Posted on 05/08/2016 11:45:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Business A ’66 GT40 and 5 Other Rare Ford Icons are Up for Sale Zach Doell,Bold Ride Sat, May 7 9:30 AM PDT Comments Like Reblog on Tumblr Share Tweet Email 1966-ford-gt40-mk1-click-1a
It might be a little too early to get excited about anything in the far-off month of August, but six legendary Ford performance cars about to pique your interest, and then some.
Every year, the world’s rarest and most valuable classic cars flood onto California’s sunbaked coastline in August for the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance—an event that has become known worldwide as the premier celebration of the automobile.
It’s a must-see for automotive window shoppers, as is RM Sotheby’s accompanying auction for those actually interested in buying. This year, the auction house will sell-off six rarified Ford and Shelby vehicles from enthusiast and dealership owner Jim Click’s esteemed collection. The highlight? This jaw-dropping 1966 Ford GT40 Mark I, which could sell for upwards of $4.25 million.
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An estimate of $4.25 Million? Wow.
The right crowd and no crowding, as we used to say in sports car circles....
Steve McQueen’s Le Mans movie Porsche recently
went for close to $7 million
That should go for serious cash. Love the 289 Cobra. Much better balanced than the 427, and plenty fast enough.
Yes, the first two years the GT40 had the 427, then they went to the 289.
At RM auctions in 2014 in Monterey I saw a GTO 40 fetch SEVEN million..!
That Gulf color scheme is my absolute favorite. It looked good on the GT40 too.
I can chip in $5.00.
the car in the pic is NOT #P1046...
Chassis 1076 A Brief History http://www.racingicons.com/gt/1076.htm
RK Motors Charlotte Presents #P1046: Restoring the Legend of Le Mans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOXiJI_HILQ
“and plenty fast enough. “
Slower than a plain jane 4.6 Mustang GT.
Yes and the 289 has a smaller carbon footprint which is really the only important thing in today’s world/s
Reminds me of the car chase in THX 1138:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J5nmxHjPuvY
(although I just read that it was a Lola, not a GT40..)
Eyep...got to see them run regularly live while stationed in the UK in Early 70’s ( three year tour)(..Silverstone,Brands)
It should be on Ebay. I'll put in a feeler automatic bid a couple of times then wait till the last 10 seconds and drop a final bid.
Don’t want to be a butthead but you got it bass akwards. The early ones came out with the 289 but they went to the side oiler NASCAR 427 and it is the gt40 that won the first of many Le Mans, as well as others, races for Ford. The FIA, at the behest of Ferrari, much later reduced the max to 5 liters.
That 289 was a great motor. We had a 65 Fairlane (only year of that body style) with a 4 bbl. That car flew.
A friend had a Mustang with the 289 and the 250 lb. top loader 3-speed. Thing was scary to drive.
...ain’t that right!
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