Gt 40 Mark IV to be Auctioned
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PeteK
GT Owner
Sinovac
GT Owner
Gooding estimate of $2.5MM?
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/...assis-gt40-mk-iv-heads-to-auction/?refer=news
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/...assis-gt40-mk-iv-heads-to-auction/?refer=news
Sinovac
GT Owner
Went for just under $2MM, a lot more than I thought it would.
https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1967-ford-gt40-mk-iv/
https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1967-ford-gt40-mk-iv/
What a prize to own that Mk IV GT. Talk about rare. It would sit in my living room and make an occasional foray to the track.
Chip
Chip
Stef
GT Owner
I would have to build a bedroom addition with a garage door on one wall and park this baby right next to my mattress and box springs :lol
Ford GT MK-IV J-10 was restored to coupe in the iconic red and white Le Mans 1967 winner. J-10 ran for 2 years (spider) in the Can-Am series. It has the correct 427 Tunnel Port Aluminum heads with dual quads with dry sump with T-44 karkraft gearbox. You can check it out at www.mkivj10.com
Sinovac
GT Owner
Sinovac
GT Owner
Thank you. Wonderful. My all time favorite car. I missed out on one of the Teske cars.
Teske cars are J13 to J19 (breadwagon). This is a karkraft tub. If you want a Teske Fran Kress has two of them.
Apollo
GT Owner
Sinovac
GT Owner
Sinovac
GT Owner
1976 Road & Track advertisement
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a22690797/ford-gt40-mk-iv-for-sale-in-randt/
If only I had the money when I was 8.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a22690797/ford-gt40-mk-iv-for-sale-in-randt/
If only I had the money when I was 8.
Ford J-1 and J-2 where built with the breadwagon lobster nose. Ken Miles died testing the J-Cars at Riverside and the second chassis was destroyed for testing J-3 was the first J-Car with MK-IV body for test mule. J-4 won Sebring in 1967. Ford took four MK-IV J-cars to Le Mans with J-5 winning the race (J-5 thru J-8 Le Mans cars). J Car name comes from Appendix J of FIA rule book that allowed Ford to race them. After Ford won Le Mans in 1967 the rules changed that prototypes could run only with 3 Liters engine (making the 427 (7L) obsolete) and sports cars (Ford GT MK-I) with 5 liters. Ford won 68 & 69 with MK-I GT-40 with Gurney Weslake 5L engine. After Ford quit J-9 and J-10 (our car) were sold for Can-Am racing in 69 and 70 with many different Ford big block engines. Ford built 12 tubs (2 destroyed). The spare 2 tubs were finish many years and were not marked by KarKraft (J-11 and J-12). The car sold by Gooding early this year was J-12 (white).
J-Cars were designed by KarKraft (Boss 302 TransAm, Boss 429, Ford GT-40 MK-II and IV) The MK-IV was 100% US built and the tubs were honeycomb aluminum built by Brunswick Aircraft Corporation. Ford won Le Mans with a 100% US team with AJ and Gurney driving J-5 to victory.
To answer your question Ford reinforced the chassis after ken miles accident and added a NASCAR Cage for security. That save Mario at Le Mans when his car was destroyed. J-3 and J-6 are in private hands and J-4, J5, J7 and J8 are in museums