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Henry Ford Model T Documentary

2015-09-03T15:28:29.844Z

Driving that 15 millionth Model T was Edsel Ford. Edsel is who designed the Model A as well, this video isn't 100% accurate.

Yager Performance, XY-GTHO, Race 3 "no music"

2013-07-30T16:10:57.689Z

Matt McGraths XY, Car prepared by Yager Performance,
Three laps of the greatest race track in the Southern Hemisphere (Mt Panorama at Bathurst, Australia)
in the greatest car to ever race on that track - the mighty Ford Falcon XY GTHO.
I don't care if you are a Holden "nut" or a Ford fan ... this is awesome - the sound is
just brilliant. 9 minutes of good old Aussie grunt !!

During the race, you will see some old and very old classic racers -
including a 1957 Ford Customline - see if you can pick it.
MUST have sound.....turned WAY up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLPTjE1GZk

1964 Holman Moody Ford Fairlane at Goodwood

2012-07-16T15:47:15.638Z

This car is a rare sight in the UK. Turn the clock back, though, and you’ll see an original, Holman Moody-built Fairlane Thunderbolt being tested by Alan Mann at the West Sussex track in 1965. We recreated that scene this summer, bringing a similar GT40-beating saloon to a blustery — but still very atmospheric — Goodwood motor circuit.

Classic Driver readers will be familiar with the grey car’s prodigious performance and its stellar record in recent years, winning the Nürburgring Oldtimer Grand Prix Historic Marathon and finishing second overall in the Spa 6 Hours.

The Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt was a homologation special sanctioned by Ford with the aim of putting the largest possible engine (a 427c.i. from the big Galaxie, as used in the Ford Mk IIs) into a small — by US standards — bodyshell.

The NASCAR welded-in roll-cage, adjustable suspension and front disc brakes are all homologated in period.

Nowadays, this car carries FIA-sanctioned HTP papers and runs in the ‘GTP’ class against the fastest sports-racing cars; very much like the original did when stock-car specialist Fireball Roberts crossed the line second overall (behind AJ Foyt in a mid-engined Scarab) in the 250-mile American Challenge Cup race held at the FIA-sanctioned Daytona Continental meeting in February 1964.

The ‘Daytona Beach Sunday News Journal’ described Roberts’ placing as a ‘shock’ – much the same feeling many drivers have today when the big three-box saloon comes up to lap them and then disappears into the distance.

With a 427c.i. side-oiler V8 (period original, and with many features such as cross-bolted main bearing caps unique to this type of engine), it easily swallows Goodwood’s rolling straights. What’s surprising, though, is how well it copes with the slower corners, including the famous Goodwood chicane. And, despite fears to the contrary, with judicious restraint on the throttle it kept to the circuit’s strict noise regulations, too.

While Alan Mann’s car (later owned and raced by Martin Birrane) is now lost to posterity, this faithful recreation was constructed by Holman Moody in 2002-2003. The famous North Carolina-based race shop built the originals, so it was logical to choose them to build up another, using all their expertise and comprehensive record-keeping to produce a correct facsimile of the 1964 original.

The German owners of this car have kept meticulous records of both its build by Holman Moody and the racing record of the original.

It has a history file like few others, and is the only one in the world sanctioned for historic racing — and likely to remain that way. So, if you get the chance, do try and see the car in action at the 'Ring or at Spa.

And for those GT40, Lotus, Elva and Brabham drivers tired of being humiliated by ‘the fridge on wheels’, you never know, it could be yours one day.

Ford GT40 Mk V at BeaveRun PVGP 2010

2011-06-23T16:44:54.717Z

1966 Ford GT40 MKV owned by Racer Robert Anderson. Robert raced in Group 4: Trans Am at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Historic Races at BeaveRun.

The Trans Am series is the Post 1960 Production cars over 2.5 Litres, featuring American muscle cars such as Mustang, Corvette, Camaro, Cobra, GT40 along with Porsche and Datsun. Post 1960 Sports racers over 2 Litres.
VRG Classes C4, E1, F1, and F2.

As you can hear in the interview this Mk V is a very rare car: only about 37 where made in production. This car raced at the Targa Florio

2010 PVGP Bossa Nova-Peron Sponsored Ford PanAmerica Racer

2011-06-23T16:26:52.167Z

This Ford Customline raced in the 1954 Carrera Panamerica race in a total time of 28hours, 18minutes 23seconds.
This was the last Panamrica race held during the period. Howard, a Pittsburgh Native, tells us about the cars rich and vibrant history.