This GT40 Mk 1 was originally a press fleet test car, and it's one of the very few roadgoing GT40s ever built.
The Ford GT40 famously beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , but it was also intended as a road car. One of those rare road-going examples is now up for sale in the U.K. through
Built in 1967, chassis P/1069 is one of 31 Mk 1 road cars. It's also an original press car loaned to journalists for test drives. According to the ad, it was initially given to a Swiss-based firm associated with the Scuderia Filipinetti race team for display at the 1967 Geneva auto show. Originally painted Opalescent Silver Blue, it was repainted Metallic Borneo Green for the show.After its appearance in Geneva, P/1069 began its career as a press car with Ford's U.K. division.
Chassis P/1069 was sold to a collector in 1971 and repainted yellow. A subsequent owner took it vintage racing in 2007, including at that year's Goodwood Revival, but the car was later returned to road-going spec and repainted in its original Opalescent Silver Blue color.As PistonHeads notes, any original GT40 is rare, with approximately 105 cars built across Mk 1 to Mk IV generations. Chassis P/1069 is one of the first-generation Mk 1 cars.
Factor in P/1069's unusual story, and it wouldn't be surprising to see this car sell for millions of dollars. The GT40 thatsold for nearly $7 million in 2014. For those who can't shell out that much cash, there are plenty of more affordable GT40 replicas, including
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