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In the early sixties, Henry Ford II had a magnificent idea, that would bring much focus on the Ford Motor Company and it's automotive technology. Henry Ford decided to show off the high performance vehicles that his company could produce, by starting the Ford Advanced Vehicles Division. This division of the company would set out, as Henry Ford wished, to rip Ferrari's hold on road racing away and take over the field. Ford Advanced Vehicles was led and set-up in Slough, England by John Wyer, Eric Broadley, and Roy Lunn. John Wyer was formerly associated with the successful Aston Martin.

In the mid-1960's, Ford attempted to buy Ferrari. Ford wanted to buy the company, in order to take control of it's amazing stronghold on road racing. Negotiations failed; Ferrari didn't sell. Afterwards, Ford went to work on the original car...the Ford GT-40 Mk (MARK) 1. The "40" stood for the estimated height of the car, although oddly, it was closer to 41 inches than the 40 in that Ford claimed it to be. The actual height of the car was 40.5 in. The car's 350HP, 4.2L, V-8 engine was transplanted from the Ford Fairlane. This was the start of Ford's very famous run in road racing during the 1960s.
(just so you know, this was taken for me)

Description
In the early sixties, Henry Ford II had a magnificent idea, that would bring much focus on the Ford Motor Company and it's automotive technology. Henry Ford decided to show off the high performance vehicles that his company could produce, by starting the Ford Advanced Vehicles Division. This division of the company would set out, as Henry Ford wished, to rip Ferrari's hold on road racing away and take over the field. Ford Advanced Vehicles was led and set-up in Slough, England by John Wyer, Eric Broadley, and Roy Lunn. John Wyer was formerly associated with the successful Aston Martin.

In the mid-1960's, Ford attempted to buy Ferrari. Ford wanted to buy the company, in order to take control of it's amazing stronghold on road racing. Negotiations failed; Ferrari didn't sell. Afterwards, Ford went to work on the original car...the Ford GT-40 Mk (MARK) 1. The "40" stood for the estimated height of the car, although oddly, it was closer to 41 inches than the 40 in that Ford claimed it to be. The actual height of the car was 40.5 in. The car's 350HP, 4.2L, V-8 engine was transplanted from the Ford Fairlane. This was the start of Ford's very famous run in road racing during the 1960s.
(just so you know, this was taken for me)