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Finished in Linden Green, this early GT40 Mk1 was delivered to Ford Advanced Vehicles in June of 1965. To some extent still a prototype for the production cars, it was the first to sport the definitive ‘Le Mans’ nose-panel used for most of the subsequent GT40s. Chassis GT40P/1006 was immediately entered by John Wyer’s Ford Advanced Vehicles team at Le Mans for Innes Ireland and Sir John Whitmore. The car ran well early on but then succumbed to a head-gasket failure in the sixth hour of the race. Once repaired, it was submitted to extensive testing at Monza, covering 5,600 km before it crashed. Some components were stripped off the car and used for a sister car.
In 1968, it was sold to privateer racer Terry Drury. He returned the car to running order using a spare Alan Mann aluminium body. Repainted metal-flake yellow, it was entered in two races in 1968 but he did not actually race the car. In 1969, it was sold to Dennis Leech, who also intended to campaign the car but ultimately again did not field the car. It then changed hands several times before it was restored to its 1965 Le Mans configuration in 1978. It was then loaned to Midland Motor Museum in 1987 before it was sold to a French enthusiast in 1993.
Rarely seen during the next three decades, it was prepared to full running order for the 2013 Goodwood Revival by Auto Techno Sports (ATS). It was then raced by Henri Pescarolo and ATS’s manager in the Whitsun Trophy, which was open to GT40s only. After a single ownership of 33 years, it was entrusted to Broad Arrow Private sales in the summer of 2026 to find a new custodian.
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June 1965 |
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Ford Advanced Vehicles |
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