Texan Carroll Shelby.
He makes a mean chili too. :-)
It is a travesty that people watch a 2hr Hollywood movie and sometimes a 20 min youtube video and think they have a comprehensive idea of history. This is what we should do all be seeing. Thank you for historical and mechanical accuracy.
This is the greatest racing story ever. Hats off to Henry Ford and Lola. Pure joy.
A multimillion dollar corporation beats a little (then) car manufacturer with 100 times less the budget of Ford. Assholes
@@attiliodemoliner7920 IKR I don't know how people think Ford is a underdog, a big company threatening to buy the small company and if they don't comply they will beat them with all the money they have.
American corporate world I guess
FAHRT!
$100Millons vs $25Millions....
Get a grip on REALITY!
FOOL!
@@attiliodemoliner7920: Enzo Ferrari had the backing of FIAT genius! LOL.
@@naveenbattula: When it came to Le Mans FORD was the underdog vs Ferrari! That's a no brainer! And FORD spent less money on the GT40 program than what it would have cost FORD to buy Ferrari in 1963 for $18 Million! And don't forget Ferrari always had a piggy bank with FIAT.
Two names of very great Drivers were absent or downplayed in the latest movie effort, Lloyd Ruby and Bruce Mclaren ,another was Lola, the car the GT40 is based on. plus the fact there were Three Kiwi Drivers,McLaren, Amon and Denny Hulme. ambassadors of a tiny nation most people don't even know where it is.
British car British driver Shelby's engine and none above would give away 1st place McLaren stole title from Ken Miles r.i.p
Thanks for posting this.
Ford's late 60's racing, the US space program in the beginning & the Alaska pipeline are the best examples of how the impossible can be made possible if you throw enough money, blood, sweat, tears and testosterone at a problem. Sadly I think that era has passed,
Only possible by Americans, but everyone else hated us for that, so they are tearing the entire world apart for spite, even though they are destroying themselves, as well.
The rules of the race. Continues to be a point of contention even today.
Anyone complaining about the commercials are stupid... In 15 yrs these commercials are gonna be comedy gold or just laughable, like 80s commercials are now.
Thank you for the upload, this was awesome!
csonkaperdido you are correct
Stfu
@Enzo 1965 The old boomers complaining cant figure that out.
Better than all the multiculti rubbish we get now, Gillette anyone??
@@capitanvonchickenpants8492 *Your comment has not aged one iota. Cheers!*
Hooters cards under the Christmas tree? Now that's a hoot.
I appreciate the ads, it just makes me feel older.
especially the hooters ad
@@nate199813 *Like some Thai sauces, Hooters honeys are still hot and sweet. Cheers!*
One report I read years ago was the 427's made more power when tested after the race than when first installed.
in 1967 the winning MKIV was dyno'd at 494 before the race and 499 3200 miles later.
They should have checked #1
@@davidthayer6969that is very well with the margin of error, especially in the 60s when they measured solely the engine with accessories or a drivetrain.
But still holding up that well is impressive, especially for the times and it showed that a big inefficient engine is more durable than a high strung, but more efficient engine.
That means however that fuel restrictions allowed Porsche and Ferrari to still run Le Mans, while fords engine was out, because it purely relied on its loose construction and huge displacement, which made it chug way more fuel.
Actually I lived this era in Ford Racing with my friends and my buddy who's dad owned a Ford dealership got a new Boss 302 for HS graduation, lucky bummer. :-) Always had a lust for a new Pantera when you could buy a new one from the Mercury dealer. A tad more than my budget could afford at the time but the lust has never left even as an old man.
Hear, hear Kregg Barnhart, Hear hear. Recognizing this video is about Ford vs Ferrari BUT the men beng interviewed back when this was made failed to mention a great many cars that for certain appealed to we youngsters of that era - me as well being among them 'cause I was born in '47. I remember very well the '62 406ci, 4spd, the '63 390 and 427 4spd Galaxies, the '64/65 427 Thunderbolts, the '65 Hi-Pro 289 Mustangs and Falcons, the list goes on for high performance Fords so to say Ford wasn't in the performance market just isn't true. Henry the 2nd was just pissed off at Enzo Ferrari for telling him to go pound sand and he threw the sink at beating him just to get even,, he did it with the help of a few outstanding men of the time.
You couldn't make this up, well done Shelby, Miles and all the others you were the business!
Thank you for posting. An insightful in depth review of the real story. Just the facts, the development, and the passion.
they didn't touch on the fact that Hank the Deuce and Carrol Shelby forced a nascar roll cage for the mark IV and it saved Mario Andretti and others in crashes afterward. Ken Miles was a great driver and engineer.
miles was not an engineer, he was a tech he didnt go to school or understand what he was doing he just did what he felt, not math art.
Loved the movie. Thanks for the background info, and yes, you can skip the commercials
The first time I'm glad my Ad Skipping APP doesn't work.
Cool seeing the old ads.
I miss the old SPEEDVISION/ SPEED CHANNEL.
Great documentary
Great story! Thanks for posting
Who else came here after watching Ford versus Ferrari
I'm here before.
CharlzR I haven’t seen that yet so I was wondering is here before
Me
Yep, saw it today, gr8 movie. I think the GT40 owed a lot of it's development to Ken Miles.
Finally saw the movie was great
I was at the Sebring 1967 race with my then first wife and an old Army buddy. Drove there in my 1966 Austin Healey MK 111. Went to the 1960 Sebring race with my girlfriend at the time. Man I loved sport scars.
and ford did it 50 years later just because they can
Ford just likes to keep the world humble I think. LOL Who's your daddy now? LOL
Excited for the movie Ford vs Ferrari!!!!
SCOTT FLYNN November 15
RIP Dan Gurney
Terry Lessmann
I thank him everyday as drive my MKII MR2 Turbo to work. Thank you, sir, you’re suspension tuning was impeccable. First performance Toyota I’ve not felt the need to improve the suspension on. It’s truly flawless.
Enzo 1965
Mine was actually manufactured within the first month of production. As a Ferrari fan, I’m sure you’re aware that mid-engine sportscars with no nannies and a lot of available torque shouldn’t be driven by your average driver. I am not your average driver, I’ve only ever owned turbo MR2s and Celicas. I don’t have issues with these cars because I learned to drive on them. When you have that experience, the tendency towards oversteer is a feature, not an issue. Porsche 911 owners tend to agree.
Enzo 1965
And you are correct. Back when I had a car club in my twenties, a lot of the younger rich kids that joined actually talked their parents into buying them used MR2Ts and the parts they needed to get them into the 300whp range. Most of those cars left the tarmac at least once. Most didn’t result in anything more than curbed rims and brown underwear but the tendency towards oversteer on the 1990-1992 cars was a real thing.
All it really comes down to is unfamiliarity with midengine driving dynamics. If you enter a corner hard and then balk in the apex the car has a tendency to shift all its weight to the front leaving the drive wheels with greatly reduced traction and a tendency to toe out on the outside wheel. This initiated the oversteer that must be steered into to recover but inexperienced drivers will typically hit the brakes and countersteer which just makes the problem worse.
It’s an easy thing to correct by fitting a wider set of rims on the rear with 275width tires, a 93+ rear subframe and arms or simply don’t lift off in the apex. I’ve never done the subframe because it neutered the handling. The 275 tires makes it require a far more deliberative set of actions.
As I said, this isn’t an MR2 thing, all contemporary midengine cars, including Ferrari, will do the same thing.
One of America's greatest drivers and builders
Ever heard of JIM HALL?
Chaparral II CHEVY??
Jim invented the WING on the II-E and II-F
1966/67
CanAM and Le Mans
Changed racing forever!
Though Ferrari 250.275 and 330P cars of 1964 and 1964
Had a hidden Wing Foil, in the fairing of the roll over bar
Making up for the masked spoiler on the rear...
I noted this while in the NART pit, 1964 Sebring...
The elder SEFAC mechanic put his finger to his lips!
I would last see him at Sebring, 1972..
With the 312PB's
Those were the days
The Golden Years..
Forza Ferrari!
This was awesome. Appreciate the post.
People are going to watch this now. Thanks for the post 👍👍
Now I want to eat wings at Hooters during Christmas time while surfing the net on my 28 8K modem!
Hahaha! #metoo
Got a cassette with a game.?
*You can still get two out of three but only with WiFi, no 28Kb modems anywhere. Cheers!*
Here after Ford vs Ferrari!!
Thanks for uploading
All those adverts!
Haha bless you buddy, love from a UK racing fan. Great video mate
You were warned!
@@9145709902 hahaha! I actually enjoyed them... In honesty, I love watching all the old shows I recorded on VHS back in the 80's & 90's, coz the adverts add historical and nostalgia value. Your ones from the (US?) are an alien and exotic world! Anyways, can't remember if I subscribed... If not, I will do. 🍀 Cheers man
A few years ago a stopped at an Exotic car dealership in Jacksonville beach. He told me that he had one car that he would not sale. It was a Ford GT40. Now I know why!
Great show. Lots of GT40 history with the Mark VI's 1967 campaign featured heavily. A tip on the ads: skip 2 minutes each time.
Near end: GT40 "outlawed" after 1969? my understanding is that the new homologation rules allowed 5 litre engines if 25 examples were made. GT40s in their original form were past their prime so if they were grandfathered in it would be in an uncompetitive state. Neither 25 in a new 5L form or free prototype 3L would be contenders for victory.
Happy to see someone correct this or flesh it out better.
Sorry about the commercials, this was recorded from cable TV, just fast forward through them.
the continued use of the word 'banned' or 'outlawed' makes me chuckle. the rules change every dam year! get used to it. nothing gets outlawed!
@@lasvegasandthehoney - Even in government, rules changes (new laws) result in - wait for it - BANNING and OUTLAWING. Get over it.
@@alanhardman2447 i think you do not understand terminology
These old commercials are awesome lol
They SUCK. Couldn't edit them out???
They do--they seem old-fashioned and they're not that old.
Online poker and a car that brags about making 200hp, yeah they seem very dated.
@@billenright2788 You have a channel. You do it.
@@robbchastain3036 the cars in the commercials are 2005
Ford vs Ferrari & Rush are two great flicks about racing. A movie covering true racing events are not easy movies to produce. But Ron Howard & James Mangold do great jobs on each. And for what it’s worth, Ford vs Ferrari is very much centered around British driver Ken Miles...and that exactly who it should’ve been about. He poured his heart and soul into the Ford GT40 program and was robbed for being a “team player” after slowing his pace at Le Mans so that Ford could cross the finish line 1..2..3 and a “technicality” forever removed his name from being the Triple Crown winner.
I'm just doing research for a Ford v Ferrari lighter design. So just getting an understanding of what happened. Got to say that's some legacy from Ford.
ahhh...that Hooters Christmas commercial though...
*Yep. When you find them, Hooters Girls are still hot and sweet. Cheers!*
I grew up during the 60's and watched the Fords win on every track. My late, great bro took me to MIS in 1968 and '69 to watch the good old boys kicking ass in Torinos and Cyclones, and he took me to U.S. 131 Dragway many many times from the mid 60's thru early 70's . . I saw ALL the legends in person! NASCAR, dragstrips, road courses and Indy belonged to Ford powered cars. The competition was Dodge & Plymouth VS. Ford & Mercury! GM had NOTHING! Ahhh . . . the good old days. Chevy fans hate 'em!
GM had the sales leadership, so their brass probably didn't see any reason to spend lots of money on racing. So both Ford and Chrysler used racing to get more interest in their performance cars. Ford had been the leader in engine tech every since the flathead v8, and Chrysler's hemi caught them up and they stayed competitive for years. GM? Their big block could be bored and stroked out over 500 cubic inches and remain reliable, so it was theengine used in many cars in the Can Am races until Porsche came up with the twin turbo 917
Great story 👍. History channel, 4 part documentary, Cars that built America.
@@d.e.b.b5788 917 Twin turbo air cooled flat 12 variant. Jesus. Last I heard, value was $22 Million for an original.
@BOBBY LEE Wow, you're way older than I am! Did you ever get to Daytona to see races on the beach? That must have been wild!
Did y'all forget about Jim Hall. First car with a wing and first car with ground effects. He won in the rain at LeMans.
Thank you for uploading Jim, awesome! Man I miss Speed Channel... wish I was around during a time of this Automotive Renaissance in the 60s. 👍
Thanks for the upload Jim
damn those old commercials hit me hard
IN THE DICK
I know right. I didn't know there was a restaurant out there called Hooters. LOL
@@johnj.baranski6553 John, you must live in Europe? Cuz Hooters has been around since the 1980's, in both large USA cities & smaller ones as well as they expanded.
Try the "3 Mile Island" 🔥 hot wings, if u ever get to eat at one. But to be honest, the last few times I ate at them, the food was nearly terrible at best. Different franchises have different quality of food.
& this documentary is very good because of the footage & the interviews of so many who are now gone. Thks Speed Channel for this original content 👍
@@johnj.baranski6553 *Dude, they're attached to, or in proximity of every mall worth going to. Thank God they're still around and at least in Florida the franchise is prospering. Cheers!*
I like how the lower third banner for Carroll Shelby is just "Automotive Legend"
I really wanted to finish this video but the constant commercials spoiled a excellent bit of history
I was taught in school back in the 80's that we would be riding around in jetpacks today.....
If Ken Miles would of been around I hav NO DOUBT we would be.
He pushed the envelope so far he had to make a whole new envelope. He innovated cars to the point of comparing going from snail mail.... to email.
A genius that put his money where his mouth was. True Hero
Rip Mr. Miles
Enzo Ferrari singlehandedly pissed off Henry Ford and Feruccio Lamborghini subsequently creating the MK2 GT40 and the Lamborghini 350GT.
FIAT pissed of Enzo Ferrari when they wouldn't hire him in Torino Italy, subsequently creating the Ferrari brand.
Everyone pissed each other off and became better 🤷♂️
If you know the full story you would know how much of a dick Ford was
Henry Ford THE SECOND dimbulb...
The Black Car Guy imagine if he wouldn’t pissed him off? No gt 40 and no movie
Very enjoyable program once you get the commercials sorted. As a Canadian, I am very proud that we build ALL of Ford's new Ford GTs here in Canada at Multimatic Inc. in Markham, Ont.
And we're damned proud of that as well.
*Indeed, Canadian assemblers earned the right to take a bow. With $Millions in sunk dev costs at risk, scrupulous build quality is one reason why TMC Japan chose you guys to assemble the 1st Gen Lexus sedans. Cheers!*
Eight ad breaks in one hour? Is this what TV looks like? Wow...
*That was typical for cable/sat/OTA service in 2005. 2023 is same shit, different decade. That's why I prefer* tv.youtube.com *wherein I can pay to not have to endure that crap. However, I do miss the Hooters Honeys commercials.
Don't worry, it wasn't just the Americans who had cars outlawed from Le Mans. Particularly in the 60s and 70s the authorities didn't like anyone beating Ferrari.
Jim take the advertising out. I tried to call Netscape and they are out of business.
Wow that's amazing 😂
That 9.95 price though. Lol
LoL I was going to comment the same thing
I rememeber watching this show in 2003 or 4... it was awesome
Billy Bob I am back in business. Msg me and I’ll let you know where to send the checks. We just go by CASH now, so make your checks to that
I guess I am probably breaking some law if I don’t state that this obvious joke is a joke
Here's a tip - fucking skip them
Netscape $9.95 Yes! Perfect for my screaming 28.8 modem all the speed I will ever need.
Now with web accelerator...
@@soundwavesuperior6761 WebMD:the bane of all medical professionals! Lol
I lol'd hard at this! You guys made my day!!
Loved the Acura commercial! Owned one...lol
Ferrari was more pissed that Ford through Cosworth gave engines to Lotus McLaren Tyrrell in F1 winning 7 drivers and constructors titles in a row
LLP LLP
A CADILLAC AD!
DAMN!
If i wanted to see tv commercials id get tv again. 7 years NO PROGRAMMING. still, IT'S GOOD TO BE REMINDED ME WHY INTERNET ONLY is way MORE HEALTHY FOR THE MIND. Still worth watching and a great program to see again.
Carol Shelby has been a hero of mine since I was a child. As someone who clearly (If you look at my username it's pretty damn obvious) loves the automobile, Carol Shelby embodies the American Dream in so so many ways. I've been fortunate enough to have a ride in a Shelby GT 500 Mustang with Carol's signature on the dash. Just seeing that name sitting in that car, knowing to put it there he was sitting in the same seat I did put chills up my spine.
The day Shelby passed I got very emotional. I hope the movie and videos like this serve to make him a hero to a new generation of young people and it kindles a passion for cars for them the way he kindled that passion in my life just by learning of his life story over the years through programs like this.
If you travel to Las Vegas be sure to visit the Shelby Heritage Center, you will love it.
It is the partnership with people like Ken Miles that really guaranteed their success.
I rewatched one of those shows that made me fall in love with cars, the 2004 or so episode of Overhaulin’ with the cherry nova. I’m a ford and chevy fan these days, with the pony car precursor (merc comet) and a handful of camaros in the driveway.
I went looking for a Pontiac dealership still having a hard time finding one.
are you a netscape guy?
That new Grand Prix 🤤
Oldsmobile...
RIP Ken Miles, robbed of a LeMans victory and died at Riverside International Raceway testing a Ford.
Chris Amon Quote -- " we were over a minute ahead of car #1 when FORD gave us the order to slow, Miles didn't and over took us in the pits and raced away to a big lead. McLaren caught him in the rain and over took AGAIN. " Miles let McLaren lead the final lap and CLEARLY cross the finish line ahead of him. Because he knew he was running second place. But FORD had promised him he would be awarded the dead heat anyway and get the Triple Crown. FORD fucked up and robbed him of his chance to race McLaren head to head. Amon is also quoted as saying "even without FORD interference we would have easily beat car #1.." Read the article "Lunch with Chris Amon" Motorsport Magazine June 2008. And watch the race online. Miles is clearly letting McLaren drive in first place for the last lap.
It is very clear that #2 crossed the line first.
What I can't understand is why the GT40 was such a piece of shit before Miles fixed it. I thought Bruce and Chris were test/development drivers, therefore should have sorted the car. I thought they were good test drivers ... confused
@@psk5746 The american narrative of two kiwis fixing the dog of a euro sports car (with an american engine)
The J-Car predeccesser to the Mk. IV
We'll hear the end of this....
When Ken Miles was deprived of his win it was because his car placed up front in qualifying whereas the Amon car was further back. So, it was judged that it had travelled further in the 24 hours.
There are two things wrong with this rule:
>1.0-why bother qualifying near or at the front when clearly qualifying near or at the rear would be an advantage;
>2.0-the distance travelled in the 24 hours should be measured from the start finish line. Otherwise, the finish line for each car ought to have been the point at which each car actually started running. In this way qualifying up toward the front maintains the advantage of qualifying and still every car measure its distance from start to finish on the same basis.
This was a phenomenal achievement for the Ford Motor Company, all the team members and Henry Ford II himself, especially the all American team. Terrific story.
thank you for this :)
Great car, probably the greatest ever made. ...and now I realise how lucky we are that H. Ford didn't buy Ferrari, now we have both GT40 and real racing car company! None of that would probably exist today if the things had gone the other way.
Ah! ....Ford GT40 .....The Great American (Actually British) Supercar!! ....I can't believe Ford even takes credit for it!! ....It's just Grand Theft Auto!!!
@@ambmainman - You are a special kind of stupid, aren't you? The Brits COULD NOT do it - so Ford America and Shelby did.
Alan Hardman It was based on a Lola chassis (mk 2) Stefan D is correct.
@@alanhardman2447 I believe not only was it based on the Lola GT (British) the Mk1 Mk2 and Mk3 were built and engineed in England and some motors used advanced Westlake cylinder heads, look it up the information is all available online. Without the UK the GT40 would of just been a dream.
@@alanhardman2447 Well McLaren did actually . if you re watch the program you will see that after the Shelby guys got it it didnt win very much at first . what they fail to tell you is in late 65 Bruce striped it down and redid some airflow plus redesigned the gearbox for the 66 season . Ford and Shelby dont want to mention another car brands name because they are not in business like ford and Shelby
Love the GT40. Waaaay too many commercials on this program.
*Agreed. One reason to love* tv.youtube.com *Cheers!*
At 09:55 the facts got screwed up. Henry Ford II left the U.S.Navy in 1943 during World War 2 because his father (not uncle) Edsel Ford died of cancer at age 49 and the Ford Motor Company was a critical supplier to the military so 26 year old Henry Ford II took over. Henry Ford senior was by this time 80 years old and couldn't return to effectively run the company although he was reinstated as president.
Awesome documentary.
JFK said we’re going to the moon ✔️
Carrol Shelby said we’re gonna beat the Italians ✔️
actually Henry Ford 2 said "its your ass if you lose"
@@alexander1485 - I suppose you don't think Enzo said the same thing (in Italian) to his people when he found out Ford was gunning for him???
BOBBY LEE how so? His tariff war is putting American small business owners out of business.
Christian Bale said "I just got a role in a new movie"
Christian Bale's body said "Oh shit".
That's 1 out of 2 then
I never knew Ken Miles was killed driving at GT40
interesting story, thanks for posting
2 Thumbs up! Thanks for the upload!
I remember the Mk4 being called the J car before Ken Miles was killed
I see that someone just went to the movies...
I notice how they gloss over the fact that the drivers of the 1966 1st and 2nd place GT40s at Le Mans were 2 kiwis 1st and a kiwi and a pom 2nd.
Man I missed these old commercials!!
I enjoyed this story EMINCLY
It was certainly cheeky of Ford to paint the '67 car red.
FORD HATED ENZO
*Henry II's ultimate FUF! troll was delicious Schadenfreude to behold. Cheers!*
Really do think ford should have done a Ken Miles tribute car or something,he was the tester and driver for shelby in the AC days,he was a great driver and engineer who was without doubt instrumental in the development of the AC and the gt40 and he beat those Italians with style in the AC,he was so far ahead he would pull in the pits for drinks of water or just to battle cars again as the races got boring!!! Shelby said that himself about Ken...come on ford least do a few with his name on a badge as tribute to him.
This was AWESOME!!!
Man, just like watching cable tv way back when!
The gt40 being the Saturn V of motor racing. Awesome machine.
Ah! ....Ford GT40 .....The Great American (Actually British) Supercar!! ....I can't believe Ford even takes credit for it!! ....It's just Grand Theft Auto!!!
@@ambmainman - The cut-and-paste panty-waist is alive and well in you, isn't it?
@@ambmainman
And exactly how many wins at Le Mans did it have before it got straightened out by Ford? Zero.
And if you want to go sports car racing in the 60's Max Balchowsky and his wife built a car in their garage with a Buick Nailhead engine in it that beat every Jaguar, Ferrari, Alfa Romero, Aston Martin, Fiat and ANY other European sports car manufacturer you can name including the Maserati Birdcage which was supposed to be the most advanced race car in the world, he sent em ALL back across the Atlantic with their tails in between their legs, Old Yeller II was the name of the car and NOBODY could touch it on a road course.
@@dukecraig2402 The same number as Ford had...... before they bought the Mk6 GT from Lola, then had John Wyer from Aston Martin Raciing ......build the GT 40 from it!
FYI..Just to Educate you on John Wyer.
He won Le Man's with an Aston Martin Raciing DBR1, with Caroll Shelby working for him in ...1959
He then developed and built the GT40 ...that Shelby won Le Mans with in... 1966-1967.
He won Le Mans again with the Gulf Oil Team (most famous) GT40 in ...1968 and 1969.
He then won the World Sports Car Championship (the GT40s Class) with, some say the best sports car ever built ) the Gulf Oil Teams Porsche 917... in 1970.
@@ambmainman
And Americans are the fastest human beings ever, nobody's ever gone faster than Americans.
Those executives just doesnt have any idea what its mean to race, its just a plan to sell their mass production car
*Of course it was and remains so to this day. You think this was for charity, the "Betterment of Mankind" or some other crap? It was a business that in this case got personal. Capiche?*
Cooling ducts leading into radiators are always a huge challenge. Whatever airflow gets into and through the intakes and coolers expands a bunch when its heated taking heat out of the cooler. So you need way more room for the air to expand and escape than you'd think.
DEEREMEYER1
Ugh. My MR2T agrees with you sir. I’m thinking it’d be best just to remove the engine lid altogether.
@@negativeindustrial *Agreed! Mister Twos are sterling example of a Toyota run by Engineers, not Accountants. Pity is they forgot to accommodate additional turbo heat load. Hope you still have it and still love it. Cheers!*
@@blackrifle6736
I will never sell that car. I tracked down a legitimate GReddy Intercooler and intercooler piping kit with shroud and upgrades spal fan. Currently running 21PSI on an ATS Blackjack Turbocharger. Upgraded the radiator along the way and no more cooling issues!
Thanks for the compliment!
@@negativeindustrial *My pleasure. Excellence and respect for fine machines should always be lauded publicly. Cheers!*
The most fascinating part of this video is the total lack of drug advertisements.
*The days before illnesses, real or imagined became profit centers to be exploited. Or maybe the FCC had more clout unimpeded by bought-and-paid-for commissioners. Cheers!*
Great video, different perspective on an age old story. Fantastic historic footage. Commercials generally suck, but, hey... Hooter's Christmas gift cards, Crown Royal, and Pontiac! Sign me up!