Gt 40 Mark IV to be Auctioned


Iconic GT

Iconic GT

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Dec 30, 2017
708
New Braunfels, Texas
 
This car was on display at Gooding in Scottsdale, advertising the Amelia auction
 

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That'll be way beyond what I can afford!
 
Interesting history.
 
 
The recently built continuation cars are over $600k I believe, so who knows.
 
Went for just under $2MM, a lot more than I thought it would.

https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1967-ford-gt40-mk-iv/
 
Pricey! Hey, but what a beauty it is
 
What a prize to own that Mk IV GT. Talk about rare. It would sit in my living room and make an occasional foray to the track.

Chip
 
ChipBeck said:
What a prize to own that Mk IV GT. Talk about rare. It would sit in my living room and make an occasional foray to the track.

Chip
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I would have to build a bedroom addition with a garage door on one wall and park this baby right next to my mattress and box springs :lol
 
Ford GT MK-IV J-10 was restored to coupe in the iconic red and white Le Mans 1967 winner. J-10 ran for 2 years (spider) in the Can-Am series. It has the correct 427 Tunnel Port Aluminum heads with dual quads with dry sump with T-44 karkraft gearbox. You can check it out at www.mkivj10.com
 
jmvelez said:
Ford GT MK-IV J-10 was restored to coupe in the iconic red and white Le Mans 1967 winner. J-10 ran for 2 years (spider) in the Can-Am series. It has the correct 427 Tunnel Port Aluminum heads with dual quads with dry sump with T-44 karkraft gearbox. You can check it out at www.mkivj10.com
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Your car?

Link doesn't work for me.
 
Sinovac said:
Your car?

Link doesn't work for me.
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Yes. Try mkivj10.com (without www.). It should work
 
jmvelez said:
Yes. Try mkivj10.com (without www.). It should work
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Thank you. Wonderful. My all time favorite car. I missed out on one of the Teske cars.
 
Sinovac said:
Thank you. Wonderful. My all time favorite car. I missed out on one of the Teske cars.
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Teske cars are J13 to J19 (breadwagon). This is a karkraft tub. If you want a Teske Fran Kress has two of them.
 
Sinovac said:
Thank you. Wonderful. My all time favorite car.
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Mine too!
 
jmvelez said:
Teske cars are J13 to J19 (breadwagon). This is a karkraft tub. If you want a Teske Fran Kress has two of them.
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What are the significant differences between the J-car and Mk IV chassis?
 
1976 Road & Track advertisement

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https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a22690797/ford-gt40-mk-iv-for-sale-in-randt/

If only I had the money when I was 8.
 
Sinovac said:
What are the significant differences between the J-car and Mk IV chassis?
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Ford J-1 and J-2 where built with the breadwagon lobster nose. Ken Miles died testing the J-Cars at Riverside and the second chassis was destroyed for testing J-3 was the first J-Car with MK-IV body for test mule. J-4 won Sebring in 1967. Ford took four MK-IV J-cars to Le Mans with J-5 winning the race (J-5 thru J-8 Le Mans cars). J Car name comes from Appendix J of FIA rule book that allowed Ford to race them. After Ford won Le Mans in 1967 the rules changed that prototypes could run only with 3 Liters engine (making the 427 (7L) obsolete) and sports cars (Ford GT MK-I) with 5 liters. Ford won 68 & 69 with MK-I GT-40 with Gurney Weslake 5L engine. After Ford quit J-9 and J-10 (our car) were sold for Can-Am racing in 69 and 70 with many different Ford big block engines. Ford built 12 tubs (2 destroyed). The spare 2 tubs were finish many years and were not marked by KarKraft (J-11 and J-12). The car sold by Gooding early this year was J-12 (white).

J-Cars were designed by KarKraft (Boss 302 TransAm, Boss 429, Ford GT-40 MK-II and IV) The MK-IV was 100% US built and the tubs were honeycomb aluminum built by Brunswick Aircraft Corporation. Ford won Le Mans with a 100% US team with AJ and Gurney driving J-5 to victory.

To answer your question Ford reinforced the chassis after ken miles accident and added a NASCAR Cage for security. That save Mario at Le Mans when his car was destroyed. J-3 and J-6 are in private hands and J-4, J5, J7 and J8 are in museums
 
Good information. Thanks.
 
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