Ford GT40 exhaust sounds amazing on the track – Video

We have a lot to thank the late Mr. Enzo Ferrari for; not only his passion for all racing and the ensuing line of wonderful Ferrari Line and also is stubbornness too.

Had the “Commendatore” been easy to deal with, he wouldn’t have fallen out with either Feruccio Lamborghini or Henry Ford II and the car world would have been deprived of some amazing supercars.

The story about Mr. Enzo not selling his company to Ford in 1963, getting everybody at Blue Oval all worked up so much that he decided to get back at him, is well-known.
Le Mans was the place where Ford got his payback in 1969 with a 1-2-3 finish for the Lola-designed, Ford-powered and badged legendary GT40. Not only did it destroy the Ferrari’s, it went on to score consecutive wins in the next three years straight.

What is less well known though is the fact that the maiden win came with the similar in looks, but with a lot of modifications under the bodywork, Mk II and not the first version. The chassis remained largely the same but the Ford Mustang-sourced 4.7-liter V8 was replaced by the huge 7.0-liter NASCAR engine modified for street use in the Ford Galaxie.

An original example of the Mk II was recently at the Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium recently. We have to admit, it’s one genuine, and very precious,  forward GT40 and not a replica.

Ford is still making ruckus of its iconic supercar, launching its third generation earlier this year. Though much superior in performance, as one would expect after half a century of evolution and technology , an old-school 427 V8 on full throttle beats the new smaller turbocharged V6 for charisma and sound hands down, as can see in the video below .