Ford Mark IV Car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race, June 1967
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Ford Motor Company won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second consecutive year in 1967. The Mark IV, with its 427-cubic-inch, 500-horsepower V-8 engine, broke 200 miles per hour on the circuit's straightaway. Drivers Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt set an average-speed record of 135.48 and finished 32 miles ahead of the second-place car.
Ford Motor Company won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second consecutive year in 1967. The Mark IV, with its 427-cubic-inch, 500-horsepower V-8 engine, broke 200 miles per hour on the circuit's straightaway. Drivers Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt set an average-speed record of 135.48 and finished 32 miles ahead of the second-place car.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
16 June 1967-17 June 1967
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.79
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 12 in (contact sheet)
Width: 9.375 in (contact sheet)
Inscriptions
Printed in marker on back of contact sheet: LE-MANS- RACE 1967- S77
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