1965 Ford Gt40 Mk1 on 2040-cars
San Diego, California, United States
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This 1965 Ford GT40 Mk1 was a complete, fully-sorted, factory built tribute race-car by Bailey Edwards Cars (BEC) of South Africa for South Africa's annual "SEMA" car show. FYI, South Africa allows replicas to compete in sanctioned vintage car racing, and although BEC is a relatively small builder, it is recognized as the premier builder of vintage tribute race cars and has enjoyed great racing success.
This BEC GT40 Mk1 was purchased at that "SEMA" show by a California enthusiast, and in order to comply with US DOT rules, the Small Block Ford engine and 6-speed transaxle were removed so the car could be legally imported into the US. It was shipped to San Diego where it was placed in a private collection. When the owner decided to sell the car rather than to go to the trouble of replacing the drive-train, I purchased it and replaced the engine and transaxle before successfully titling and registering it in 2006 via California's SB100, which makes this GT40 both street legal as well as smog exempt. This BEC GT40 Mk1 is constructed with a aluminum clad space frame with the safety of a full roll cage. The front suspension is independent, double-wishbone; the rear is independent double-trailing arm with traverse top link and lower wish bone. The front and rear hubs are carved out of billet aluminum. Bilstein adjustable coil-over shocks with anti-roll bars are fitted both front and rear, while the suspension mounting is fully adjustable with rose joints. Brakes are 4-piston AP Racing calipers with 305 mm vented discs both front and rear. The wheels are polished alloy, wired, knock-off Halibrand-style pin drives. Front wheels are 7.5"x15" with 235x60x15 BF Goodrich TA Radial tires mounted, while the rears are 9.5"x15" and have 275x60x15 BFG's. The fiberglass GT40 Mk1 body is factory painted black in base-coat,clear-coat with silver stripes. The real leather interior has a full set of Smith's gauges, Nardi wood-rimmed steering wheel, 6-point racing harness, Tilton pedals, air conditioning and carpeting. The engine is a high nickel-content, 1965 Ford 289 c.i. block that has been bored and stroked to the period-correct LeMans racing limit of 5 liters (305 c.i.) and has been built to produce 400 HP/400 foot-pounds of torque. It has a balanced assembly, forged rods, hypereutectic pistons, split-duration (.520/.523) cam, aluminum heads, 1.6 roller-rockers, MSD electronic ignition, high volume oil pump, oversized Milodon oil pan with a remote oil cooler, four twin Weber 48 IDF carburetors with velocity stacks and an aluminum cold-air box, with the exhaust flowing through the famed "bundle-of-snakes." Power is transmitted through a custom prepared (upgraded rear main bearings, altered spigot and clutch fork) Getrag 01E 6-speed transaxle. This BEC GT40 Mk1 is fully-sorted, has won numerous show awards, has been featured in a magazine and gets driven regularly...however, it has never been raced. The reason I am selling is because I have an opportunity to buy a large car collection from an estate and I could use the room as well as the funds. This GT40 is being sold "as is, where is." I welcome calls (858-705-1912) as well as inspections. The winning bidder will be required to send via payPal a $2000 non-refundable deposit within 24 hours of the end of the auction with the balance of the Purchase Price to be paid within 7 days. The car will not be released until the purchase price is paid in full. Shipping is the responsibility of the Buyer. The car is being offered for sale locally, so I reserve the right to end the auction early. |
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