November 2010: One of the batch of seven new Ford GT MkIVs is for sale!
And yes, it’s the only one which is. The other six have all been sold, but just now one as-yet unassembled car is available. It is the fifth in the queue, and when completed will carry the chassis number J-17. Chances are that you already know something about these superb new-build MkIVs being assembled by Ken Thompson, so suffice it to say that they are being manufactured virtually exactly to the original 1966/67 technical drawings, with only minor changes to reflect the march of technology in the last 40+ years. All will have aluminium honeycomb chassis just like those of the 1967 production batch, with fibreglass front and rear bodywork. Gearbox will be a new T-44, four-speed, all-synchromesh, and you’ll no doubt want to specify a twin-Holley 427 motor just like in the Gurney/Foyt J-5 which won at Le Mans in ‘67. We really envy the lucky guy who’s going to become the proud owner of J-17. What colours can you have? Anything you want - from a recreation of an original, to a “what-might-have-been” had more MkIVs been available to the two works teams back in 1967. Having used Photoshop to play around with a photograph of the first example, the blue J-13, now nearing completion, we’ve come up with some suggestions shown here - they all look good, don’t they?
Ford GT MkIV for sale
Photos courtesy of Fran Kress
