Coys Auction - The Nürburgring
Germany
Saturday 8th August 2009
Motor Cars at 17:00
Viewing: Friday 7th August from 10:00 to 19:00
Saturday from 10:00
Admission by catalogue only - admits two.
Telephone number from 6 - 8 August: +49 (0) 2691 932 62 90
Registration Number: TBA Chassis Number: H36C105052
The Ford GT40 can justly be regarded as one of the most successful racing cars of all time. When the Ford Motor Company decided in the early 1960s that competition achievement could benefit the image of their production cars, the machine they designed and built to reach their goal was second to none in terms of development and technology. The result of this open-ended budget (some say the project cost in excess of $50 million even then) was the GT40, the car that finally stole the crown from Ferrari at Le Mans and represented a dominant force in the World Sports Car Championship for a full six years; a truly remarkable acheivement, especially when one considers that this was