Ford GT-40 J-Car Testing, Riverside, California, 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 a trial at Riverside, California, in July 1966. Those plans changed in August 1966 when driver Ken Miles died in a rollover accident while testing a J-Car. Ford engineers and Shelby American specialists reworked the J-Car into the safer Mark IV.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

22 July 1966

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.1894

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.625 in

Ford GT-40 J-Car Testing, Riverside, California, 1966