$7 million Ford Prototype

senor honda · 2014-04-15 20:57:10

http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/2e09760de862e2c24b51836c1ec60efe/200029043/mecum-ford-gt-.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/14/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-sells-7-million-video/#continued) By Brandon Turkus (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/brandon-turkus/) Seven-figure Ferraris are not horribly rare. Heck, an eight-figure Ferrari (http://www.autoblog.com/ferrari/) isn't a rare occurrence. Between modern masterpieces like the Enzo (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ferrari+enzo/) and more classic offerings, cracking the million-dollar mark isn't a particularly tall order for the cars from Maranello. For a Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/), though, it's a big deal. Now, this is not just some rare Mustang. This is a GT40 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford+gt40/), the car that Henry Ford II commissioned to whip Enzo Ferrari around a track in France. As far as the Le Mans-winning racers go, they don't get much rarer than this one. Sold at the Mecum Auctions in Houston, this is one of the prototypes, meaning it's one of the very first GT40s ever built. That makes its $7 million winning a bid, a record for on-air coverage of the auction, a pretty darn impressive figure. You can watch the auction below (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/14/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-sells-7-million-video/#continued), but first, take a look back at our original story (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/12/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-auction/) on this rare Blue Oval. Related Gallery1964 Ford GT40 Prototype (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/)http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/thumbnail/75x75/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/248/063/5/S2480635/slug/s/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-013-1.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/#photo-2480635/)http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/thumbnail/75x75/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/248/063/6/S2480636/slug/s/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-014-1.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/#photo-2480636/)http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/thumbnail/75x75/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/248/063/7/S2480637/slug/s/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-015-1.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/#photo-2480637/)http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/thumbnail/75x75/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/248/063/8/S2480638/slug/s/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-016-1.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/#photo-2480638/)http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/thumbnail/75x75/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/248/063/9/S2480639/slug/s/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-017-1.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/#photo-2480639/)http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/thumbnail/75x75/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/248/064/0/S2480640/slug/s/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-018-1.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/#photo-2480640/)http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/thumbnail/75x75/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/248/064/1/S2480641/slug/s/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-019-1.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/#photo-2480641/)http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/thumbnail/75x75/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/248/064/2/S2480642/slug/s/1964-ford-gt40-prototype-020-1.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1964-ford-gt40-prototype/#photo-2480642/) News Source: Mecum Auctions (https://www.youtube.com/user/mecumauction) via YouTube (http://youtu.be/jP07olF_RVY)

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$7 million Ford Prototype

By Brandon Turkus

Seven-figure Ferraris are not horribly rare. Heck, an eight-figure Ferrari isn't a rare occurrence. Between modern masterpieces like the Enzo and more classic offerings, cracking the million-dollar mark isn't a particularly tall order for the cars from Maranello. For a Ford, though, it's a big deal.

Now, this is not just some rare Mustang. This is a GT40, the car that Henry Ford II commissioned to whip Enzo Ferrari around a track in France. As far as the Le Mans-winning racers go, they don't get much rarer than this one. Sold at the Mecum Auctions in Houston, this is one of the prototypes, meaning it's one of the very first GT40s ever built. That makes its $7 million winning a bid, a record for on-air coverage of the auction, a pretty darn impressive figure.

You can watch the auction below, but first, take a look back at our original story on this rare Blue Oval.

[h=6]Related Gallery1964 Ford GT40 Prototype[/h]

News Source: Mecum Auctions via YouTube

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