Hard to believe it's almost 50 years old

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Hard to believe it's almost 50 years old

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Coming up on fifty! First chassis was built in March of 1963 and the car raced in 1964. Most fame came later, but the genesis of the car was in 63 and that's fitty next year.

Still my all time favorite dream car.

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Help me out....?

Never mind....GT40 :oops:
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oly, any chance of a link to a larger version of the pic? :mrgreen:

BTW, pop quiz time: What does the 40 in GT40 represent? :wink:
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awp101 wrote:oly, any chance of a link to a larger version of the pic? :mrgreen:

BTW, pop quiz time: What does the 40 in GT40 represent? :wink:

how tall the car is?




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It was only 40 inches high... :)

I love Ford and that was and always will be one of the coolest cars of all time!!
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Sorry, no link to a bigger image. Sure is a fine picture however!

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I'd rather have a horse... :wink: (and no, unfortunately, it's NOT mine :( )

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Always been a Ford fan from the very first Mustang I remember a brand new '65 my uncle brought by one day.

As a kid in the '60s my favorite Mattel "Hot Wheels" racer was the Ford GT.
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I was able to pick up a '65 Fastback identical to the one pictured below. Eventually gave it up for a Datsun B210 for economy. :roll:
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My cousin still drives datsuns, he has seven of them stashed away in his barn, they run forever, and if you keep them out of the salt they dont rott too fast, amazing that those datsun cars built in the late 70's early 80's got 42 mpg, wish I could talk him out of 1 of the station wagons.
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It STILL looks fast just sittin' there....... 8)

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awp101 wrote:BTW, pop quiz time: What does the 40 in GT40 represent? :wink:
OK, then what's the "GT" represent...???
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awp101 wrote:BTW, pop quiz time: What does the 40 in GT40 represent? :wink:
OK, then what's the "GT" represent...???
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Not trying to introduce a tangent but...

1964

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They did a lot of good stuff back when...

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AJMD429 wrote:
awp101 wrote:BTW, pop quiz time: What does the 40 in GT40 represent? :wink:
OK, then what's the "GT" represent...???

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The cars of that era are cool and the drivers were something. They had to drive em with a chassis that wouldn't hold a candle to todays. The tires were good for the time but by todays standards not so good. Carbs instead of EFI. Electronic ingnitions were just coming around. None of these modern era traction control devices either. We've come a long ways. That is and always will be something special.
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AJMD429 wrote:I'd rather have a horse... :wink: (and no, unfortunately, it's NOT mine :( )

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YES!

My first car was a Mustang Mach I. Was more bondo than metal, and I ended up wrapping it around a tree. Darn thing sucked gas like there was no tomorrow. But boy was it fun!!! :D :D :D
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Birdman wrote:The cars of that era are cool and the drivers were something. They had to drive em with a chassis that wouldn't hold a candle to todays. The tires were good for the time but by todays standards not so good. Carbs instead of EFI. Electronic ingnitions were just coming around. None of these modern era traction control devices either. We've come a long ways. That is and always will be something special.
...and the stock cars were actually stock pretty much right off the showroom floor with very little prep made to make race ready. Those were the days.
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