Historic wins like Ford dominating the podium at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans don't come easily. Things go wrong. Like a last-minute leak in the engine and a trip to a bait store for trout fishing ...

Here we see pictures of the car both at Le Mans, and at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. Ford even used the car to re-create the historic image of the GT40 finishing 1-2-3 at the 1966 race.

and the 20-month comprehensive restoration of the iconic Le Mans-winning 1966 Ford GT40, chassis P/1046 historic racecar by Rare Drive is almost complete and on time to make its reappearance at Le ...

The car they ended up making was the GT40, which (spoiler alert for the film) ended up taking the first three places at Le Mans in 1966 and then winning again for the next three years. However ...

Writer David Phipps of Competition Press & Autoweek likened the Ford effort at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans to a “steamroller at work.” He also noted the “confusion at the finish when the ...

In spite of almost 50 years passing since the 1-2-3 win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, the Ford GT40 remains one of the most legendary race cars. Ever. After six years of Ferrari dominance ...

Retired Ford engineer Mose Nowland, 85, remembers the time in 1966 that he rushed to North Carolina, then to California, to fix leaks found in two GT40 race cars about to be sent off to ...

one of the three that crossed the finish line at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans to bring Ford its first Le Mans win ever. According to RM Sotheby’s, this GT40 Mk II is chassis P/1016, one of the ...

In 1966, Ford got that win with a 1-2-3 finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The cars driven to this amazing win were a trio of Ford GT40 Mk IIs, and one of those three original cars is heading to ...