GTP Cool Wall: 1965-1966 Ford GT40 Mk.1

[GranTurismo916]

1965-1966 Ford GT40 Mk.1 nominated by @RandomCarGuy17

Engines: 4.7L V8
Power: 385 hp
Torque: 312 lb-ft.
Weight: 953 kg
Transmission: 4-speed manual
Drivetrain: Mid engine, rear wheel drive
Body Styles: 2-door coupe
Additional Info: "From what I've heard, this was the result of Ford getting mad at Ferrari for not partnering with them. So, they asked Lola for help in making a racecar to beat Ferrari at LeMans in order to annoy Enzo Ferrari himself."​

Spoiler: Additional Pics

 

[2clicks]

The looks and the performance are awesome, but it's probably horrible to live with. Meh.

 

[AudiMan2011]

The original, the most beautiful and the very best.

Fridge.

 

[edawg456]

Besides the Cobra, probably the ultimate muscle car. Subzero.

 

[GranTurismo916]

Besides the Cobra, probably the ultimate muscle car. Subzero.

Except it isn't a muscle car.

Or I guess it is, considering everybody uses different rules to determine what's a muscle car and what's not.

 

[All Your Base]

Awesome. McQueen's please.

 

[CSMDuty11]

Fridge-Zero
EDIT: Managed to cause unnecessary drama due to my poor-ish execution and bad sense of humour, As well as past-me being a moron, SU.

 

[ildd]

The looks and the performance are awesome, but it's probably horrible to live with. Meh.

It's... it's a race car. You would have to say the same thing about the F40 or an Elise...

 

[SomePlayaDude]

Fun fact:

The Ford GT40's overall design and performance inspired Ferruccio Lamborghini to create the Miura.

I reviewed the car, so i kind of know some parts of its history.

 

[CSMDuty11]

Fun fact:

The Ford GT40's overall design and performance inspired Ferruccio Lamborghini to create the Miura.

Welp, don't need any better reason to get it into Miura's house. it freaking MADE the Mirua.
EDIT: Did it, past me.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

Fun fact:

The Ford GT40's overall design and performance inspired Ferruccio Lamborghini to create the Miura.

I reviewed the car, so i kind of know some parts of its history.

Didn't really need much to make my vote for this car, but that seals the deal. I love the Miura, and that's all you really need to know.

Oh, and it's a Le Mans legend AND the product of Henry Ford being crossed about Enzo Ferrari not giving Henry what he wanted. And a certain ex-chicken farmer tuned these into Le Mans perfection. (IIRC, his name was Carroll) Should I say more?

 

[ToyGTone]

Do i ever need to tell you my opinion?

 

[MatskiMonk]

edit.. oops... made a mistake... but still an awesome sound.

 

[SomePlayaDude]

Ermm.. i think the Mk. 2 would be a separate beast altogether.

Here's a Mk.1

 

[MatskiMonk]

Ermm.. i think the Mk. 2 would be a separate beast altogether.

Hence the edit, got distracted by youtube videos before I could change the vid.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Fun fact:

The Ford GT40's overall design and performance inspired Ferruccio Lamborghini to create the Miura.

I reviewed the car, so i kind of know some parts of its history.

You made me love the GT40 even more just by saying that.

 

[GranTurismo916]

McQueen's please.

We'd need 29 more Sub-Zero votes without any cool, meh, uncool, or SU votes, so that's very unlikely.

 

[jeffgoddin]

Well, racecars can't go higher than cool. But as we all know the GT40 is a pinnacle, the picture in the dictionary next to superlative, an ideal that can never be reached by mere mortals (yes I have trouble believing in god but the GT40 inspires feelings that can only be described as spiritual.) SZ

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Yeah, I honestly don't think my GT40 nomination will get to McQueen's garage.

Well, racecars can't go higher than cool.

I was nominating the road version actually.

 

[CSMDuty11]

EDIT: Blah blah, past me takes this too seriously, blah blah.

 

[mustafur]

Tbh its not exactly cool, legendary yes but the reason for this is because there is soo many kit cars out there even if you saw a real one you wouldn't think it's one.

I still voted subzero just by what it done to the auto industry..

 

[jeffgoddin]

I was nominating the road version actually.

Homologation specials, especially when there was no base model to begin with, count as racecars in my book.

 

[squadops]

Awesome. McQueen's please.

A reference to subzero I know, but hey, why not have the McQeen's

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/201...for-a-record-11-million-at-pebble-beach/?_r=0

 

[synchromesh]

If scoring 1-2-3 finishes at Le Mans isn't enough, maybe that roaring V8 or dazzling looks is. Sub Zero.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Homologation specials, especially when there was no base model to begin with, count as racecars in my book.

Oh, okay then.

 

[niky]

A car built out of pure spite, inspired by a seething hatred for Enzo Ferrari.

Developed with Lola, it was a dismal failure on the race track... Until Carroll Shelby, that loud American, came along. Then it won. And won. And won...

Subzero. The GT40 isn't just a good racecar. It's a great story. Not something many corporate-built cars nowadays can claim.

 

[Jason115]

Besides the Cobra, probably the ultimate muscle car. Subzero.

Just because a car is American and has a V8 in it, it doesn't mean it's a muscle car...

 

[Dennisch]

What niky said.

One of the cars that actually deserve a Sub Zero vote in my book and thus getting it.

 

[ClydeYellow]

Any GT-40 would get a sub-zero. Built to spite Enzo Ferrari in collaboration with Lola, perfected by Carrol Shelby himself, the GT40 is probably one of the best stories in the history of motorsports. And the Mk. I is the best of the lot - its elegant, simple lines inspired countless cars, and the rumble of its V8 is just a treat for any gearhead such as me.

Oh, and... I think Steve McQueen owned one. Didn't he?

 

[Slash]

High strung 289 in this sucker too.

Sub zero.