VIDEO: Ford GT promotional film from 1964

[SunDude]

Check out this 1964 promotional film for the then-new Ford GT (aka GT40). It features period footage of three cars -- GT/102 (#10), GT/103 (#11) and GT/104 (#12) -- at the '64 Le Mans 24 Hour race.

The original film is posted courtesy of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Library and Research Center in Hershey PA.

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[anthonyL]

Cool video. Thanks for sharing

[ChicagoChris]

WOW, very neat. Those were the days.

[WardL]

it is amazing how things change over time. What a great video! I thought the reference to the Mustang was funny.... The quality looked like a home video but it was made for one of the largest companies in the world....

[SJK2]

Cool vid, thx.........

[JBo]

I recall using the GT40 as an advertising/marketing campaign in a class in college...right down to print/ and TV posterboards...great memories...I recall the tarket was a campaign to sell 1000 units in year1966.

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by JBo

I recall using the GT40 as an advertising/marketing campaign in a class in college...right down to print/ and TV posterboards...great memories...I recall the tarket was a campaign to sell 1000 units in year1966.

Sure, I heard that story! How you used a neat car to pass a marketing class. But you never owned a GT40! Only some POS CSX3327 and some wannabe AC MK IV!

I on the other hand have owned several GT40s as well as the remains of thirty-three twenty-six!!!! (of course I had to sell them all right away to pay off the note) but that does not count!!!!!!

[OnyxRider]

At about 1:47 looks like #5 Daytona coupe. Might have seen another elsewhere but not sure.

great video love the narration.