Ford J Car Photos

Ford j car at daytona 1966. Car news tv recommended for you.

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That is ken miles in 1966 doing testing at daytona in the ford j car.

Ford j car photos. Well i finally found out what a ford j car is. Ford shelby j car by ken thompson john callis. Ford gt40 mk ii front.

The ford j car was intended to be the successor to the all conquering ford gt mkii and despite reliability problems showed potential in the springtime le mans trials. The real one sure looks better than the aurora version even though the tm still calls it a racing hearse. This car took second place overall all three top finishers were ford gt40s in the 1966 24 hours of le mansthe 1 car was driven by ken miles and denny hulme and together with the 2 car driven by bruce mclarenchris amon 1st overall and 5 car driven by bucknumhutcherson 3rd overall gave ford its first victory in a 24 hour race.

Ferrari miles son peter who idolizes his dad is there on august 16 1966 at the riverside raceway along with carroll shelby to work on the experimental ford j car that is being developed so. This design had some major aerodynamic flaws that became readily apparent a few months later during testing at riverside california when the car looped at high speed then flipped and ejected miles from the car killing him instantly. We drag race a new and classic ford shelby mustang gt500 to see what 50 years of progress makes.

I can die a happy man. Check the photostreams in the sidebar of the page for more photos articles models drawings. After the death of walt hansgen in a mkii ford the decision was made to shelve the j car and focus on the proven mk iis.

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