| Scale | 1/24 |
|---|---|
| Type | Sport |
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Ford GT40 - sports car, 4-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1966 to 1969 (although in 1967 with a different body). It was specially designed to win long-distance races against Ferrari (which won Le Mans six times in a row from 1960 to 1965). Ford / Shelby chassis #P-1075, which won in 1968 and 1969, is the second car in Le Mans history to win more than one race with the same chassis (previously believed to be first, but later with (it turned out that the Ferrari 275P chassis 0816 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1964 actually used the same chassis as the 1963 250P chassis 0814) . This car used the Gurney-Weslake (English) Russian engine. from a special alloy. The car was named GT (short for Gran Turismo) and added 40, indicating its full height of 40 inches (1.02 m including windshield), as required by the rules. Large-volume Ford V8 engines (4.7 L and 7 L) were used, compared to the Ferrari V12, with a volume of 3.0 L or 4.0 L [1].
Early cars were simply called Ford GT. GT40 - this was the name of the project to prepare cars for the international endurance race, and Ford really wanted to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first 12 "prototypes" had serial numbers from GT-101 to GT-112. "Production" began and the following cars, MkI, MkII, MkIII and MkV, were numbered from GT40-P-1000 to GT40-P-1145, and were officially GT40s.
glue and paint are not included in the set
