1988 KVA GT40

The Ford GT 40 is one of the greatest race cars, from one of the greatest racing periods. The 1960's were the time of the famous Ford/Ferrari wars at Le Mans and in the World Sports Car championship and purportedly, the GT 40's existence arose out of Ford's desire and then failure to purchase Ferrari. What ensued is one of the greatest motorsport battles of all time between Ferrari, who had won Le Mans six consecutive times (1960-1965) and Ford, who then won Le Mans four consecutive times (1966-1969) proving that they too could compete at an international level. Consequently, given the cars' competition pedigree and beautiful styling, these cars are worth well over a million dollars today. As a result, high quality dimensionally accurate recreations that employ original type Ford power plants are an affordable and enjoyable way to experience one of the all-time great cars.

Offered here is a KVA replica that was first registered on the 1st May 1988 to Alexander Trotman the then Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company. He sold it in December 1992 to the current owners Father who was also a Director at Ford.

Documentation in the concise history file shows that he was not a fan of the original powertrain set up of Rover V8 and Citroen gearing. So at considerable expense he went about changing it from 1993 onwards but remains unfinished and has not been on the road since.

A Ford 351 with its Webber IDF Carburetors now sits proudly in the rear and is expertly mounted to a purpose built ZF gearbox costing circa £16,0000 in 1994. It is quoted in the history file that "the car now has the same specification as the winning GT40 Chassis 1075". A breakdown of the ratios can be found in the history file.

A great deal of time and money has gone into this project, drawing on the owner's connections and experience. It only remains for external cosmetic work and final finishing to make this into a very desirable GT40 replica. We have sold others recently for over £45,000. It is guided today most sensibly taking into consideration final works making it a very viable project.