1966 Ford GT40 Continuation: Building A Legend, The Right Way

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Petrolicious



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Continuation GT40s are not pieces of kit car replica shenanigans put together with a case of cheap beer next to your buddies in the garage. Cars like this week’s subject are built as faithful, well, continuations of the originals—schematically accurate in more than just appearance. When it comes to such cars, Superformance is the standard in the industry, but while he admits to the quality of their work, Ted Baird, the owner of this car, went a step further and using a collection of original parts he’d amassed over time, he made sure his GT40 would be a true 1966-spec machine, complete with pieces from some of the race-winning cars themselves. As he says, the car is still as gorgeous as ever, and Turtle Wax ICE Spray Wax makes quick work of adding a layer of shine and protection to this brute of a machine.

 

Eric Hakanson

So much history in one car. I'm a little surprised to hear the owner say "whoever designed this car..." because any fan of this particular car or more importantly any fan of LeMans history should know this was an epic collaboration between Eric Broadley, Roy Lunn and John Wyer (guys who used to work at Lola, Aston Martin, etc but joined together for this "one-off project." ) I'm not necessarily a fan of American cars, I prefer German and



British sports/race cars. But I always liked this car simply because of how it was a monumental game changer not only for Ford but for any marque that wanted to win at LeMans (and other endurance races.) This particular car doesn't necessarily deserve the "continuation" tag because I'm sure it is just as capable as the original, maybe even more so. Although this car costs well into the six figures, you wouldn't worry about driving this one as



much as you would one of the few originals (I would think an owner of an original would have one of these as well, one for the concours, this one for proper driving.) A quintessential piece of not only American but worldwide race history. Good stuff Petrolicious!