Ford GT40

I can hear it.

It sounds like a GT40 replica to me, because it's making an absolute

racket.

That cobra noise was the best, wasn't it? That's the best noise of the morning.

It's a lovely car, but you've got that noise.

You can't escape it, can you? Right.

If we start shouting at each other in a minute, we know this is a GT40 replica.

That sounds like a dragon, doesn't it? Like a fire-breathing dragon coming past.

Now I have my Apple Notes, um, on my phone.

But I learned it from, uh, Carroll Shelby, who, you know, Shelby Cobra, Ford, you know, GT40 and all that other, you know, winning the, the Le Mans.

And, uh, Carroll Shelby, I read a book on him, like, 20 years ago, and they asked him where most of his creativity came from, and he said he slept with a pad and paper on his nightstand, and when he woke up in the middle of the night and had an idea, he would write it down.

So when he woke up in the morning, he would remember it, and, uh, I do that all the time.

I've taken Corvettes down there a couple of times.

And a mutual friend of ours, Daryl Osipik, has taken his GT40 replica down there and run it and given people rides around the track.

And I got to ride in that thing.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So a little GT40 pushing 500 horsepower, you realize just how spooky that thing could be.

So why do people who attend the Lake Garnett Grand Prix revival tend to keep coming back?

Because it is very clear.

Starting at the top, we've got... an XJR Jag, Range Rover Classic, 328, 348, BMW i8, Merc SL, DBS Superleggera, 512 Testarossa, an M600 Noble, Huracan, AMG SLS, 458, an RA, an Exige 4C, Westfield MP412C, DB7, 355, 430, GT40, NSX, Noble M12.

I mean, that is just...

Doing all right, aren't we? Such an eclectic mix.

mean, we haven't done any fast Fords yet, and we haven't really done any Porsche either.

We've

done GT40 with Dave Pickles.

We didn't get

He's an absolute cracking bloke.

I said to him, you ran a GT40 as a daily road car.

And he went, I did, like that.

We just bonded straight away because I thought, the guy rode...

Have you

ever driven a real GT40?

No, no.

Absolutely mind-blowing experience.

Yeah.

So you can either have a Ford GT40 street car-

Oh, that's nice.

Nice

I'm going to share here.

So this is the iconic Ford GT40 racing car.

There we go.

Come on.

Yes

... like, we know about, he's had not one but two GT40s, and you and I were-

Yeah

... talking about blooming H- Honda Z600s not that long ago, 'cause you, 'cause you found me-