Hmoov zoo tiag tiag muab nqi zog rau lub siab tawv, raws li tus sau John Shaughnessy yeej tsis xav tias yuav tuaj ntsib nrog qhov pom zoo li no: Ford GT40 tsis tshua muaj.
Yog tias, zoo li ntau tus neeg sau khoom, koj kuj xav tuaj ntsib nrog qhov tseeb pom, txawm tias nyob hauv cov tsev kho mob, cov khoom seem lossis cov chaw nres tsheb, koj tuaj yeem koom nrog peb pab pawg neeg npau suav. Txawm li cas los xij, muaj cov neeg muaj qhov ntswg ntau rau cov khoom no dua li lwm tus.
Qhov no yog qhov xwm txheej nrog John Shaughnessy, tus nyiam sau ntawm cov tsheb sib tw classic thiab keeb kwm, uas tau dawm rau ntawm Ford GT40 zoo kawg nkaus hauv California lub chaw nres tsheb. Nws tau littered nrog cov khib nyiab ntawm txhua sab thiab tsuas yog sab nraub qaum, cov xim grey ntawm thawj, raug rau lub qhov muag ntawm cov neeg nyiam tshaj plaws.
Thiab thaum peb tham txog Ford GT40, kev saib xyuas zoo yog xav tau, raws li nws paub tias muaj ntau qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm cov qauv no, plaub lub sijhawm sib tw ntawm LeMans 24H ntawm xyoo 1966 thiab 1969, ntau dua li ob peb chav nyob. Tus qauv Asmeskas koom nrog ib qho kev tsis sib haum xeeb loj tshaj plaws ntawm 2 lub tuam txhab tsheb, muaj keeb kwm caricature txij thaum yug los rau nws qhov kev lees paub hauv kev sib tw tsav tsheb, qhov chaw nws ua rau lub neej dub rau Ferrari tsheb.
Tab sis tom qab tag nrho, yam twg ntawm GT40 peb tab tom ntsib?
Qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm qhov hloov pauv tau raug muab pov tseg, raws li peb tab tom tham txog Ford GT40 nrog chassis nº1067 thiab txawm tias pom meej tias tsis muaj qhov sib tw pedigree, chav tsev no yog ib qho tsis tshua muaj. Raws li Lub Ntiaj Teb Kev Sau Npe ntawm Cobra & GT40s, qhov no yog ib qho ntawm peb Ford GT40 MkI 66's, nrog lub vaj huam sib luag tom qab ntawm '67 MkII version thiab ntawm cov tib 3 units yog tib tus neeg muaj sia nyob.
Qhov no Ford GT40 yog ib lub xeem units uas tsim nyob rau hauv lub xyoo 1966 thiab zaum kawg siv Ford serial tooj, tag nrho cov tom ntej qauv yuav siv JW. Automotive Engineering serial tooj.
Nws paub tias Ford GT40 no tau koom nrog kev sib tw kom txog rau thaum xyoo 1977, tab sis nws muaj teeb meem kev siv tshuab. Kev hloov kho rau tus thawj Ford mechanics, nrog luv luv 289ci blocks (piv txwv li 4.7l los ntawm Windsor tsev neeg) uas tau txais Gurney-Weslake-npaj lub tog raj kheej taub hau, uas tau nce lub block hloov mus rau 302ci (piv txwv li 4 .9l) thiab tom qab ntawd hloov los ntawm cov 7l 427FE, nrog pov thawj kev ntseeg tau hauv NASCAR txij li xyoo 1963, yog qee qhov keeb kwm tam sim no.
John Shaughnessy tau dhau los ntawm txoj kev sib tw ntev, ntau dua ib xyoos kom txog thaum nws tau txais nws tus tshiab Ford GT40 CSX1067 rov qab. Tus tswv yav dhau los yog tus neeg tua hluav taws so haujlwm, uas tau muaj lub tsheb txij li xyoo 1975 thiab npaj yuav rov qab los, tab sis kev txom nyem nrog teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv tau ua tiav rau txoj haujlwm.
Thaum nug ntau npaum li cas cov nyiaj tau them rau xws li ib tug loj nugget ntawm kub, lus pom nyob rau hauv lub American El Dorado, John Shaughnessy tsuas hais tias nws yog heev kim. Txhawm rau kom muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm qhov kev pom no, nws yog nyob ntawm koj kom rov qab kho Ford GT40 rau lub Hoobkas specs lossis txog rau xyoo 1960s kev sib tw specs.
Nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw (California), qhov chaw uas muaj ntau tus neeg poob siab rau kev nrhiav kub, John Shaughnessy, nrhiav tau "jackpot" qhov twg nws tseem tsim nyog los nqis peev ntau, tab sis thaum kawg ntawm hnub koob hmoov muab nqi zog rau nws nrog tus qauv iconic tag nrho ntawm keeb kwm. thiab nrog tus nqi tsim nyog nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no ntawm classics.
