Ford GT40 Mk II front.

The contemporary Ford GT is a modern homage to the GT40.

The Ford GT40 was first raced in May 1964 at the Nürburgring 1000 km race where it retired with suspension failure after holding second place early in the event.

Shelby's first victory came on their maiden race with the Ford program, with Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby taking a Shelby American-entered GT40 to victory in the Daytona 2000 in February 1965.

Miles ' death occurred at the wheel of the Ford " J-car ", an iteration of the GT40 that included several unique features.

This result, added to four other round wins for the GT40, gave Ford victory in the 1968 International Championship for Makes.

A Ford GT40 Mk I competing in the 1969 Nurburgring 1000km race

The Mk I was the original Ford GT40.

Ford GT40 Mk II rear

Ford GT40 Mk I road version

1967 Ford GT40 Mk IV, which was developed from the J-car

Ford GT40 Mk IV

A " Roaring Forties " replica of a 1965 Ford GT40 in Shelby livery on display at the 2005 United States Grand Prix

As the price and the rarity of the Ford GT40 have increased, so has the demand for a continuation model as well as cheaper imitations and replicas of varying quality.

There have been several kit cars and replicas made that have been inspired by the Ford GT40, as well as a continuation ( exact and licensed replica ):

At the 1995 Detroit Auto Show, the Ford GT90 concept was shown and at the 2002 show, a new GT40 Concept was unveiled by Ford.

Safir GT40 Spares licensed the use of the GT40 trademark to Ford for the initial 2002 show car, but when Ford decided to make the production vehicle, negotiations between the two failed, and as a result the new Ford GT does not wear the badge GT40.

It is well to bear in mind that gasoline will cost from $.80 to $.90 for the equivalent of a United States gallon and while you might prefer a familiar Ford, Chevrolet or even a Cadillac, which are available in some countries, it is probably wiser to choose the smaller European makes which average thirty, thirty-five and even forty miles to the gallon.

A big-league municipal stadium at Flushing Meadow Park is in the works, and once the lease is signed the local club will be formally recognized by Commissioner Ford C. Frick.

Merritt D. Hill, Ford Motor Co. vice president, says his company is starting to get calls daily from dealers demanding immediate delivery or wanting earlier shipping dates on orders for corn pickers.

Baseball commissioner Ford Frick has ruled that Ruth's record will remain official unless it is broken in 154 games.

The poem is quoted by Sue Bridehead in Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel, Jude the Obscure and also by Edward Ashburnham in Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier.

* 1964 – Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.

* 1882 – American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.

Jefferson's earnings reputedly enabled him to buy a car and employ chauffeurs ( although there is debate over the reliability of this as well ); he was given a Ford car " worth over $ 700 " by Mayo Williams, Paramount's connection with the black community.

He is known for his roles as Westley in the cult classic The Princess Bride, Arthur Holmwood in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and for his role as Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw.

Flockhart is the wife of actor Harrison Ford.

" That same year, then-U. S. President Gerald Ford acknowledged the stature of the comic strip, telling the Radio and Television Correspondents ’ Association at their annual dinner, " There are only three major vehicles to keep us informed as to what is going on in Washington: the electronic media, the print media, and Doonesbury, not necessarily in that order.

Father Mathew Bridge is understood to be near the ancient " Ford of the Hurdles " ( Baile Átha Cliath ), the original crossing point on the River Liffey.

Another example is Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux, which, like the original film, polarized the audience, with some fans considering the original version to be the definitive cut.

Coppola is also the owner of Francis Ford Coppola Presents, a lifestyle brand under which he markets goods from companies he owns or controls.

The J D Wetherspoon pub in Oxford Road, Manchester is named after Ford Madox Brown.

It states on the Wetherspoons website that " This J D Wetherspoon pub is named after the much-travelled artist Ford Madox Brown, a one-time resident of Victoria Park, a suburb south of the pub.

Mercury is a Ford Motor Company division, and Mercury's 427 was exactly the same engine as Ford's with different logos.

Orson Welles in an interview with Peter Bogdanovich said of Howard Hawks in comparison to John Ford " Hawks is great prose ; Ford is poetry ".

The assembly line developed by Ford Motor Company between 1908 and 1915 made assembly lines famous in the following decade through the social ramifications of mass production, such as the affordability of the Ford Model T and the introduction of high wages for Ford workers.

The Grapes of Wrath is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes due to its historical context and enduring legacy .< ref > A celebrated Hollywood film version, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, was made in 1940.

He was captivated by movies from an early age, particularly the westerns of Howard Hawks and John Ford, as well as 1950s low budget horror films, such as The Thing from Another World and high budget science fiction like Forbidden Planet and began filming horror shorts on 8 mm film even before entering high school.

The staff at Variety magazine wrote, " Combining dramatic content of four Eugene O ' Neill one-act plays, John Ford pilots adventures of a tramp steamer from the West Indies to an American port, and then across the Atlantic with cargo of high explosives.

Christ Lutheran High School inhabits a building west of the Illinois Central Railroad tracks which was originally Buckley High School, then Buckley-Loda-High School until further consolidation, which moved the public high school to Paxton, in Ford County, as Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School.

The high school football team was the 2006 State Champion in Division 3 when they defeated the Haslett Vikings 27-6 at Ford Field in Detroit.

There are four high schools, John Glenn, Tinkham Center, and William D. Ford Career Tech Center in Westland, and Wayne Memorial in Wayne.

Ford City has its own elementary and high school.

Unlike the elementary school, the high school is located in Ford City's " downtown " area at 1100 Fourth Avenue, Ford City.

Since the Arun is tidal at Ford the act of parliament only allowed water to be taken from the river between 2 hours after high water and one hour after low.

Major General John Sullivan's division extended northward along the Brandywine's east banks, covering the high ground north of Chadds Ford along with Major General Adam Stephen's division and Major General Lord Stirling's divisions.

Howe was slow to attack, which bought time for the Americans to position some of their men on high ground at Birmingham Meetinghouse, about a mile ( 1. 6 km ) north of Chadds Ford.

The 1970s were a high point for two-door wagons in the U. S. as GM, Ford, and AMC fielded examples in their subcompact car lines.

The new model offered a sportier, high performance, somewhat smaller and lower-priced alternative to the other personal luxury cars then on the market such as Ford Thunderbird, Buick Riviera, Lincoln Continental Mark III and Oldsmobile Toronado, The 1969 Grand Prix production ending up at over 112, 000 units, far higher than the 32, 000 1968 Grand Prix built from the full-sized Pontiac body.

The new Ford Focus RS performance car uses the same Volvo 5-cylinder engine, developed ( by Ford ) to very similar power levels, and is one of the most powerful FWD production cars ever created. Another example of a high power 5 cylinder car is the Audi RS2, with its 2. 2 turbocharged engine making 311 hp.

It had a spacious interior, large boot, competitive asking price and high equipment levels, but it had little more appeal to sway buyers away from established European brands like Ford of Europe, Vauxhall / Opel, Citroën and Peugeot.

The Ford solution was welfare capitalism, paying relatively high wages with added benefits, such as vacations and retirement, that reduced turnover and appealed primarily to family men.

Two of the three high schools in Dearborn are named after Edsel Ford: Edsel Ford High School and Fordson High School ; Fordson was the brand name of a line of tractors and was originally started as a separate company, Henry Ford & Son, later absorbed into the Ford Motor Company.