(Discontinued) Ford GT40 Mk IV Holman Moody 1967

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manufacturer brand, id & category

Exoto 18053 (Racing Legends)

scale

1:18

color

Dark Blue Metallic

limited edition of 504 models

out of stock
This model is discontinued!

The Model

Exoto Fantastic
Exoto is pleased to introduce the quintessential model replicas of Ford's Sebring and Le Mans winning racers: the immortal Mk IV. To honor this beautiful racing machine, we designed our high precision miniatures in grand 1:18 scale, determined to bring you an unprecedented level of finish and detail.

Each wonderful model replica features full opening parts, working suspension with genuine coil springs, intricate mechanical components, a fully wired and plumbed Ford HP427 V8 motor, and the list goes on... Modeling excellence has been pushed to furious new heights!

The Original

Ford Fantastic
Having just won Le Mans in 1966, Henry Ford II wanted to solidify Ford's dominance in endurance racing and an outright All-American win. His resolve produced one of the most beautiful vehicles in motoring history.

For the crew, it was like a dream come true. When they arrived in France for the Le Mans test weekend the cars had been completed, painted, and fully tested... a luxury that race teams seldom enjoy!

Riding the wave of success from the Mk IVs debut victory at Sebring wasn't going to be easy. Shelby American kept up a rigorous schedule of testing and development at Daytona, Kingman and Riverside. During Le Mans practice the yellow Sebring winner was run with small vertical stabilizers on the rear deck designed to aid high speed stability and numerous carburetor configurations were tested. McLaren was fifth-fastest on the weekend, but still 11 seconds off the pace set by Bandini in the Ferrari P4.

Shelby American and Holman Moody were each assigned two Mk IVs and developed them independantly and so numerous differences exist in the cars as they appeared at Le Mans: the number of openings in the rear deck, carburetion, doors, windows and dashboard... to name a few.

And of course the Le Mans cars had evolved from the Sebring winner: rear deck hinged at the back, new nose sections with two NACA ducts, amongst other details.

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