1965 Ford GT40

Taylor & Crawley

Amazing Ford GT40 with very successful competition history!

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This Ford GT40 was built up alongside the previous owner’s original GT40 #1009 while 1009 was being restored by renowned GT40 expert Mark Allin at Rare Drive/Precision Auto Restorations in New Hampshire.

It is an absolute tool room copy and has been issued with FIA HTP papers.
Since new the car has been race prepared by Simon Blake at Historic Automobiles and is fitted with a correct Mathwall 289 engine, since rebuilt by ICE, and a correct RBT ZF gearbox. There is a small spares package with the car.

As you can see from the results listed below the car has had a very successful competition history.

Spa 6 Hours:
2018 P5
2015 Winner
2014 P3
2013 P9
2012 leading with 15 mins remaining, gearbox failed
2011 Pole

2015 Donington 4 Hours: Winner

2016 Brands Hatch 3 hours: Winner

2012 Le Mans Classic race 1: Winner

 

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Taylor and Crawley was founded in 1937 and sold Mercedes-Benz and Alfa Romeo cars from their Mayfair premises. After the war, they became the UK Mercedes-Benz importers and main agents before importing Maseratis and then becoming Alfa Romeo dealers. Scion of the Taylor family, son Michael, was a successful racing driver in the 1950s, being a factory Lotus sports car driver eventually graduating to Grands Prix before his career was cut short by car failure in the tragic Belgium Grand Prix at Spa in 1960. David Clark, already an established purveyor of sports and racing cars, was a friend of Michael Taylor and acquired the company in the 1980s when Michael retired. Since then the company has been prominent in the Historic car market, especially with competition cars.