Le Mans Trials, April 1966
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company intended to compete at Le Mans in 1967 with the all-new J-Car, seen here during an April 1966 trial in France. Those plans changed in August 1966 when Ken Miles died in a rollover accident while testing a J-Car at Riverside, California. Ford engineers and Shelby American specialists reworked the J-Car into the safer, sounder Mark IV.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Subject Date
April 1966
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.1191
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2.0 in
Width: 2.0 in
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SetFord at Le Mans in 1967
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Ford Motor Company returned to Le Mans for a rematch with Ferrari in 1967. While Ford bested the Italians with the GT40 Mark II in 1966, this time it fielded an all-new car. Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt piloted a Ford Mark IV around the Circuit de la Sarthe for 24 brutal hours. The two drivers, like the crew members and Ford executives there with them, hoped all the while that neither they nor their machine would break under the strain.