A golden opportunity. It can safely call the recent car, as the prestigious auction house RM sotheby’s has added to its upcoming auction in august.
It is one of the three Ford GT40 race cars that ran in the goal as the number one, two and three at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1966. The pægældende car finished according to the auction house as the number three, but is more gold than bronzefarvet – and so it is estimated to bring between 57 and 76 million. crowns.
It is due not least to the three cars of the holdings on the French Le Mans circuit. The triple podiepladsering was then the culmination of Ford’s long-standing hunger after to mark on the big international motorsportsscene.
The three Ford GT40 was totally dominant during Le Mans-the world in 1966. The copy must now be at the auction, seen here in front of one of his colleagues during the race. Photo: Courtesy of The Klemantasky Collection / RM sotheby’s
Le Mans was Ford’s first big victory in Europe, and the three medals made the Ford GT40 to a ikonbil with one blow.
In each case, for the europeans, who had not yet heard of bilmodellens results at the 24-hour race at the Daytona racetrack and the 12-hour race at Sebring the same year. Both races ended up also with Ford racers at all sejrsskamlens step.
The dominant behaviour was perhaps especially the ærkeamerikanske V8 engine at no less than 7 litres. A behemoth, which had the Porsche’s six cylinder engine to see the back and also outperformed the Ferrari, which had taken the victory at the six previous Le Mans races.
Ford’s bronzevinder was, according to the RM sotheby’s also the only GT40 racer with automatic transmission. The name GT40 refers incidentally to the vehicle’s height of just 40 inches or just above the meters.
the GT40 is just 1,02 meters high, when you measure at the windshield. It was a requirement to participate in the 60’the car races. Photo: Courtesy of RM sotheby’s
The GT40, now on auction, only took part in three further races after Le Mans, before he went on pension in 1967. Since then it has supposedly lived a quiet life in various bilsamlinger before it in the course of the past year has been restaurareret and have got the same golden paint, as during Le Mans.
According to Alexander, Weaver, there is bilspecialist of RM sotheby’s, in particular the last great significance for the auction.
– To have a car for sale that has played such an important role in such a famous race is very important for us. This Ford has been restaurareret to the stand, the run of races in, and it is important that any potential customer takes it into consideration, he says in a press release and adds:
– Few cars can be considered to be the gold standard, but this GT40 is, and will always be remembered as one of the Ford cars that finally beat Ferrari.
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