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

[Liquid]

Because reasons.

Uncool

Spoiler

Kit car race car. Not a like wall. Demanding reasons is lame. Blah.

 

[CSMDuty11]

EDIT: Blah blah, Past me finally deciding to leave this thread alone, that git.

 

[McLaren]

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.

Ferruccio had zero intention of creating the Miura; his passion was in building Gran Tourers to compete with Ferrari. It took Bob Wallace & 2 other engineers working after hours to create the basic car & public reaction to just a rolling chassis before Ferruccio went ahead with it, letting Gandini design the car.

 

[Joel]

Race cars are always seriously uncool except when they're sub zero.

 

[Cano]

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

Wow, I can't believe the absurdity of this.

also, so subzero it even overpowers the severe kit car problem that plagues it.

 

[MrUnknown]

Horse Killer...





... Horse Killer?






HORSE KILLER!

10 outta 10

 

[SVX]

Due to it not being specified whether we were voting on the road car or race car:

Race car: Driving down the street you'd look like a pillock for driving down the street in a race car.

Road car: Driving down the street you'd look like a pillock for driving down the street in something that looks like a cheap kit car. Which it probably even is.

Uncool.

 

[Ettick]

Fridges can't get cool enough for this one. Contact NASA and send it to Pluto.

 

[ildd]

And, like the Cobra, this is one of the problems I have with it. Almost every GT40 you'll ever see isn't one.

I must be a unicorn then, because I've seen more real GT40s than I have replicas.
can't say near the same for the Cobra's though.

 

[XS]

I see the usual devils advocates are at it again, psh hipsters....

This car is subzero no matter what.

 

[SVX]

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Darn it, I forgot about the kitcar thing when I nominated this. Which I'm baffled that I could forget something like that. Yeah, I can see why people would see that not being cool. Oh well, no car is perfect.

 

[jeffgoddin]

Never seen real or kit. And screw you guys who don't get it. An epic creation, whether Brit or Merican. EPIC!!!!! Rather drive one of these than Angelina Jolie.

 

[ScottPuss20]

Another epic culmination of British design and American V8 power. Would've polled Sub Zero if it wasn't a Ford. Cool

 

[Jason115]

Another epic culmination of British design and American V8 power. Would've polled Sub Zero if it wasn't a Ford. Cool

...yet you have a ford in your profile pic.

 

[SVX]

...yet you have a ford in your profile pic.

That's most likely due to the fact that it is a Ford that was raced by Craig Lowndes.

Either that or he likes Fords but doesn't find them cool, much the same with me and Subarus.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Due to the fact that I used to annually attend both Goodwood Festivals before the prices shot through the roof, I've probably seen most of the actual GT40s still in existence, or at the very least most of the ones on this side of the pond.

I also probably see a replica kit car once every few months.

Also, it's a Ford.

 

[AlvaroF]

The original Ferrari killer. It spawned an epic period of racing, looks good and it's brilliant. Sub-Zero.

 

[Stotty]

Like a 289 Cobra or LP400 Countach (or any number of original versions of legendary cars), by far the nicest version.

Cool.

 

[ScottPuss20]

...yet you have a ford in your profile pic.

I actually hate Ford Falcons, can you see that "Lowndes" is spelt wrong? Join the dots

 

[Slash]

Also, it's a Ford.

And?

That sounds like something my sterotypical Chevy fanboy friends would say yet can't provide a reason why they say that.

 

[playnthru]

And?

That sounds like something my sterotypical Chevy fanboy friends would say yet can't provide a reason why they say that.

There are several Ford's that have been voted Sub Zero. In addition, even a few made the ice box. His point is invalid.

 

[MoLiEG]

Created to troll Ferrari. An engine note to die for. A winner in LeMans. Impossibly beautiful.

This baby is what the lonely Miura needs.

 

[Tunerguy21]

Couldn't be anything but SZ.

 

[Dennisch]

Not even close to the Miura, at this rate it barely scrapes the Icebox.

 

[OriginalCheezIt]

The Miura poll was a unicorn poll. It will never, ever happen again. Even if the Miura was repolled, it wouldn't score that high.

 

[Wolfe]

...Even if the Miura was repolled, it wouldn't score that high.

That's beyond guaranteed with how people keep going on about it.

 

[OriginalCheezIt]

That's beyond guaranteed with how people keep going on about it.

Not, because then you'd get people voting SU because people keep going on about it.

 

[Sage Ages]

Wire wheels. Sub-Zero.

 

[Wolfe]

Not, because then you'd get people voting SU because people keep going on about it.

That's what I was saying.