Okuyivelakancane yi-museum encane ekwazi ukuncintisana namathenda amakhulu okuthengwa kwalezi zimoto. I-Larry Miller Museum iphumelele, ngaleyo ndlela yengeza enye i-Ford GT40 eqoqweni layo.
I-Larry Miller Museum e-Utah manje ingaziqhenya ngokuba nenye iyunithi emangalisayo neyivelakancane ye-mythical Ford GT40. Konke kwenzeka ngesikhathi iMecum Auctions ithengisa iyunithi yeFord GT40 ( esesithombeni ) yango-1964 ( esesithombeni ), ne-chassis ye-P-104.
Inani lebhidi lifinyelele kumadola ayizigidi eziyisi-7. Ngenhlanhla, ngisho nokukhuphuka kwenani lentengo akuzange kuvimbe le GT40 eyivelakancane ukuthi ijoyine umndeni osuvele umkhulu wamaFord GT40 amahlanu aphethwe yiLarry Miller Museum.
UGreg Miller, indodana kaLarry H. Miller - umsunguli wemnyuziyamu onegama lomndeni - uchaza ukuthi uyise ubelokhu engumshisekeli kaShelby Cobra kanye neFord GT40. Eyazi ukuthi intshiseko yakhe engalawuleki yahlanganyelwa umphakathi jikelele, wanquma ukwakha iLarry Miller Museum, eneqoqo elihle kakhulu lezibonelo zeFord.
Umlando wale Ford GT40 P-104 ubanzi. Abashayeli abaningana bagijimisana naye, okuhlanganisa nePhil Hill engagwemeki, ongomunye walabo ababambe iqhaza ekunqobeni inqwaba yeFord neGT40 emqhudelwaneni.
Emlandweni wayo, le Ford GT40 P-104 ibambe iqhaza kwi-Daytona Continental yango-1965, ngo-24H we-Daytona futhi "yahamba" eNürburgring. Ukuthuthukiswa okwethulwe nguCarol Shelby ku-chassis ye-P-103 kanye ne-P-104 kwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukunqoba isicoco sompetha izikhathi ezine eLe Mans ngeminyaka ka-1966 kuya ku-1969.
Kodwa njengoba kushiwo, i-Larry Miller Museum inezibonelo eziningi zomlando ze-Ford GT40. Phakathi kwazo, i-P-103 eyenza umsebenzi wokubuyisela; i-GT40 Mk II, ne-P-105 chassis okuyimoto yombango we-1966 one-2 e-Le Mans; owine i-GT40 Mk IV J-4 ye-Sebring 24H ngoxhaso lwe-Gulf Oil; kanye ne-GT40 Mk III emgwaqeni, imodeli enamayunithi ayisithupha kuphela akhiqiziwe.
Ford GT40
Phakathi kokunye, enye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu zaleli qoqo lomndeni wakwaMiller iqiniso lokuthi kungenwa mahhala. Izivakashi zingacabanga ngeminye yemishini esiqophe umlando kwezezimoto ngaphandle kwezindleko.
Hlala nevidiyo yangaleso sikhathi, lapho iFord GT40 yesibili endala ekhona njengamanje, isinika ubukhazikhazi bokusebenza kwayo.