There was only one Mustang SS... the Super Snake, and I just learned the engine in it was pulled out of the GT40 racer that won four successive 24 Hours of Le Mans

The rarest engine to ever feature in an American muscle car is the mighty 427 ci Super Snake V8 featured in the one-off Mustang SS.

Built for a promotional event with tire manufacturer Goodyear, the decision was made to build a special 427 ci V8 for a standard Shelby 500. 

Lifted from the Ford GT40 racer that won four successive 24 Hours of Le Mans events, it produced 520 hp. It would never be used again, making it the rarest engine to ever feature in a production muscle car.

https://www.hotcars.com/rarest-engines-american-muscle-car/

18th to 3rd in 5 laps in a GT 40 at Goodwood

 

Happy 6/8 day!

back in 2017 they took their Ford Gt to the Texas Mile, and hit 293.6 mph. Now, they broke the 300 mph barrier, and it only took 2500hp

https://www.powernationtv.com/post/2500-hp-ford-gt-hits-300-4-breaks-new-standing-mile-record

Ford had a GT40 display that was impressive

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2207023486221416&set=a.1410681175855655&type=3&permPage=1

a Ford GT has a very strange hood/trunk shape

Remarkable what Ford came up with when committed to winning the Le Mans. I wonder what they'd accomplish if they were committed (as Henry was) to building a good car at a good price. Say, in a two door

Ford GT40 Class – 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

http://www.sportscardigest.com/pebble-beach-concours-delegance-2016-report-photos/7/

a very cool souvenir is part of ordering the $400,000 Ford GT, the options brochure is now replaced with this cool ordering kit

Everything is pre-packaged in a box made out of carbon fiber – and it even gets a latch identical to the one found on the Ford GT race car. The interior reveals a choice of eight exterior color options, a plethora of interchangeable stripes, and even replica wheels at a smaller scale. It’s something for the owner to feel connected to – instead of using the online configurator, says Ford – and we agree. Buyers can do things such as play mix and match with the colors and stripes, feel the high-quality materials like leather and Alcantara, and see the vehicle paired to wheels and caliper colors.

“The Ford GT ordering kit is a critical piece in the purchase process,” said Henry Ford III, global marketing manager, Ford Performance. “This high-quality kit is a hands-on tool for Ford GT customers to enhance their ordering experience.”

http://www.inautonews.com/the-ford-gt-ordering-kit-is-a-cool-collectors-item

Stan Rosenthal was on his game when he snapped this photo

https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/zg044wx5218

Diana Dors hangs on tight during the classic car parade lap before the 1967 Sebring 12 Hours

https://primotipo.com/2015/10/11/diana-does-sebring/

Lola evolved into the GT 40, how that happened

Ford had powered cars at Le Mans since the early ’60s, such as a Marcos in 1962, and even a pair Ford Thunderbirds were provisionally entered in the 1957 edition, though they didn’t race. But with no viable sportscar programme to kickstart their Le Mans plan, new relationships were needed to shortcut the route to success.

Ford powered the Cobra, and also a Lola MkVI GT

After looking at Cooper and Lotus at the beginning of 1963, Ford fixed its eye on Lola: the relationship was cemented with the supply of two MkVIs to the mothership in the US and a transatlantic knowledge exchange. Ex-Aston Martin team manager John Wyer was also brought in to head up the new team: a name that would take Ford to its highest success and make the blue and orange of Gulf Oil perhaps the best-known sportscar livery ever.


Construction of the initial Ford GT began at Lola in the UK, prior to the formation of the dedicated Ford Advance Vehicles. The same 4.2-litre Ford Fairlane engine from the MkVI Lola was transplanted into the new car, and the iconic body began to take shape. This initial variant was narrow and long, though the rear three-quarters and slashed rear aspect are still instantly recognisable. It was called project Grand Touring 40, with the 40 representing the overall height in inches of the car.

It lost miserably to Ferraris in 1964, and wasn't even adequate at high speed, so the car was redesigned and the engine changed to the 7-litre V8 from a Ford Galaxie.

They weren't winning in 1965 either. But anyway, that is how the Lola evolved into the GT 40

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/06/this-time-its-personal-ford-at-le-mans-66-69/

Front and center of the Ford booth... the glory of the past LeMans, and the present. Incredible cars

original GT 40s at the Le Mans Classic, thanks to Phil!

https://www.facebook.com/Mes-Mus%C3%A9es-dAutos-MMA-488557874679626/?ref=bookmarks

Fred Philips, a car collector you might not have heard of, but you'll recognize some of the vehicles as unique and well known, with 4 warehouses full... it's Aladdin's Cave of car treasures

with a Lola, a GT 40, the James Garner 4x4 Baja Sc/Rambler, Peter Revson's Trans Am Javelin, a Hurst SS AMX, the ramble seat prototype AMX, and the Don Lee Special, and about 70 others

In the late 1980’s, Phillips opened his current endeavor, Focus Auto Design, which specializes in molding and forming custom auto parts for restorations and general fixes. Because of the high demand for his services, Phillips quickly earned the money he needed to get back into collecting cars.

Unlike almost every other collection of this nature, these nested boxes of wonder aren’t secreted away from the public and covered up. Instead, every so often Fred throws open his doors and gives a guided tour of his collection. If you happen to be in Calgary at the time, do everything in your power to attend.

You won’t just be getting access to one of the most fantastically varied car collections in the country. You’ll also be getting access to Fred Phillips. Trust me, this is well worth the price of admission – a donation to AARC, the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre.

http://gtspirit.com/2013/11/26/the-incredible-fred-phillips-car-collection/
http://gtspirit.com/2012/05/13/fred-phillips-private-car-collection-in-canada/
http://driving.ca/ford/mustang/auto-news/news/touring-one-of-the-most-incredible-car-collections-in-canada

Thanks Greg, for getting it. Look around at the content, the stories, the photos, the heros and icons. If bashing on the grammar and spelling mistakes is all the satisfaction you can get, you're blind to the elephant in the room... and need a lot more maturing than you'll ever achieve lurking on the internet while building toy cars. Go outside and see the world, step away from the computer for a change. 

Ford X1, Bahamas Dec 1965

https://revslib.stanford.edu