Jun 20, 2016 · Kahn Media, with the help of the Petersen Automotive Museum, has put out a documentary about the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans titled "8 Meters: Triumph, Tragedy and a Photo Finish at Le Mans." The Feb 10, 2020 · Narrator: In 1966, Ford Motor Company took on the biggest challenge it ever had taken before. The automaker's racing team attempted to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most prestigious Sep 24, 2018 · During 1966 and 1967, all Pontiac LeMans models came standard with the 165hp OHC-6, but if you checked option code 332 (the Sprint package) you got the four-barrel Quadrajet version that developed 207hp at 5,200 RPM and 228-lbs.ft. of torque at 3,800 RPM (215hp with 240-lbs.ft. of torque in the '67 models); this was the only engine available Nov 18, 2019 · The first two Ford GT40 prototypes were completed in Slough, England, in the spring of 1964, labeled as chassis GT/101 and GT/102. The 24 Hours of Le Mans being just weeks away, the cars were Nov 14, 2019 · The film tells the story of how famed auto designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British race car driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) helped develop the revolutionary GT40 for Ford to compete against the racecars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966. Below is the back story that Ford Archives shared on the historic races. Nov 8, 2019 · Click through our gallery for photos of an early Ford GT40 design study, plus Ford at Le Mans in 1964, 1965, and 1966. Nowland saw the film this summer at the Toronto film festival. .

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