Ford Motor Firm unveiled the Holman Moody Particular Version of the GT40 supercar on the 2022 New York Auto Present. This ultra-limited-edition mannequin pays tribute to the famend race preparation and tuning agency that performed a major position in Ford’s profitable Le Mans campaigns through the Sixties. Serving because the ninth Heritage Version of the Ford GT, it was completely provided to a choose group of authorised GT prospects.

The Holman Moody racing group had a essential position within the GT40’s racing successes, after the 1965 Le Mans race, they took the duty of remodeling the GT40 MkII into the race-winning model we’ve seen in 1966, along with Shelby American, Holman Moody took chassis P/1016 over a complete of 265 laps in simply 8 days as a driving laboratory, a test-mule so to talk, throughout which they redesigned the brakes, suspension, and even the tire setup…they even experimented with an computerized gearbox to see if that might enhance lap instances.

Similar to the 1966 race automobile, the Ford GT Holman Moody Version is completed in a novel mixture of gold and pink and even options the quantity 5 in a classy, Oxford White roundel on the doorways, the hood, and the rear wing, to imitate the basic racer, however the seen carbon fiber elements on the 2022 mannequin weren’t used again in 1966, neither had been large, carbon fiber 20-inch wheels, entrance splitter, aspect sills, mirrors, the engine louvers, and the gorgeous rear diffuser.

To actually make this contemporary interpretation as shut as attainable to the seems of the 1966 automobile, Ford opted for black painted Brembo® brake calipers with silver lettering, add the black lug nuts and also you’ll find yourself with a tremendous trying mixture on its extremely restricted manufacturing Ford GT for the 21t century.

On the within, the very particular choices proceed with plenty of uncovered carbon fiber being outstanding on the door sills, the console, and the dials, and we even discover an No. 5 roundel on the door panels to make it further particular whereas being seated within the Ebony Alcantara®-wrapped carbon fiber seats characteristic gold accent stitching with the well-known GT brand embossed on the headrests, the dashboard binnacle is available in a mixture of each leather-based and Alcantara® in matching Ebony hue, the headliner and window pillars are lined in pure Alcantara®.

Energy nonetheless comes from the usual twin-turbocharged, intercooled 3.5L EcoBoost V-6 producing 660 HP and 550 lb-ft of torque, paired to a 7-speed dual-clutch computerized transmission.

This instance at the moment listed on Bonhams was first registered within the UK on Might third, 2023, this Ford GT Holman Moody boasts an extremely low “supply mileage” of simply 20 miles. It’s in pristine, model new situation, providing a uncommon probability to change into a part of the unique group of Ford GT homeowners.

You’ll be able to go to the official itemizing on Bonhams to know extra about particular version Ford GT.

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