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Magnificent. Congratulations ! Saint Ho.

It seems that the photos of the sculpture, on the post of presentation, have disappeared. On the advice of the moderator ChipBeck, I publish them again.

At home (Non professional picture).

Passionate Owner and Sculptor of a Ford GT 2005. Alain COUPAS is a recognized French Artist, mainly inhabited by three devouring passions : - The first two, are Painting and Sculpture, to which he dedicates his active life. - The other is the Ford GT. In 2013, he finally realized his dream...

July / September 2017 for me. A very long time to wait !

Magnificent result ! Congratulations to the Ford Team.

It is mi one on the cover !!! I love it.

A very big thank you to all those who write here, that I have done a good work for the Ford GT Community. Thank you Brombear, Ed Sims, Cobar, DBK, BAT, Spirit, Gt Jack, TwobjSbelbys, FJPIKUL, Pl50*Jeff, Stormcat, and others…. I am extremely sensitive to their compliments. Very few people...

Then everyone go to see the thousands of things to discover on the track, in the paddock, in the Clubs exhibitions, etc … This year, the Le Mans Classic exhibited about 10 000 performance cars, and gathered 123 000 spectators. The evening on the edge of the circuit, we had gourmet...

Back to the location of the Club, and grouping of cars in good order. To be continued......

We drove twice the 13.6 km of the 24 hours of Le Mans circuit. To be continued.......

Finally, the signal is given, to reach the track. To be continued.......

Saturday July 9, the day begins with the famous «*laps on the track*». Behind a safety car, our group of Ford GT will drive twice on the 13.6 Km of the famous 24 hours circuit. Recall that this circuit using public roads, it exist only once a year for the 24-hour race, and once every two years...

Then it was dinner time. Same room and same setting as in the 60s, for the Ford racing teams. At 11 o'clock, when we finished our dinner, many locals remained to witness the departure of our cars in the night. To please them, many of our GT burned tires, under enthusiastic applause...

The Englishman Philip Walker, also came for the first time. The Englishman Peter Robinson for his first participation in the Ford GT DAYS. The French Jean-Max Favriel, already there in 2014. The Englishman Jason Thiel, always present at Le Mans. From England, Gigi and Roger Luscombe...

My goal being to promote the birth of friendly ties between owners of Ford GT, the appetizer was the opportunity to make presentations. Each owner received in «*souvenir gift*», a Poster printed with his name, and with his photo, or the photo of his car in front of the famous «*Dunlop Bridge*»...

The Hotel de France allowed me to privatize a terrace, part of the dining room, and to access it, the gateway to the former garage of the hotel, where in the 60s were parked the GT40 . The same place in the 60s : The time was arrived to take refreshments. To be continued...

To be continued .........

To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of 1966, I obtained from the City's authorities of «*La Chartre sur le Loir*» the privatization of the Central Place, in front of the Hôtel de France, for the benefit of our Ford GT. Thanks to the enthusiasm of the responsible of the Hotel de France, all...

In the French countryside south of Le Mans, the old trees and old houses tell a strange story. According to them, fifty years ago, every June, superb racing cars rolled on the tiny roads between the «*Hotel de France*» at La Chartre sur le Loir, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. Younger...