1966 Ford GT 40 Aluminum Body Le Mans one of a kind.

[BirdTMan]

Up close this weekend at French lick Resorts With Rex Myers and his 1966 aluminum body Le Mans race car, Very nice guy and a Great car.

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[BirdTMan]

Just a few more pics of Rex Myers 1966 GT 40 Aluminum Body Le Mans Race car.

 

[Sierra977]

To the automotive racing world, red and gold is cringy. I CANNOT TOLERATE THE MERE THOUGHT OF ALAN MANN. How he treated American drivers was a mortal sin and his trademark "staged" race finish was what cost Ken Miles a first place at Le Mans in 1966.
John Wyer, his team and Mirage cars were superior in every way to Alan Mann's, even in spite of the very beautiful to the eye Mann/Bailey Ford F3/P68 cars.


ETA: The car OP pictured is some mash-up of GT40 Mk1, Shelby/Holman-Moody Mk2 and long-nose Mercury GT40 with a Mk3 nose stuck on it. Ugly.

 

[Sierra977]

Mercury GT40 and Mark Donohue
The premise of the original article is flawed as ALL GT40/Lola Mk6 GT cars were built with aluminum monocoque chassis.

 

[mlewisariz]

Mercury GT40 and Mark Donohue
The premise of the original article is flawed as ALL GT40/Lola Mk6 GT cars were built with aluminum monocoque chassis.
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Don't know which article was referred to but the GT40s were all steel monocoques w? aluminum bodies.

 

[avensis]

Very nice car, I love it!