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- Previously unseen amateur footage of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with reflections by Ford icons who were there that day.
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Ford was nothing without Shelby and miles.
Ford had their own engineers that were equivalent to Shelby.
(Mercury Super-Marauder design of 1952 is just one example)
@4 gauge - True, but the truth is Ford wasn't about to jump into trying to make their first mid engine, super high performance endurance racer without experienced help to aid them. They well knew that they didn't know squat about building this specific type of machine. They learned that very quickly in the first 2 years, having nothing to show but failure with the cars Ford of Britain produced.
So true. They were just some small town outfit operating out of a backyard tool shed before ol Shelby came aboard and made them a star.
Isn't it kind of ridiculous to put aside their entire team of engineers, testers, designers, etc? The film was actually not very honest to the truth because it put too much focus on certain people and events while leaving out others, as well as including fictional elements while passing on real ones.
*without iacocca also. He is the one responsible for Ford to look up on racing. Without him. The war between Ferrari and Ford wouldn't exist
Hearing the Late Caroll Shelby's voice is chilling when paired with the GT40 RIP Shelby.
Carrol first won LeMans in his class in 1959 as a driver.
@@lskiller1903 ..... "in his class" ???? ..... ahhhh ...... he actually won OVERALL in 1959 with Roy Salvadori in an Aston Martin....it wasn't just a class win.
@@TheWilferch Well...AWW..... I was.....wrong..... wrong..... wrong....., but we can all be so thankful we have you sir, to so graciouslly tell us in such a respectable way just how wrong we are. The one thing I know for sure you have no class to win actually.
@@lskiller1903 ....a little sensitive?....just clarifying the facts in an emotionally-neutral way. Take care.
@@TheWilferch Definition of emotionally neutral on the receiving end ( SMARTASS). Sounds like you are a little sensitive when on the receiving end. Have a good one.
Whos here after watching Ford vs Ferrari
Quite a lot of people, im guessing. That movie was amazing tho.
Reds Head I’m here cause I’m a car guy
Reds Head Movie was awesome till Henry ll & Bebee screwed Ken Miles& Caroll Shelbee out of the win, just so they could have all three finish together, can u say team orders !! At one point ken was up on the 2nd place car over 20 seconds SHAME on Henry ll!! That just wasn’t right !!
Todd Bowser that was just the deuce he was out of touch with humanity but ken realized he was pushing 7500 rpm and starting to max out and so he slows down
I still have to see it.
Going to try and see it this thursday
Ford needs to honor Miles with a special edition gt40
yes true!
You realise that it’s 2 people per car, right? Ken didn’t do the whole race for 24 hours straight
@@tobybedford1746 thats true ...but ken pulled it off very hardly
@@tobybedford1746 You can literally buy a Bruce Mclaren just go to a Mclaren dealership somewhere. You cannot buy a Ken Miles
They would will rebadge a Mach E.
Ken miles, the unsung hero
Not true
All the ford v Ferrari fanboys are drooling over him
@@maxceballos1644 How can you vaguely say that
400th like
@@maxceballos1644 and?
“Some people just never get out of the car”
“But he did...”
😞
ow
"sometimes they don't get out of the car" :(
Interestingly enough Ken Miles actually died outside of the car. That's why he died; he came off of a hill and was ejected at about 80mph.
@Another Dick the impact was so violent that the safety belt tore of
@@mikblues_146 after watching donut media's video...
I will say, ford v ferrari is my top 3 best movies I've ever watched.
Second that!!!! I watch it over and over since first have seen it...
@Boris Posavec This is NOT about racing ONLY..if that's what u need , u can watch Fast and Furious..
This is about a tribute to Miles legacy, what he couldn't experience at all...RIP to the great inventor and pioneer!
The godfather of car movies
What abtvother 2 in ur list?
Try watching RUSH.
It's slightly better than Ford VERSUS Ferrari and the build up is amazing !
That's footage of a fan, that came to you. That's why you exist, never forget that.
adam forbes what do you mean?
@@mathias5449 it means without ford enthusiasts they wouldn't have the footage or a company. Yet their products recall constantly like they could care less about their customers.
@@adamfrbs9259 BuT FoRd HaS sO mUcH rEcAlLs... stop crying every carmaker has problems even germans are alot worse
reeisessit no
@@neverquit2923 cool
Win it again, for Carroll Shelby
They did win it again 50 years later
They won the gt category, not the big race
YOUENNNN yeah but let’s be honest nobody is beating any of those LMP1 cars with a “production” race car so it’s just as big a win in my eyes.
@@xxHOLESHOTxx if Toyota, Porsche and Audi can win LMP1, why Ford would not?
Because Ford hasn't tackled for a spot in the LMP1 class (and wont be doing so since LMP1 is about to be replaced with Hyper Cars)
No ABS, TCS or SCS, pure raw engine power and man driving skills to win the race that many people thought it was impossible.
Car was detuned from 500hp to about 350hp
I'm not here I thought I’d was 395 hp lol
Nothing is impossible
@@adrianwelgemoed9562 tell that to my college, they be saying I cannot pass my college
@@jeyoung6244 some things are impossible
The most profound part of the video is 2:24 - 2:43. You would never hear an employee talk about an American company like that today. The guys who worked on the GT40 project got immense pride from seeing their hard work put a smile on the CEO's face. Back when American companies actually cared an iota about their employees and their employees responded in kind.
Raw facts
Took my son to see the movie, it was a Ken Miles tribute. I almost shed a tear at the end. He reminded me of Ayrton Senna, tremendous skill with a mental/physical endurance out of this world. God bless car racing!
ayrton senna was like this as well?
The GT design was so ahead of its time.
Even in 2005.
British engineering!!!!!!
@@jackrussell19a Perfected by American expertise!
@@jackrussell19a American Roy Lunn, Ford engineer, came up with the initial design for the Ford GT 40
@@robbiddlecombe8392 Yes, the P3 was more advanced than the GT40. That said, the GT40 was really built around winning one specific race - Le Mans, which it accomplished 4 consecutive years.
It was a copy of the Maserati tipo 151
For the new movie coming out, "Ford vs. Ferrari" this needs to be promoted more.
Probably why it’s in our recommendations
@@Gldvnst The thumbs up has skyrocketed in the past few hours, you are probably right.
@@Gldvnst I thought the same
@Paul Jensen - Believe me, anyone even remotely interested in auto racing is aware of it. It's been mentioned in all the auto journals, there are 2 trailers regarding the movie and it's being promoted as a new release in all theaters. The producers were even smart enough to give it 2 different titles - Ford vs Ferrari in America and Le Mans '66 in Europe. The Europeans would understand both titles, but unfortunately, there are too many Americans that wouldn't have a clue as to what Le Mans '66 meant. They would think it was a movie about the '66 Pontiac Le Mans!
@@Loulovesspeed Thank you for your insight. 🙂
Great footage! Shelby's comments on the GT40 brake changes were a revelation. Kudos to Phil Remington for providing the key to Ford's victories in '66 and '67.
The 1966 win was far more significant than what happened yesterday. And it was an OVERALL WIN.
I think the '67 win was more important because it was done with an all American car. Designed. Built. Powered by. Driven by . American. Only time it ever happened. May never happen again.
If only Mr Miles never died he would have made himself a champion of speed and going fast
@@robbiddlecombe8392 Miles still wanted to return for another race and he could've won too. Sadly we will never know what could've happened.
he crashed and died because he couldn't handle the power of the 427 ford v8, cant of been that good
@@robbiddlecombe8392 yeh Zealanders my country
so true....Ford went where GM and Chrysler darest not go, or could not win- that being Le Mans. in reality the NASCAR and NHRA dominance of Chrysler with the Hemi, was being a big fish in a little pond. racing for 24 hours straight really separates the men from the boys. hats off to Ford and Henry II.
tunnelportterror and a lot of cubic dollars.
@@eduardoarredondo1674 It also cost Ford the equivalent of 3 billion dollars in todays money, to do what they did in four years at Le Man's,. Everybody wasn't happy about the dominant outcome especially the shareholders. The only reason Ford put so much effort into beating Ferrari is Enzo backed out on a deal to sell Ferrari to FOMOCO.!!
Dude you need to do some reading on Chevrolet at Le Mans, Louis Chevrolet raced a Buick in the inaugural race at Le Man's. Chevrolet came in 8th place in 1960 in a Corvette the 7 cars in front of the Vette were Ferrari's and Austin Martan's. The GM Corvette team won Le Man's 34 laps ahead of 2nd place car in their division in 2001. The Corvette has won Le Mans 8 times out of 16 from 2001 to 2017. And I'm just barely touching on what Chevrolet has done at Le Mans. Chevrolet has more racing history at Le Mans than all the other American auto makers put together. So I'm here to say Chevrolet has darest went and also won, more that Ford could ever imagine or hope to.
@@lskiller1903 Govt Motors is JUNK! what a Terd..lol
@@lskiller1903 I was wondering if anybody else would remember the early 60s when Chevrolet entered some pretty much stock Corvettes. From a Brit's perspective, we were using straight sixes, which often fell just short of the Ferrari V12. I think that year when Chevy turned up the American V8s really became a more interesting prospect to British builders like Eric Boradley, who started using Chevy and Ford V8s in his Lola chassis. The GT40 was basically a Lola, but with Fords massive budget behind it and Carol Shellbys invaluable expertise, it turned out to be a winning formula. Without those Chevys turning up in the early 60s, who knows what Broadley would've designed when Ford approached him, maybe not the GT40, and maybe not a winning car.
How cool is that? As an ex professional technician, it is highly satisfying to hear Carrol Shelby say how important a master tehnicians contribution was to Ford and the GT40 team for winning La Man's back then. Thumbs up for Carrol Shelby 😀
Shelby knew what teamwork was and he knew the gears that make the wheels turn. He didn't throw anyone under the bus and say he did it all, everyone on his team had their spotlight for the work they did.
Homage to ken miles......
This comment is ahead of its time
🥺
@@RatIceCream yea
This randomly showed up in my feed, a day after watching Ford vs Ferrari...I had no idea the amazing stories about Ken Miles, Mr Shelby and the rest of it.
It wasnt random. You tube listens to you. All day without you knowing. Now you do
No bro what ever movie u watch in ur mobile all are recorded and as per data they recommend what has been stored from ur device this is how ML works.Thats why they ask permission acces to ur photos and videos
Yes sir.
Shelby, Moody and Ken Miles deserve more credit
its Miles.
its Ken Miles.
@@alexander1485 Yeah my bad
Looking forward bigtime to Christian Bale as Ken Miles in the upcoming Ford vs Ferrari!
Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby made THAT car the beast it became
Hearing Carrol's voice brought tears to my eyes. For I cannot help but think the best duo to come together in order to win a race are finally together again..
Ken Miles Vs Bandhini at Le Mans
Ken Miles : "im about to end this man's whole race"
It is *Bandini* not Bandhini.... Jesus Christ...
Such a beautiful car.. so ahead of its time. Probably the blue print for all modern supercars
Match: Ford vs Ferrari
Winner: Ken Miles
As a kid growing up I loved the look of these cars. One year for Christmas mom and dad bought me a slot car race track with this style of race cars. I wish I still had them.
Same - where are they ??
My travels through the years of motor racing begins in the early 60s with the likes of Mark Donahue, Pedro Rodriguez, Phil Hill, Jim Clark, Lorenzo Bandini, Francois Cevert and on and on. The one race that has always captured my heart has been the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the true test of motor car endurance. To me, there will never be a greater thrill than that experienced by all of us when Ford won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, then backed that win up with two more if I am not mistaken. Well Done!
Ford had 3 more outright wins after ‘66, with the ‘69 win being the closest in Le Mans history. A Porsche 908 LH lost to an ageing Ford GT40 mkII by just over 100 metres in that final win!
@3213232 1231223 . . . That true about the budget, but I've heard another problem Ferrari had in that era was splitting the resources between sports cars and Formula 1 racing efforts. Supposedly, when the new 3 liter engine formula came along in 1966 for Formula 1 racing, Ferrari was considered a shoo-in given their engine building technology with V12s of comparable engine sizes; but the F1 team struggled.
Word had it that Ferrari's F1 efforts didn't show consistency with victories until they closed down its sport car endurance racing operations.
This is one of the moments I'd travel back in time to witness, I believe that this is one of my favorite moments in Ford history.
Man gives me chills watching footage of the golf coloured gt40 piloted by ken miles... that man was without a doubt one of the top 5 drivers of all time if not the best.
A movie we don’t want to miss: Ford v Ferrari, premiering November 15th, 2019 🏎
Actually the 14th, I've seen it already
Movie was GREAT....
In that Ford GT is the famous Ken Miles.
hey dont forget the others
What I remember the most as a kid was watching on tv when Ford came across the finish line 1,2,3. Their wipers were on and it was lightly raining. A very proud moment. A time when it was fun to be an American.
Ford get credit for a huge successful program. Carroll Shelby , Ken Miles and Phil Remington ( luv the brake change ) made it work and win for Ford - special mention to Lee Iacocca . Guys you are responsible for a lot of pride in Ford supporters around the world.
Just went to see Ford vs Ferrari today,,, it was outstanding..
As a Mopar man
Nothing but respect to Ford Motor Co.
Ford and Chrysler have always been the best and continue to push one another to better heights.
May the race continue!
K J Well slap em around then!
Its sad to have these nasty cars and no one is making it count!
We dont even have a pro stock team in drag racing anymore!!!
WTH
Chrysler's achievements are pretty much limited to drag racing and NASCAR. They never seriously got involved in road racing.
Hmm, how many Can Am races did Chrysler win between 1966 and 1974? I'll wait... Ford won one Can Am race in the 9 years the Can Am series around. Chevy powered cars won 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974. Same for Trans Am. How many races and championships did Chrysler win? I'll wait...
I read in Road & Track top speed was 205 @6200 but they had 1000rpm to the Real red line. Amon talks about Bruce McLaren telling him to go like hell, said he was doing about 217 down the long straight. Frank Gardner driving another Ford GT a Mk11 I think arrived at the hairpin only to find the road covered in sand,Somehow he slowed down and got around.Gardner rarely told stories like that was a very quiet guy utterly involved in motor racing until he retired in Australia as a team manager for BMW.These guys drove in conditions we could not imagine today. Two other amazing cars besides the Ferraris were the Porche Carrera 6 and the 1300cc Alpines that we’re doing over 160 down the long straight. Between them the Fords Porches and Alpines cleaned up the first around 15 places in 1966. Me I was 12.
@Beagle76 - The late Bob Bondurant ran his #5 Daytona Coupe up to an incredible 197 mph on the Mulsanne Straight, powered by a 'little' 289 cu. in. engine with a 4 speed!
@@Loulovesspeed I believe that .Wild days. I still can’t believe guys were doing over 200mph at night in the wet. Crazy stuff.
Ford All Day!!! let's bring it home this year boys!!!
And boom, they did.
+zzzhuh Yeee boi
Fastball Films Americans still suck at F1
@DJ Rango - How can Americans suck at F1 when they're not even involved in it??????? When they were involved, via the Ford Cosworth DFV, they made their mark known world wide. It was the winningest engine ever, to this very day, in F1 history with over 153 victories in the sixties and seventies. Back to the books, boy!
Loulovesspeed actually they are haas f1 team is an American f1 team and they participated in nascar before and in f1 they are pretty garbage and f1 isn’t solely about engine it’s about aero dynamics also
I Love GT40 thanks for pictures !!
Rest In Paradise Carroll and Ken.
Make it fast and make it last. The 60's were some great times in American/European racing. I was in high school during those times and followed racing with Road & Track and other racing magazines. It was a shame Ken Miles didn't live to see the LeMan's victories. It's unlikely Ford will get into building LMP racers so an outright victory isn't going to happen. I'm still satisfied to be able to cheer for any Ford GT class win. I hadn't expected Ford to get back into racing at all, so this is pretty exciting to me.
Wait! Ken Miles did race at Le Mans in 1966 and should have won but politicking by Ford brass prevented it from happening. Ford wanted the headlines to read: "FORD WINS LEMANS!" and not "MILES FIRST TO WIN DAYTONA, SEBRING, AND LEMANS IN ONE YEAR!" so they decided on a "dead heat" of the GT40s crossing the finish all abreast. The French would not have it claiming that dead heat was not possible due to the slant staggered start formation of the cars. So Miles was screwed! (McLaren and Amon were declared the winners in a sister car to Ken Miles)
Then 2 months later Miles was killed testing the Ford J-car at Riverside, CA.
gimmeshelter1969 Never heard of miles before. I do now.
Ummmmmm.......Ken Miles raced at LeMans and won. Then they cooked up a NEW rule after the race to save face .
@@gimmeshelter1969 - You left out a very important aspect of the finish line fiasco. When Ford came up with the idea of a simultaneous 3 car finish, they had enough sense to ask the governing body, The F.I.A. if they would allow that. The F.I.A. answered YES. It was toward the very end of the race that the F.I.A. changed their minds! Be honest, if you owned Ford then you would put the company's interests first, after all, they were paying enormous amounts of money to make their cars winners. The drivers are obviously important, but the project was Ford's.
The mad lad who shot footage must've some incredible panning skills with those heavy cameras back then. He also knew correct angles to show sense of speed.
When Ford showed the world what they were capable of.
John B "What did Ford show the world? that they are schemers and liars? The GT40 was designed, constructed and built in Britain by Lola, a British race car manufacturer, Lola was at the very last stages of development and with the first cars built that Ford stepped in to sponsor them and supply the engines.. Ford didnt bit Ferrari, yet they lied to their people and still to this day Americans think the legendary GT40 is an American car, they also think the AC Cobra is an American car, bu its also British.. I dont know what's worse, Ford taking advantage of the ignorance of its people, or its people for not taking responsibility of their ignorance and doing some study, instead of believing everything they are told."
Triggered car guys be like ^
@@gggromay Youre just triggered cuz you probably drive a GM car LOL
@GRRB - Here we go again. "The whole racing world was developed by the more skilled British engineers and anyone else who dare say they were part of it, be damned!" First, let's try to agree that the Ford GT was the result of two countries combining both resources and technical expertise to make a winning Le Mans racer. It was not designed and built by Lola. It was designed and built by F.A.V. in Slough, UK. The People responsible for the design were British ex patriot, Roy Lunn, Chief Design Engineer for the GT40 project, and Don Frey and Ray Geddes. The final product looked very little like the Lola and had no Lola components in it. Ford Advanced Vehicles, Shelby American, Kar-Kraft and Holman Moody were responsible for the final product. As for the Shelby Cobra - noticed I said Shelby, and not AC, the very first one that came from AC Cars had a AC badge on the nose of it. It would be the last one that did, as Shelby made extensive modifications to the car and its chassis and it became legally documented as the Shelby Cobra. In short, Britain was involved in the early creation of both vehicles, but it took Shelby American, Inc. to make both cars a reality, and both cars winners! 🏆🏁🤠
@@Loulovesspeed all ford did was throw money at the car till they won. all the Ferraris crashed thats the only reason ford won. farrari also swapped thier best driver out
That footage is amazing! Seeing these cars in their original glory is fantastic!
Terrific Performance by so many, but it would not have happened without Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles!
@Don Traylor - You might just be right!
you can only guess, but as if 2 men are responsible for the success of a car, put any other decent driver in there and it would of been the same outcome
The Ford GT was every teen's icon back then. The Mk II looked like it was going 200 mph standing still. As an American, I was so proud to see Ford stick it to Ferrari in 1966 and 1967. I was saddened when the rules were changed in 1968 to 3.0 Prototypes or the Sports 25 rule. At least the GT40 with John Wyer won in 1968 and 1969.
They changed the rules, yet the GT40 still won.
Enzo was a whinging, childish cheat and still lost.
It's crazy how Ford and Shelby American have these accomplishments due to having or knowing the right guys with the best know how; Miles, Remington and co.
This couldn't pop up again in my recommendations at a better time!
STEREOTYPE. i bet u have watched ford vs Ferrari trailer
@@SK-pj8mg Every single one of them
STEREOTYPE. same here brah
Carol H Shelby is the driver I’ve looked up to since I was a young kid. I’ve watched clips and heard story’s about his exploits in the 50’s and 60’s. I’ve long since admired his capable driving and entrepreneurial genius. He grew up a Christian and did everything he wanted to do in life. God bless you Mr Shelby.
Very well put, sir!
The did ken miles so dirty with the 123 finish they robbed his win.
IKR
In real life, the “robbing of the win” was unintentional
Corban Swan
Why? Because he started like 20ft behind Ken? Miles had a door problem and still he took the lead. If he didn’t slow down he would’ve won.
@@mr.sunmeadow Because McLaren was ahead of Miles, because McLaren raced better, obeyed the team orders to slow down, Miles didn't, Shelby also delayed McLaren in the pits.
@@kadasrichard the true part is that relegating Miles to second place was unintentional
Wow! What a rare gem of a footage! Those were some beautiful car's! And still great looking car's!😎👍
Stunning footage
The real legends are those who knew this epic story before the movie.😎
Truly a beautiful history! Amazing to think what they accomplished over 50 years ago. Oh, what I would give to be in that pit lane just watching those cars in action!
The GT40 did "start out" British. What raced at LeMans was something very different, and arguably more American in engineering than British.
The car started out as a Lola GT Mk 6 that Ford bought & modded back in like 1963.
Sort of....
FAV in England really designed a whole new GT-40 for 1964...
Monocoque, etc....
Eric Broadly had input, but not control of design...
car never started out as a lola, Fomoco engineers Roy Lunn and Don Frey used a couple of lolas as test mules......the ford gt body was built from a clay model of Roy Lunns design and suspension designed on the dearborn computers...
No, the GT40 was designed and built in England, with funds from Ford. Interestingly all this was done just 22 miles away from where they designed and built the AC Cobra in Thames Ditton, again with a Ford V8. When the Brits and Americans get together on projects they tend to do quite well. Like the P51 Mustang, being a pretty good WWII fighter aircraft... It being designed and built in the USA to British specification with an English engine, the exact opposite to the AC Cobra...
Z. Ray Richter Arguably? By the time Ford got that thing winning there was nothing left of it that was British. And when the moaning started that it was 'British' in 1966 after the first win, Ford got themselves ready for '67 with the MKIV. A car that was a 100% redesign & completely American from the start and proceeded to utterly dominate the '67 event with two born American drivers at the helm whom the press said couldn't possibly win driving together. The Poms like to make out that were Ford never involved a Lola would have won four years in a row, & even if it had you can bet an American V8 would have powered it! 😂 Credit must be given however to John Wyer. Without him persevering with the car Ford would not have got wins 3 & 4.
R.I.P. mr. Miles, we love you and you are a legend!
Thank you for the footages! 👍
Ferrari after seeing this: *Am I a joke to you?*
Ford: Well yeah, actually...
Shame! Enzo Ferrari was a genius and artist. No Ferrari to inspire them, no GT. We would never have seen all that Secretariat could do if not for how splendid Sham was to challenge him. No rival of excellence to help bring out their best, maybe there's no Shelby and no Miles at Le Mans. Respect to all three.
Nah brotha, competitions is was challenges people to push beyond limits.
Yeah sure, because Ford won one time and Ferrari all the others but yes, Ferrari is a joke to Ford, what a riddicolous thing to say
@@carta8399 You may want to check your stats again as Ford GTs won (4) times, not once. Two times in Corporately entered cars and two times with privately entered cars.
@@Loulovesspeed yes still a lot less than Ferrari though
Just got done watching the movie! Ken Miles is amazing.
Corban Swan
_I disagree_
Corban Swan
Because he wouldn’t have won if Ken Miles didn’t slow down.
You guys really need to make a GT or a Mustang dedicated to Miles....that one man took your business a long way.
Have you even heard of Denis Hulme ?
So amazing to hear the real voice of these guys!!! Shelby, Ford, Miles...
@Kahel Ruiz - I sure was amazed to meet and chat with Shelby at Lime Rock Park Historic Festival in 2006. I'll never forget that warm, gravelly voice of his. I had him sign the book "The Cobra Daytona Coupes" which is a prized possession of mine.
1:13
i found Ken Miles
Sweet... Just in time for the movie!
I have been a Ford man from that time until this day. Regardless of the politics, this was an amazing achievement for the Ford organization in every aspect of the program. My prized possession is my 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback. I constantly have people wanting to buy it from me; I wonder why? Not really.
@William Charles - I was a 17 year old when my Mom took me to the New York Worlds Fair (3 times), and I'll never forget looking up at the car rotating around on a turntable with hundreds and hundreds of people surrounding it. I said to Mom, "That car is going to sell like crazy, mark my words." It was the new Mustang. Pretty good foresight for a teenager, huh!
These GT40 cars gives me nostalgia like no other cars. I worshipped these cars as a kid back in the '70s. No other car gives me that type of warm & fuzzy feeling lol.
Come on Ford, the heritage needs a new jubilee , I sincerely hope the 4 car line up will do the job, we NEED a WIN!
They almost repeated history again.
@@zzzhuh - They did repeat history by winning 50 years after the first win. The only difference was it was in the GTLM Class, not the Prototype Class.
1967, ford won the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, LeMans, AAFD , Baja 1000, wake me up when any other maker does all of that in ONE year.
david thayer - In 1965, Holman-Moody prepped Fords won a record 48 of 55 Grand National races - that record has never been beaten. That's one of the reasons their involvement in making the GT 40 MK II was so important.
@@Loulovesspeed but in fairness, Chrysler boycotted so they had no real competition.....I make the exact same argument against the majority of Pettys 200 wins...….they came in races in which he had no real competiton…..now petty was still great but he ran a fuller schedule than anybody else and had the best equipment...….again the Winged mopars are legendary but they only won 3 races in which they faced all four ford factory teams.
And the 500 mile race at Bathurst. Now the Bathurst 1000 (km). 🇦🇺
Mercedes
1967 the Baja 1000 would have been the Mexican 1000 and was won, vehicle wise, by a sort of VW Frankenstein dune buggy. Though I guess you could argue that 67 also saw an AMC Rambler break Meyer's record...but then he won the official Mexican 1000.
Dayton 500, lol oh come on, there were only 6 types of cars and Fords were one of those with a whopping 15 cars in the field and about a quarter of them failed to finish.
The 67 Le Mans saw 11 Fords fielded, 2 finished the race!
1967 Indy 500, Come on, name one car that was not running a Ford engine. Foyte won, on a Coyote Sheraton Thompson, that used a Ford engine. (Which everyone did except for like 5 cars running an Offenhauser engine.)
So who else has seen lots of success in racing in a single year? Lancia, Porsche, Ferrari...and hell we could say the Boulton Carriage won 100% of all the automotive races in 1867.
$100 million in 1960's dollars to do it. Ford Aerospace even got involved. Race track acceleration, velocity, stresses, deceleration, and g-forces were simulated. The simulator mimicked Le Mans conditions for two races back to back. Two independent Ford teams were used. One headed by Ford, and the other by Shelby. "Go Like Hell", is a fantastic book about it.
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
If Leo Beebe Failed At That Time, Ken Miles Would've Won
Actually, In reality it was Shelbys idea.. which he regretted till the end of time
Now if only FORD had kept on coming back after '69, just imagine how many more races they would have won.
Hudson Ball and think of how many different super cars ford would have too
Well it's not like ferarri were gonna stop innovating so I don't see why they would dominate
Hudson Ball not many more
Ferrari developed the v10 and v12 , Ford went where ? Still a v8 but not developed, only average
This is the problem with Ford. They keep letting these executives ruin their cars.
Lol. Mr. Shelby addressing brakes warms my heart. I owned an NSX for 15 years. What an amazing car. The brakes were rubbish. Going fast is one thing, slowing down is another.
I watched the movie last night, what an amazing story!!! I’m proud to own a FORD🇺🇸
My dad raced in 1966 for Porsche in the 2L class, he finished 6th, I wonder if you have any footage of that? #32 Pieter de Klerk
Shelby knew how to build a vehicle and Ken miles knew how to drive. So they where an unbelievable team.
The film puts these victories in such a different context. Wow.
I met Carroll Shelby at the 2003 Atlantic City Auto Show in New Jersey. Hearing his voice is crazy. This is so cool.
Still, Ken miles got robbed off a win.
Corban Swan
I mean, if Ken didn’t slow down he would’ve won.
Who is here after watching Ford v. Ferrari?
Avid MC Player lol the movie theatre was full of old guys , like me
Moi
Avid MC Player good movie
@Irv Hh - That was "our" time!
@@Loulovesspeed Greetings sir, are you still active within this section?
Spectacular documentary of Le Mans 1966, as I am fascinated by the rivalry between Ford and Ferrari back then🤩🤩🥇💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎👌👍
GT40, RS200, Sierra Cosworth, Thunderbolt, Torino Talladega, damn Ford has built some cool cars.
The GT40 was British.. Originally built by Lola, and called the Lola MK6.. Ford bought it from the British
@@jackrussell19a okay? I'm not sure if that's relevant to my comment.
Nothing in my comment implied all cars are american.
@@CLA82529 It wasn't built or designed by Ford.. It was designed and built by Lola
@@jackrussell19a Ford bought the chassis, and Roy Lunn designed it. It is loosely based on the Lola.
@@CLA82529 you might wanna do a bit of reading about the Lola MK6... PS... My dad worked for Lola at the time h
“We are gonna bury Ferrari at Le Mans!” - Henry Ford The Second
“With 10 British Lola based cars.”
@r. decline - Nice touch! Started out as Lola "based" but ended up as Shelby American and Holman Moody successes.
He is not Henry Ford, he is henry ford the second!
Man still can’t believe they stripped Ken Myles from his victory ;( RIP
Unfortunately, mistakes happen, there was nothing intentionally done here to withhold victory from anyone!
Loulovesspeed they did. It on purpose tho
@Sathu - No, they didn't. Leo Beebe had the initial idea of having them all cross the line together, and after Henry Ford gave the OK, they approached the governing body, The ACO who replied they would work with Ford on this idea. There was about 2.5 hours left and they managed to get them huddled together, this after Miles was over a lap ahead, and cross the line together. Then the AOC proclaimed that you can only have one winner, the car that has travelled the furthest distance. There was nothing done "on purpose".
@K J - Ford wasn't the only one who didn't know the rules - the ACO governing body was clueless too! That's why they OK'd it at first, and only changed their minds when the race was over and they had realized it was impossible to have 3 winners. Keep in mind, this idea was brand new and untried before and it looked to be a great way for Ford to show total dominance at le Mans, and not just a one car victory.
I laughed my butt off when I saw the captions to this video and they interpreted The Mulsanne Straight as "the moles on street." Too funny, man. 😂
Amazing how sleek these cars were back then. If they released the original GT40 today, I don't think anyone would even blink, the shape basically formed the modern supercar.
I love the Ford GT :)
I'm a Chevy and a Dodge fanatic, but I LOVE FORD for beating Ferrari's butt. And in '2016 Ford came back and beat 'everybody again... with a damm TRUCK V-6!!
Robert Yates v6 twin turbo, block used in other Ford projects as per FIA rules
Investor01 - Ferrari didn't need to spend that kind of money simply because they had many years of experience in endurance racing to get by on, while Ford had none. Building a winning endurance car is a hell of a lot more difficult and expensive than building a NASCAR stock car. The whole reason Ferrari listened to Ford's offer to buy him was Enzo was almost bankrupt from spending so much on racing! Ford was starting from scratch while Ferrari existed to build race cars and had been doing so for years. Sure, the money was necessary to make a winner, but it took a whole lot more than that to do it! Spending a great deal of money will get you to the starting line, but will guarantee nothing after that!
Thanks for recommending this video after 3 years....I'll edit this after 3 years when this video will be recommended again.
Hearing Carroll's voice brought tears to my eyes. For I cannot help but think the best duo to come together in order to win a race are finally together again.. RIP Ken & Carroll
No respect for kens teammate at la mans and the 24 at Daytona, lloyd ruby?
Such an amazing achievement. Just a shame the 1, 2, 3, finish is sullied by Ken Miles having his (well deserved) 1st place stolen from him by Bruce McLaren.
@Investor01 In just a few years, Ford & Shelby put together a team, assembled & tuned a car, & made it reliable to beat a team that was still (arguably) at the height of it's power. Ferrari may have been starting it's decline, but only just. Ferrari showed up with a bright new engineer, Mauro Forghieri at that time. Who was a force to be reckoned with. Not to mention, at the same time Porsche was also putting every effort they could in to being competitive a Le Man.
Ford did spend several fortunes to be competitive but when considering the deficit of experience they, it took that just to bring them up to speed.
My comment though, was mostly aimed at shaming Bruce McLaren, so I may have made a hyperbole.
@Investor01 - The very fact that you believe that money alone can bring the victories that Ford earned, tells me you clearly know nothing about researching, designing, building and extensively testing endurance cars! Read "Go Like Hell" by A.J. Baime and you will be able to make much more intelligent comments about endurance racing!
@@MidwestFarmToys Very true. I just exaggerate to put a bigger point on it. It is also an inside thing between my dad & I over F1 teams.
too bad that design for the brakes hasn't carried over into mass production....
Excellent retrospectives!
Seeing this after seeing the movie woah CZcams you did a nice thing 💓💯 and man I was expecting Ken Mile's audio but I heard Carrol 💓💯
I wonder if they got any sound recorded as well
I would pay cash for that gold,
Here after watching Ford vs Ferrari.
Beautiful film, insightful background ..races are determined in the pits..
Carroll Shelby used to come in this grocery store I worked at in Bel Air and he was a real engineering nerd. He was down to earth and loved talking about cars. This was in the mid 90's and he told me about a Pontiac or Buick at the time that he was impressed with.
that's a heavy car wow, 4000lbs
See my comment above...seemingly another Shelby exaggeration. Heavy?.....yes. Were they 4000 lbs all-up?.....highly doubt it.
They had great aero though. No doubt lots if not most of that weight would have been that cast iron engine weighing it down like an anvil
@Pontiac Bandit - One reason Ford chose to go with the TT V6 in their current GT, plenty of power but carrying less weight and size. Its top speed is right with, if not a little more, than the original MK II with a 427 V8.
My excitement faded when I see Ford Focus and Fiesta. I loved my Mustang but it was a terrible handling car, just like what Ken Miles said. Create car that will beat Corvette and Porsche handling, I will switch back to ford.
Just an absolute beast of cars. I’ve ALWAYS wanted to drive one!!
For those who were alive in 66 truly understand the importance and significance of this race. I feel this is a moment in history that won't be repeated due to so many factors. The subsequent generations of today are riding on the backs of the giants from yesteryear. The passion for excellence is continually fading and subsequently the desire to excel.