In the 1960s many American cars were designed for Super Stock drag racing or NASCAR. The GT40 however, was designed for a different purpose: crush Ferrari at Le Mans. In the 1960s, Henry Ford II planed on purchasing Ferrari to have an established Supercar brand for road racing. Enzo Ferrari was interested in selling and invited Mr. Ford to Italy to discuss azienda in 1963. Ferrari seemed more than happy to sell the company until talks about the racing division began.

Enzo wanted to keep control of the racing division and race at the Indy 500. However, Ford didn’t want Ferrari competing against Blue Ovals during the Greatest Spectacle in Motorsports. After not being able to come to an agreement, out of spite Ferrari decided to cancel the deal entirely and wanted nothing to do with Ford. Ford who already spent millions in legal fees trying to set up a deal to buy Ferrari’s asset flew back home and decided he was going to get revenge by beating Ferrari at his own game: Le Mans.

Ford partnered with British race car manufacturer Lola to develop a race car that would outrun anything in Europe. After a year of development in 1964 the Ford GT40 was born. This car would not only leave Ferrari in the dust, but it would go on to win Le Mans four consecutive times from 1966-1969. Recently a prototype of the GT40 known as the GT 108 has turned up for sale and is going to be auctioned at RM Auctions of Blenheim in Monterrey, California this August. This particular car is only one of four Ford GT roadsters ever built.

Ford and Shelby used the 108 as a factory test bed when they made changes to the race cars. Many famous drivers drove this machine around a road course including Carrol Shelby, Ken Miles, Jim Clark and Dick Attwood. Due to the cars fantastic curves, win record and being a rare car, original Ford GT40s fetch high price tags at auctions. A GT40 driven by Steve McQueen for the 1971 movie Le Mans sold for $11 million in 2012. Being the original GT40 concept, this one may very well fetch a hefty eight figure price tag of its own. How deep do you think pockets will get for this gem?

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