It's Official! Highest Price Paid for an American Car in History.. The acquisition of GT40 P/1074 represents a special opportunity. Aside
from its current, stunning presentation, the fact that it is one of only
two surviving Gulf Mirage M1s, in which form it accumulated much of its
racing history, renders it particularly attractive to an enthusiast who
now has the option of relatively easily returning the car to this
configuration and actively campaigning the car with its remarkable Jacky
Ickx provenance.
This car’s impeccable credentials, both as a winning racer and as the
camera car for the legendary Steve McQueen film Le Mans, as well as its
long documented history of prominent owners and its meticulous
restoration in J.W.A./Gulf livery, mark it as one of the most desirable
GT40s, and indeed endurance racing cars, ever built.
Special thanks to the GT40 Registry, Ronnie Spain, author of GT40: An
Individual History and Race Record, and John S. Allen, author of The
Ford GT40 and The Ford That Beat Ferrari, for their help and research on
this car.
More Information Here--
http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars.cfm?SaleCode=MO12&;CarID=r176
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http://thechive.com/2012/08/21/going-for-11-millionthis-is-the-most-expensive-american-car-30-hq-photos/
By: Fire37Rescue
In: Science and Technology
Tags: Ford GT40, LeMANS, Steve McQueen, Jacky Ickx, $11 Million Dollars, Sets new US Record, Ford, Race Car, Gulf Racing, The Ford That Beat Ferrari
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As a car lover and a huge Steve McQueen fan, this is one of the best racing car ever built. That was the best response from Ford as Ferrari backed off to sell his company to Ford.
Also, McQueen wasn't driving the GT40 in the film "Le Mans" but the Porsche 917 with a chassis from Lola, designed and built in Bromley and Slough, England.
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByBullitt (93.70) 
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Bad Ass
440 bhp at 6,800 rpm, 289 cu in OHV V-8 engine, four 48 IDA Weber carburetors, ZF 5DS25/1 five-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with unequal-length A-arms, independent rear suspension with trailing arms, unequal-length A-arms, Koni adjustable shock absorbers, and four-wheel stage II Girling ventilated disc brakes. Wheelbase: 95"
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bymoefugger (2157.96) 
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What can I say? I had 11 mill just burning a hole in my pocket... so wtf, I bought it.
Trunk's a bit small, but the stereo is kick-ass!
;)
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bysmyle (4535.64) smyle View Channel Send Message
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@smyle Bit of a chic magnet also!
Posted Aug-21-2012 Byaussite (1867.10) 
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@aussite
beats the hell outta my bicycle!
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bysmyle (4535.64) smyle View Channel Send Message
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Just watched the Meekum auctions this past weekend, unreal the history of these vehicles, and unreal the prices some of them being auctioned off have been sold for. Ford was hell bent on taking down Ferrari to the point of bringing Shelby in to assure that. Awesome vehicles
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByKoranimal (890.00) 
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It's not only race history for that car,
It's a pice of U.S history to.
From the Le Mans movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhDKFhfEgg
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByKempe (297.54) 
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I have a hard on now...
fucking beast !!
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bylivelurked (6822.20) 
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Factoid- Largest Ferrari collection owned by Ralph Lipshitz,(his real last name) of Sandusky, Ohio. Oh, you may have some of his pants or polo shirts in your closet
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@anaislynne
Really? Ralph Lauren lives in Sandusky O-Hio? lol
Is he a Browns backer?
He needs one of these GT40's to complete his collection. I'll see if I can find out who bought this bad boy later.
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByFire37Rescue (12235.00) 
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@anaislynne
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/05/ralph-lauren-collection/?pid=980&viewall=true
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByFire37Rescue (12235.00) 
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after reading how badly Ferrari treated it's racing team engineers at the time I was happy they got their arses kicked by some good-ol-boys from the USA.
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByPenguinister (529.60) 
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BEAST
Posted Aug-21-2012 Byproperjob79 (77.20) 
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http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MO12&CarID=r176&Currency=USD
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByFire37Rescue (12235.00) 
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11 millions, fuck me sideways!!
Posted Aug-21-2012 By2Crazy4U (4815.80) 
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i love the car, but 11 mil? seriously?
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bymorningwood (554.30) 
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@morningwood
Yup. Originally, RM auctioneers only estimated the classic racer to reach upwards of $8 million (€6.5 million). After a fallout of many bidders due to an inflated price tag, two bidders continued on raising the price from $9 million (€7.3 million) to the final $11 million (€8.9 million) purchase, not including auction house fees.
This $11 million price tag now holds the record for most expensive American car ever sold, beating out last year’s big name Duesenberg Model-J Lo More..
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByFire37Rescue (12235.00) 
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@Fire37Rescue $11 mill sounds like a lot but an A ticket entertainer easily drags in $40 million a year with the average income for the elite 2% being over $80 million a year. So for them this is small change to own a serious bit of motoring history.
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByPenguinister (529.60) 
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Some good information - Thanks.
One of my favorite cars growing up as a kid..
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByBlackwolfhunting (680.72) 
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Low results in race, overpriced* GT40 (and i like GT40 mk's as much as Ferrari 250GTO).
*Recently a lot of supercars are overpriced due to the fame of their former owners.
But how to not fall in love for a gulf...
data sheet
http://www.gt40.org.uk/Cars/images/1074ProdSheet.gif
results of all GT40 by chassis number:
http://gt40.net/
Posted Aug-21-2012 Bygoervideos (419.80) 
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@goervideos yeah, you can get a replica now that's just as well built with 850 hp for about $150k...and air conditioning
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByPunch_The_Monkey (1159.98) 
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@Punch_The_Monkey avoid the Ford made re-run from a few years ago, they are a total piece of junk with electrical problems being a regular issue.
Posted Aug-21-2012 ByPenguinister (529.60) 
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@Punch_The_Monkey Since few years u can have "no replicas" GT40s rebuilt from different parts/chassis number (same with the most prestigious Ferrari)...
Posted Aug-22-2012 Bygoervideos (419.80) 
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