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De Tomaso Mangusta
The De Tomaso Mangusta - like most of the De Tomasos of the 1960s - had a difficult struggle to see the light of...
Driving Like God In France, In This Case Belgium
The last real Bentley before Herr Piech acquired the company and it became a small part of the Volkswagen empire was the model Azure....
Kissimmee Summer Special 2020
Mecum Auctions, the world’s largest collector-car auction company, will return the Kissimmee Summer Special 2020, at Osceola Heritage Park Kissimmee this August 27-29 with...
1968 Chevron B8
RMDÂ have the pleasure to offer the ex-Barrie Smith, ex-David Purely Danish Grand Prix winning & Targa Florio Chevron B8 for sale.
This Chevron B8, chassis...
The Dix Mille Tours, Under A Glorious Sun
This weekend the Dix Mille Tours took place under a glorious Provençal sun. The event launched the start of the 2020 season of the...
$3.85M 1965 Shelby GT350R Is The Most Expensive Mustang Ever
Back in January, we wondered if any Mustang could beat the Bullitt’s momentous $3.74M sale. Six months later, the first-ever GT350R prototype answered that...
1965 Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadster
This stunning 1965 Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadster GT/109 was driven in the 1965 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by legendary...
Riding In A Super Rare Panhard At The Tour Auto
Romain , the Head of Brand from our partner MOTUL , is the co-pilot at the Tour Auto 2020 in a super rare (100%...
Factory-Supercharged ’65 Shelby GT350 Paxton Prototype at Indy
Chief among the most desirable of all the varieties of automobiles produced by Shelby American Inc. are the Shelby GT350 Mustangs that left the...
Carroll Shelby: A Legend Remembered By Wallace Wyss
"I used to believe that, given enough different talents involved, a great car can be created. Now I believe that it takes one dominant...
Main Attraction Week: 50-Plus Hours of Mecum Higlights
Classic Cars Include Mecum Auctions’ Record-Breaking Steve McQueen 1968 Ford Mustang GT in “Bullitt”; Alexander Rossi’s 2016 INDY 500-Winning Car; and the One and...
Milestones: Celebrated Muscle Cars And Corvettes Of The Dr. Eric Felix Collection
Pediatric dentist and businessman Dr. Eric Felix of Westchester, Pennsylvania, has been collecting cars for nearly 15 years, and it all started with his...
![Is this the greatest racing film oat?
In “Ford v Ferrari”, one of the most important
moments comes when Ken Miles takes the GT40 out for a test run after it’s fitted with its massive new 7.0 litre V8. The scene captures a turning point in Ford’s effort to challenge Ferrari at Le Mans, with Miles pushing the prototype hard at Ford’s Dearborn test facility.
With his trademark intensity, Miles immediately feels how the car responds to the raw force of the 427 cubic inch engine. The sound, speed, and feedback through the steering wheel signal that the GT40 is finally becoming something special.
The moment isn’t just cinematic drama, it reflects real history. The big block 427 gave Ford the power it needed to fight Ferrari, and Miles’s deep mechanical understanding played a key role in shaping the car’s behavior on track.
Despite Ford pouring more than $25 million into the program, it was experiences like this, Miles sensing every detail from behind the wheel, that turned early prototypes into Le Mans winning legends.
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