Vintage vid of the '67 GT40 MKIV win at Le Mans...


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Empty Pockets

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220MPH, in 1967 with just a regular old 427FE. Gurney is leading by 32 miles at 4 hours left to go. I don't think there will ever be anything that will compare to what these "hotrodders from California" accomplished. Like him or not, Shelby collected a bunch of guys that had nothing to lose and everything to win and they did.

Still gives me goosebumps to see these.
 
Yeah, 220 on 1967 TIRES! Talk about serious stones.
BTW, there was a really nice replica of the Mk IV @ Road America last year, and I believe it will be there again this summer (vintage event). I don't know who's car it is, but it is something.
 
djs said:
Yeah, 220 on 1967 TIRES! Talk about serious stones.
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How true. I almost bought a set of Goodyear Billboards for the Cobra. Gurney, Bondurant, all those guys ran those tires on the Cobras at close to 200MPH. I looked at them and the whole tire wasn't much more than the inner tubes our folks around her run on the local river. Touch the sidewall on a curb and it's gonna pop. Yep, brass ones or a lot of faith in a higher power.
 
djs said:
Yeah, 220 on 1967 TIRES! Talk about serious stones.
BTW, there was a really nice replica of the Mk IV @ Road America last year, and I believe it will be there again this summer (vintage event). I don't know who's car it is, but it is something.
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It was probably Tom Malloy's Mark IV, J-11. It's not a replica, but was an unfinished Mark IV, which was completed later. Here's a video interview of the car at Riverside International Raceway Museum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j2I8usdSWk
 
djs said:
Yeah, 220 on 1967 TIRES! Talk about serious stones.
BTW, there was a really nice replica of the Mk IV @ Road America last year, and I believe it will be there again this summer (vintage event). I don't know who's car it is, but it is something.
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Much like Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier...those guys were unbelievable. Met Mr. Bondurant 20 years ago at his driving school, he was amazing..
 
Mike Teske made a batch of Mark IV replicas (7, I think). I would love to have one.

http://www.gt40s.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=51816&d=1299045588

RCR also makes a Mark IV replica.
 
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