Hear from the Shelby American Team how they won Le Mans in 1966 in a Ford GT for Ford Motor Company
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- The 24 Hour of Le Mans remains a car manufacturer’s validation they are the best in the world. In 1966 Ford Motor Company finished 1-2-3 in their Ford GT’s, driven by one of the most successful car manufacturer’s in the world and the fortitude of its leader, Henry Ford II.
But success did not come easily and Ford reached out to their racing partner, Carroll Shelby to conquer the European races. On a cold and drizzly day in December 1964 a banged up and filthy Ford GT sat outside Shelby American on Princeton Avenue in Venice, CA. Shelby had eight weeks to get it ready for Daytona.
It took another year, 1966, for Ford and Shelby American to stage the dramatic 1-2-3 Ford GT 24 Hour of Le Mans finish with the Shelby American Team Ford GT’s in first and second at the checkered flag after a grueling 24 hours. This is the story of some of the Shelby American employees and team crew members who kept the Ford GT’s moving forward at such an astonishing pace.
This video, of the Ken Miles/Denny Hulme Ford GT P/1015, is a tribute to Ken Miles for all of his incredible accomplishments for Shelby American and Ford Motor Company as Ford returns to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016.
Kenneth Henry Miles... The real winner of Le Mans
You got that right!! He was robbed.
The MVP in the entire race!
The Ford vs Ferrari movie made me really look into Ken Miles. He was amazing & according to Shelby, the reason Ford was able to have so much success in the mid 60's. Then McLaren makes an amazing track car & calls it the Senna. Ford should make a Ken Miles edition GT.
Nope. Second with Denny Hulme.
@@matthewisaac6895 it’s amazing how many people forget about Denny Hulme
Carroll Shelby certainly recognized the value of having Ken Miles design and tirelessly test all Shelby American products. Besides being a close friend, Shelby held Ken on a well deserved pedestal - He was surely one of the great ones!
I have footage of this GT40 during and after the race in 1966, on 8mm film. The film belonged to my father, who was stationed in Munich Germany at the time. He and some friends went to Lemans to witness the new car Ford was running.
Where is it? Can you send me a copy pls?🤗
Wonderful story! I lived to witness the GT40 in action, but only through the Autoweek that came by snail mail a week or so after the actual event. There was no tv coverage back then.
The world would love to see that footage...
upload on your channel
Ronetteski Estante Me too
KEN MILES WAS CLEARLY THE WINNING DRIVER OF LE MANS IN 1966 FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY!!! PERIOD!!!!!
Technically no. But in spirit 100%.
Fact: Bruce McLaren was also killed almost 4 years later in another race accident. Sad
@@SVTJD And in spirit Ken was the one & only triple crown winner.
I'm the 100th like!
@@TheMrPeteChannel 9that makes mine the 101 th. Haha
No
Had a ride in a pale blue series 2 GT40 at Ford UK's test track at Boreham in the '90s, they mostly drift round the track at about 200mph, I remember the noise and sound of the 7-litre V8 behind your head, the smell of the hot oils, the cramped cockpit (the fuel tanks are in the sills and you have to climb over them to get in the seat!). Then they shut the door and you are pinned into the seat because your crash helmet touches the underside of the top of the door and then you get nailed into your seat as the driver floors the pedal and the motor barks into life! what a ride that was!
Ken Miles was the true winner. He was TOLD to SLOW DOWN so the other drivers can catch up.
Love the story about hammering the wood blocks into the coil springs to raise the car to 4 inches for tech inspection, then the wood would wiggle its way out and it would get back to 3.5 inches...something like that would never fly in today's tech inspections...love these old GT40 stories.
Well that mean they confess they cheated, image they take away that victory after 50 years, he should never said that,
@@lmklogistics9717 Race teams always have pushed the boundary of the rule book. It happened then and it happens today. Watch some history of Nascar and the stuff those teams did over the years. It really is just part of racing.
Cheaters always win!
Sad to hear that the two Shelby Americans won by cheating. It appears that Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson were the real winners. I'm glad that Ron Butler admitted it. Always good to say the truth.
Anyone here after Ford V. Ferrari?
Other than me?
I am going to see it with my grandchildren! And I was in Europe at the time but engaged to be married so she would not have liked a side trip. Drove an E-Type Jaguar to Basel to get married, and returned to Germany at 130 mph on the autobahn, when she woke up and told me to never do that again. And that was that.
William Heyman nice
Yep amazing movie poor Ken they screwed him every way they could 😢.
@@tammyforbes2101 Remember that its biographic film
Shut up
The good news is that now the real story is out there, a British driver and engineer Ken Miles won the 1966 Le Mans driving a British Lola car developed to racing condition by him, and ordered by the Ford executives to slow down to allow a photo finish. I am so glad Le Mans '66 is at the cinema now
Uh. No Dave, that's not what happened. The Brits had years to get it together and failed. Ford took the program back. Gave it to Shelby American and had instant success. Well, after months of thrashing and re-engineering the 'Lola'. Remington and his guys substantially changed the car. It was already long changed from Eric Broadley's original; design when they got it.
Miles was a great development driver and the suits effed him. I'll give you that. Read a little more on the subject. There is certainly a vast body of knowledge out there.
The British were miles behind America in fabrication technology and engine design. Carrol Smith had to completely replumb the cars. replace almost all the bits. They were brazing parts together! A technique from the 19t century.
And on and on.
Love R
Shelby give a sincere credit to Phil Remington to making the brake changes the real key to their teams success...everything was reliable engine and transmission but fast brake pad changes gave them quick pit...
For me, #1015 / Ken Miles was the winner of Le Mans 1966, not #1046!!!
Agreed! Biggest regret of Carroll Shelby's life was not protesting that win. It belonged to Ken Miles and Denny Hulme through and through.
As T definitely, its super sad what happened after the race though 😣
McLaren and Amon would have won anyway if they hadn't been forced to slow down by Ford management (Miles only caught up because he ignored the orders and caught up)
So sad that Miles died months later. He is the real winner in my opinion.
Matthew Isaac is that a fact? The movie depicts that McLaren wasn’t sniffing the lead. It shows Miles in 1st or 2nd throughout the race.
That Lola 6 that ford re-engineered is truly a beautiful looking car...
Roy Bixby first mid engine grand tourer ever 🇬🇧
Lol Lola GT that Shelby reengineered
tommy d u b b s - NO, Ford re engineered it
leeleelee lol.no
I really felt bad for Ken Miles (also when he dies)
Anyways thanks for making the movie and letting the audience know the truth
The Ford GT 40s were amazing winning cars coupled with a dedicated crew and great drivers that became the ones to beat at the 24 hours of Le Mans, no doubt they made history in racing fair and square even while using a pushrod engine that was old technology even back then. Still I've heard some ignorant fool make criticisms about the winning legacy of the Ford GT 40s, but the fact that counts always is that the winners are those who crossed the finish line first, period. Thanks for the video showing those who helped make all possible then.
NOT at LeMans. It is the car that is driven the greatest distance in the 24 hours. Because all three cars finished at the same time, it was determined that the car driven by the team of Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon started further back in the starting grid and, therefore, traveled a greater distance (8 meters or 60 feet) - which is why they were declared the winners of LeMans in 1966. If Miles was not told to slow down, he would have driven at least two laps further than McLaren and Amon and would have won the race because he had driven the greater distance.
@@buckhorncortez Doesn't that completely negate being on pole position? They must have made that rule up or actually misinterpreted or taken too literally their own rules from 1923, probably was a throw away line "greatest distance"....so there is no pole, nor start line.
One amongst the most beautiful racing cars ever.
This reunion truly is so moving...
Thank you the upload.
If y'all haven't already, read the book "Go like hell" its a great book on the Ford vs Ferrari battle
What an absolute gorgeous car and I’m a dodge guy Carroll Shelby was a true Genius and Ken Miles mechanic engineer and one hell of a driver both of you RIP
Does anybody here remember the Can Am series, who dominated that for at least 4 years. Bruce was a potential world champion F1 driver, not some some 2nd rate stand in . Bruce & Denny Hulme were teammates until Bruce was killed. Denny hardly gets a mention here even though he drove half the race. This is motor racing, not a kindergarten. I saw Bruce drive at least ten times,he was fearless & bloody quick. Kar Kraft developed the Mk11 with input from the 3 teams. Yes Shelby made a huge difference but so did the other 2 teams.
yep as an old boy i watched them all the time, the trans am races were also fun, nascar to me sucks,
If anyone is wondering, Ken is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in the halls over to the right from the front entrance.
These guys are legendary. Think it was a bunch of pure gearheads.
The most beautiful car ever created in my eyes. And I'm old as dirt.
A true beauty for sure,but what about the
Gulf Mirage M1 ? (just sticking to Ford racing cars).
these men are all truly outstanding.
Just a stunningly gorgeous car....gorgeous then, gorgeous now and will be gorgeous 300 years from now. A true treasure. Oh...and it had performance to match. :)
Its really neat to see and realize that the GT 40 was really the birth of the prototype....sport car...
Reminds me of the song, Those Were the Days My Friend!❤🏁🏆
A truly remarkable video!
Yes more story from these guys if u got more...it was great....
Oh yeah 30 miles to the gallon....gotta have a dream....hey nice work on the 2019 F 150 great job on the whole package 2WD rented one for two days,everything was right....nothing out of place,and e exceptional gas mileage...it was about time....from a 5.0 V8 Automatic 5 shift modes didn t even use them,useful,but left it alone....thank u finally some one listen to me....great truck....outstanding...nothing else in its league....THANKS
AMAZING
This is History. And the GT 40 is as beautiful as any Leonardo or Van Goch creation. We are lucky to be alive in this time.
Everyone on The Shelby team was the Best of the best!
Great stories and Ken Miles was a great driver and car developer, but Ken and Denny Hulme were second. Everything I’ve seen on TH-cam recently emphasises that Ken did the development work, he did a lot but so did Bruce McLaren and other drivers as well. At the end of the day the 66 race was won by a pair of Kiwis in an Anglo American race car.
Well put . At the time the finish may have been controversial but McLaren/Amon won & Miles/ Hulme were second. This film has done a huge disservice to all of those people who were involved. This race was decided in 1966 at LeMans not in a Hollywood film.Dan Gurney/Jerry Grant were treated extremely badly by the producers , particularly in the scene near the end of the film.
I love Le Mans the track,any story's that were cool that didn't get highlighted or covered by the movie....
The Ford Story on the GT40..!!!
corporate.ford.com/articles/history/ford-gt40-origins-le-mans-committee-victory.html
So cool!
fantastica!!
Nice Corvair taillights at timeline 0:15..... great car !!!
Somebody was told to go and find the lightest (weight) taillight assemblies, and the 60 Corvair had them!
I will say it again if u haven't heard it I think it worked out best that ole man Ferrari did not sell his red cars team to Ford...I really think its better this way to do it on ur own terms as much as possible....and I think that it was good that it went that route in the long run...it was an incredible effort that succeeded...and left a small mark on sports car racing.....THANKS
I want to drive that car for once in my life. The beauty crafted by the hands of Ken Miles.😍
Thanks....
Liked he mentioned sunbeam tiger my favourite car after the cobra
Legends
This explained nothing other then it was great ran at 3.5 inches off the ground and mechanics loved it. I was expecting a technical breifing.
You have to imagine the amazing effect that these cars had on a 15 year old schoolboy, who was already interested in cars. Monogram made a slot racer (and a Ferrari 330P). Cox did likewise, also a Mk 6 Lola GT. Still have those!! The Inside Story of the Fastest Fords by Karl Ludvigsen has all the pictures.
Top Gear's Adam Ferrara drove that exact car. A whopping 6 feet, for $10,000. Literally.
And lost their soul by not letting Ken Miles win the Triple Crown, 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Le Mans. TK
Died in testing 3 months later, testing the J Car. TK
Biggest ripoff ever. Miles will always be the real winner.
Cool film
Thanks Lee Iacocca for starting the whole thing
Anglo American is beautiful
I been lucky enough able to use a SIMULATOR and one of the cars I have been waiting for to be loaded in to the test program is the new GT car based on its sheer looks and the performance of this ole car and its reputation....the new car is just an unbelieveable piece of work and I am impressed that after the program that created the 66 67 69 GT.....that the new 17 car could be so striking looking of a race car,just really make a racer one to drive it hats off to ford and its guys for getting that built....and if the original didn t have looks that kill,the new car is even more so and that's coming from me and all I ever asked for in a race car was a prototype,and the 2017 GT is more beautiful than LMP1 cars and I have always wanted a P1 car....but its nicer when a race car still resemble a car a little bit more to real enthuisist....meaning if I built my prototype for a unique unseen street car I mite be driving my 2017 Ford GT more often....but it would have to be red white and blue paint scheme,not one color for the street....and not black....any color u want as long as it black right....jk
No mention of Ken then?? Ill be guessing you're selling this as an all American thing ?Ken Miles ,designer engineer driver … excellent bloke !
The most beautiful car of Le Mans ever!
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I love the GT40 and will defend to death but the most beautiful Le Mans imo is the 917K
CLA82529 or the dome judd
Ferrari P3, Shelby even said if it was a beauty contest we'd come in second.
Ok jazz if you say so
I remember the 1966 race. after seeing these 427 mark -2's at Sebring in March of that year, I wasn't surprised at the incredible speeds they were reaching on the long straights of Le Mans. The only question to be answered, "could they last 24 hours?"
I wish that these older men who were apart of this race would've reflected on this race within a year instead of fifty years or so after it was done. Some details get left out after so much time has passed... I'm so glad and proud that after the 2016 winning of the Lemans race that they soon reflected on what took place during that race fifty years after winning the first one. To many details get left out and when they decide to reflect on anything, it's usually because of a movie and a lot of facts get misconstrued because of how much time has passed and because Hollywood always takes the facts for granted every time. I took an interest in this history several years before this ever became a movie. Makes me laugh of how so many people say; who's here after Ford vs Ferrari? That's so damn cheezy...!!! Give me a break...!!!
#KEN MILES REAL CHAMPION
From what I did hear but they were at Indy the main focus.....
Not enough !! I want to hear all about it !
There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. It disappears. All that’s left, a body moving through space, and time. At 7,000 RPM, that’s where you meet it. That’s where it waits for you.
I'm Canadian Italian and work for the FOMOCO and it makes me proud of my company kicking Enzo's Ferrari's ass. Not once, not twice but three times.
Except they did it 4 times.
Love to know how would Carrol Shelby and Ken Miles would react to hearing about a 3.5 EcoBoost engine?????
My guess would be that they would laugh at the sound and marvel at the performance!
Darryl Jackson - They would love it small compact engine lightweight car. Perfect
Not to mention that it's extremely quick!
Ill take the V8
@Nick002 - That's always your choice, but keep in mind the Ford GT TTV6 has shown many a V8 the way to the finish line in its 3 year run!
Hey tremendous effort by all...I kinda miss the days if old when we all weren't to arrogant we couldn't work together.....that's why I just bought another F 100...a 1969 short bed I'm a simple person...like my engine simple with just a few wires I can fix,plus a supercharger nitrous bigger say bars posi unit 1000lbs lighter..u know the usual....THANKS hah hah 6 speed....paddle shift...bilstiens....
I am glad they used Ken Miles' number one GT40 here.
Is this a preview of a longer video? If so, how do we see it?
This program is very similar to the Apollo moon program....for a couple years both had near unlimited budgets...of course and unlimited Ford budget and an unlimited federal budget are two different things but I've always been struck by the similarities.
Nobody mentioned Ken Miles in this vid.........sad
So sad that the Ken Miles is so underrated, he was supposed to win
I guess this is where I stop watching. The whole reason i clicked on it was to hear a Ken Miles story. He seemed to be great at what he did and a real unsung hero.
Hey what I wanted to say ole hot riders rodders are pretty humble people they do some crazy and Incrediable stuff it works that all...I got my first car 72...bacca ruuda..headers...built duals straight pipe turbo mufflers what's a tail pipe went over to my good friends house with who had 77 Nova and said come on and run me I just got finished dead even I was happy....had no clue on the exhaust but I nailed on the length and got the max out of it...59 bucks for headers,15bucks for the shift kit 40 bucks to install...mufflers 20 each...pipe was 10 bucks for ten feet if two and half cut it in half done....my 70SE CHALLENGER I built the exhaust on the curb in front if AUTO MOTIVE ENGINEERING part shop AAR cuda style....and put a high torque starter in it and it would start like an Indy car once in a while.....
I just looked at the headline A Shelby car did win the race . He crossed the line first, in every motor race I have been to that makes him a winner . I am talking about the No 2 car driven by Bruce McLaren. My god this film gave Miles, Dan Gurney’s lap record set in the morning. His car was in front when it blew up its engine. Factually this film is just riddled with errors to make the film a mates film . Small things like Miles driving the 65 race with Bruce McLaren sharing the car. It was one the most disappointing motor racing films I have seen since the old stock car racing films.
No mention of the UK people who actually did the final preparation and tuning of the chassis and suspension. About the only original thing American about the GT40 was the engine.
Usual rewriting of history, remember the U571 movie about the capturing of an enigma machine. In reality it was captured by the Royal Navy and deciphered by Bletchley House using the worlds first programmable electronic computer which remained an official secret for decades. Mind you that 7l engine which was known as the beast was what made the whole project possible. Shelby and Miles both new the small block wouldn't provide enough power
@David Viner - Actually, FINAL chassis work, tuning and prep was done at Shelby American's shop at the Los Angeles Airport. Phil Remington created the total replaceable brake pad/rotor assembly which very well may have made the difference in winning, as brake issues were a constant problem with the 427s extra weight.
@@Loulovesspeed All carried out due to the input of British driver and engineer Ken Miles, the GT40 would have never have won in 66 and would have been cancelled, the GT40 is not an American alone effort, it is a true demonstration of UK and US beating the rest of the world. When we work together history has shown great things happen
@David Viner - Congratulations, at least you're willing to state it was a joint effort! I've read far too many comments by enthusiastic Brits who are only willing to admit it was a British car - period. Totally untrue, as you are aware. By the way, Shelby American expert fabricator and problem solver, Phil Remington, created the quick change brake pad/rotor assembly. Ken Miles was the champion of the '66 Le Mans and was a closer friend with Shelby than most people knew. Shelby was devastated when Ken was killed. Let's make another winner together!
@@Loulovesspeed when the US and UK work together it's usually world beating, being from the UK the biggest problem we have is our own Parliament and the institution called the EU
I own this car
Any guesses what the price for that GT40 would be at auction??? The last one to be sold was the Steve McQueen movie car that never raced at Le Mans but was a real GT40 with racing history and it went for 25 million.
Apparently it's insured for 45mil.
I heard McQueen qualified for LeMans, but movie execs would not let him race
Here after the Ford vs Ferrari movie trailer
This car is more important than even the number two gt40.... Ken miles was the greens test driver to ever live
Where are all the interviews? This video is only 5 minutes long. These interviews must have lasted longer than that. Can I buy a copy of all of the interviews? Thank you.
Car was based on the Lola MK6, it was a very British affair, no thanks necessary my American friends
WATSON DOVE Lola mk6 first ever mid engine grand tourer
You still owe us from 1812 and WWII.
The "Ford built, Ford manufactured" comment near the end of this video is slightly disingenuous to all of the other people involved in making the GT40 the race winner it became - the likes of Lola, Shelby, JWA (and even folk like Abbey Panels) who had so much to do with the program. Great to see these guys reminiscing nonetheless.
you failed to mention the two kiwi,s bruce mcclarron and chris amon . bruce did loads of development on the gt40 to make it stay on the track
ford and their bucks made it happen, they paid everybodys wages, the right is FORDS to claim
you have NO , repeat, absolutely NO clue whatsoever of what your are talking about, originally in 1964, Ford contracted ERic Broadly and John Weyer to help with the program......the ONLY lola involvement was the use of a couple of Lolas as test mules......the ORIGINAL GT40 was designed (by Dr ROy Lunn of Ford) as a Clay Mock Up in Dearborn, its suspension designed on fords computers, the program managers were Don Frey and Roy Lunn, Eric Broadly quit way before his 2 year contract was up.......the program was a complete disaster......EVERY RACE, EVERY car entered was a DNF......at the end of the 1964 Season, Henry Ford II turned the program over to Carroll Shelby......Shelby Engineer Phil Remington redesigned the car getting rid of near every component Broadly and Weyer had recommended.....the Boranni Wire wheels GONE, the Colotti transmission replaced by a Ford Galaxie transmission, the small 289 engine replaced by the 427......the nose had to be made larger to accomodate the spare tire, the ducting completely redesigned.......the ONLY thing the MK II might have shared with a Lola were some nuts and bolts......EVERY FORD GT was a REAL FORD and the MK II was 100% Ford DEsigned and Ford components..........your post show ignorance.
Jennifer, I suggest that before you tell someone else to know their history that you find a different source for your information quoted here. P1075 won LeMans in 1968 and 1969.
Really you are clueless, so NO participation by Ford, so the abandoned the Halibrand cast wheels developed by shelby and went back to the crappy borani wire wheels.......and the ditched the great ZF transaxle and went back to the Colleti crap box........and all of the aero improvements in the ducting by Phil REmington, all gone too right
I do know there was a partnership and assistance from Lola cars how much I can't really say....but they did help tremendously....
That was in the early years which were more experimental than developmental. The car really showed its potential after Shelby American started modifying and improving the bodies, chassis, brakes, engine, etc.
I’ve watched many Shelby interviews, yet none of these men in this video are mentioned?
The mechanics on the spot - nobody mentions them, but the drivers know and remember them.
Thanks love to hear more from these guys someone needs to get all the minutes together and make a nice long story the new movie looks great....but I know there's a lot of fun story's that like the rubber mallet on the door...I will bet that really happened....just no grease and metal on metal spring not strong enuf...old hot riders are pretty humble when they are talking and not racing....I actually put a hop up kit in my 904 AT 72 Barracuda...and one by one my friends started come around to go for a ride,after they spent 500 dollars on the full shift kit an I only spent under 100 bucks and my car was twice quick and faster....two options street n strip/or RV heavy duty......street n strip of course thanks BM..shift improve kit......best part was it worked best if u didn't touch the shifter....the kit was strip all the way nothing street about it....Shelby and his gang was pretty impressive,I new Shelby was a driver,I did not know big hot shot one Le Mans whoopi doo...as they used to say....no just kidding that really was something....especially when u think of how long a 24hrs race is and how one little thing could take ur machine out of the race....THANKS again appreciate it...I love this stuff too bad I didn't stop racing motorbikes sooner......
Im glad Ford threw down the gauntlet at Ferrari, it resulted in the top-teams pushing the envelope and going for state-of-the art. New technical know-how, development methodology, test strategies and innovative technology came out of that for the benefit of motorsport evolution and the automotive industry generally.
Always wonder, why is GT40 RHD?
It was based on a British race car (lola) , driven by a British driver and designed by a British team.
Ford just paid for it
@@peterherrington3300 now that make sense,Thx alot
Read the book years ago, but came away rooting for Ferrari. This was a story of David versus Goliath and in the race, Goliath won.
Two Greek brothers worked on the GT40?
Yang datang habis nonton Ford v Ferrari, like
years ago i could tell this car was designed from the British Lola...ahhh that hurts
I find it hard to listen to people complain that this was a Lola not a Ford built race car...they took the Lola to Le Mans in 1964 the way it was built untouched and both cars were crashed badly and destroyed so then Ford redesigned the whole car and it looks nothing like the original Lola not eve close...so they reinvented the whole car Ford and Shelby so they can say they did it because they made the changes and made it work properly...Californians and Ford I believe even suspension arms broke on the 64 or 65 cars untested yet...I believe that's when Shelby and Ford took the ball...
Ken Miles was the man who race developed the car, the Lola was the original car but just as the AC was modified to become the Ac Cobra so was the Lola
The gt40's that failed in 1964 and 1965 were all due to mechanical problems, mainly dodgy cylinder bolts, and clutch and gearbox problems plus 1 fire and 1 accident, even the shelby's built cars in 1965 failed to finish, ford were responsible for the engines and gearboxes it was their fault they built the engines and gearboxes ,it had nothing to do with the chassis of the cars, but for some reason people blame the british designers and engineers even thou they only built the chassis.
Shelby was actually in charge of the racing side of things he didnt design nothing, Eric Broadley designed the original car for ford and Roy Lunn designed the mechanical engineering of all the cars including the designs for the mk4 and clay models plus the mechanical engineering designs of the mk4, shelby's team built them and tested them a long with john wyers team.
Generally Shelby and john wyer gets the credit for those wins because they were the builders and race managers
But Eric Broadley and roy lunn are the unsung hero's,along with their team of engineers without them there wouldn't be a car to race,
If you watch this video interview by shelby from 1:00:53 in the time line of the video link i have provided he tell the real story, and its quite a different story to the one most people know and is nothing like the film th-cam.com/video/Rzq4DeTjZ1A/w-d-xo.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans look at all the DNF and teams
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans, look at all the DNF and teams
The Lola and the GT40 do have a resemblance. It is very surprising that they do but maybe the Lola designer, Eric Broadley, set some basic parameters that survived the subsequent redesigns. It is worth remembering, or being aware, that there no fools involved in this story and the flood of wins that eventually came was the result of the combined input of many clever motorsport people from many nations. It would not have happened without Ford money and Henry Ford's power, but crazy Henry could have done nothing without the small workshop geniuses.
Lest we forget these drivers had iron balls. Driving 210+ mph down the straightaways and shocking the onlookers.
Where's Chuck Beck?
55+ years old and the car looks flawless.
KEN MILES WAS AND IS BY FAR " THE GOAT " ( THE GREATEST OF ALLL TIME ) OF AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE RACING PERIOD!!!!!! READ ABOUT KEN MILES IF YOU DON'T KNOW!!!!!! YOU'LL CLEARLY SEEEEEEE!!!!!! HE WAS BLESSED BY GOD ALMIGHTY!!!!!! AND A LITTLE CRAZY TOO LOL!!!!! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY OTHER HUMAN COME CLOSE!!!!! RIP KEN!!!! 🇱🇷 🇬🇧.... HE WAS FROM ENGLAND... THE GT 40 IS LEGENDARY BECAUSE OF WELL... A LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@KNOW THE TRUTH!!!!!!! - Born in England and then became a naturalized American citizen. Can't wait to see how Christian Bale portrays Miles in the upcoming movie Le Mans 66 (in Europe) and Ford vs Ferrari in the U.S. I can only hope that the writers, directors and actors make this a great movie that the original players would be proud of!
@@Loulovesspeed Saw it yesterday, Christian was brilliant although I wouldn't say he had a Brummie accent
I saw it Friday @ IMAX and today in a regular format. I thought both Damon and Bale did a great job with their depictions, Letts as The Deuce was very believable too.
Ken Miles was the winner!!
Just as the Mini really won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1966.
The question I really have is that why is the car right hand drive and not left like the rest of American cars in America.
First of all it's a race car and right hand drive worked better in the pits.
Who is here after Ford V Ferrari
Ford v Ferrari bring me here
The car development and eventual victory would be nothing without Ken Miles.
Hari Om - WRONG completely and utterly WRONG. Roy Lunn was the one responsible. Ford motor company was the one that build and designed the car. Don’t talk about things you have not a clue. Just because you watched a Hollywood movie
@@CoyoteFTW the car wasnt design entirely by ford, they bought it from Lola
And yeah, without Miles, GT40 wouldnt won the LeMans
@@CoyoteFTW There's a lot of misconceptions about the gt40 program, not everything you hear about the car is true, if you want to hear what really happened carrol shelby tells a different story altogether than the ford one.
If you watch this video interview by shelby from 1:00:53 in the time line of the video link i have provided he tell the real story th-cam.com/video/Rzq4DeTjZ1A/w-d-xo.html
@@subconscious.com_usa6691 The Ford entry's in the 64/65 race were the Mk1 models using the 255ci Indy motor & sb 289ci motor
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,The GT40 wins in 66/67 were the Mk 2 & Mk 4 models using the BB 427ci motor.!!![Shelby Racing]+
The GT... wins in 68/69 were with the Mk1 model using the sb 302ci motor-,!!!.[Gulf Racing].
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@@mtl-ss1538 Buddy there,s loads of misconceptions about the gt40 program mainly due to ford not shelby.
In 1964 None of them finished the race using the 4.2L engine and in 1965 there were 6 different teams racing for ford some of them were 4.2l gt40's and the shelby one's were 7.0l gt 40's, none of them finished the race that year either including the shelby ones,
Ford makes out it was the british designers who was responsible for its early failures mainly a guy called John Wyer, but he was only supposed build the rolling chassis etc etc and the body, and ford of america and Shelby were responsible for making them into race cars and fit the engines etc etc, shelby was always part of the gt40 program even from the start, he was the one who introduced ford to lola cars and John Wyer, he didnt build a car in 1964 because he was still racing his coupe, but he was still involved with the gt40 program in 1964 as well, but he did build one in 1965 which did not finish the race, the problem with the early cars were all down to ford they were all mechanical problems they didn't temper the cylinder bolts or head bolts and they all broke on some of the cars, and they had clutch problems and gearbox problems, ford were responsible for the engines and gearboxes etc etc
Buddy watch the video link i have provided in my previous comment, Shelby tells the whole story, and its a bit different to the ford one most people know
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans, look at all the DNF and teams
It's a GT40...the original GT40
Hey not to complain but is there more and longer story's from these guys....any crazy interesting story's from 9 days at Le Mon testing fun probably a lot of work on the cars....how did u set up carburation back then as compared to today....I was into F1 two strokes and was told it was important to have the 3 gauge humidity barometric and temperature to sync the carbs....it was four Webber two barrels on the 427...all aluminum block only 750hp that low....terrible....hah hah...there is a racer today that would not mind having a race car today with 750hp....1966....
Oh yeah this video is a little tribute to the guys behind the scenes and the welder and the benders that u mite not know about,people know who drove the cars...may be they don't remember the driver they probably do,but this is for the guys behind the scenes...who made the car reliable fast stable...a great engine only goes so far if it isn't able to turn and brake properly....have u driven a Forrrrd lately....sorry I could resist that one....hey who paid your air fare kid....I thought so....
The car number is a sad irony.
I'm really waiting for some dope as my dad would say,say that's really a Ferrari under that Ford body....hah hah I don't think so...
The body was actually a British Lola, engine American 7l Ford, Ken Miles was British, from Birmingham, I live an hour away from there
Why doesn’t Ford do it again and go back and win for America?
MARTIN WOOLDRIDGE - maybe this will reignite that fire and they’ll go for the overall win
Ken miles the undesputed triple crown winer despite some stupid suit and tie trying to suck hes