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Presents a very rare Ford GT40, this car has belong to Angola-based Portuguese driver, Emilio Marta.
Marta ultimate dream was winning the Angola Championship and in his third participation he won finally the Championship. An amazing driver with an amazing car (awesome livery).
A Tribute to Emilio Marta.
The Ford GT40 is an British designed and built endurance racer that was developed with the sole purpose of taking the fight to Ferrari. The 1969 Ford GT40 Mk 1 you see here was one of the first generation of cars sold to private teams and individuals to compete in both local and international events around the world.
This car is one of the last seven race cars, which were built to match the definitive configuration of the 1968 Le Mans-winning Gulf-Wyer configuration of 1968. Constructed with a light-weight, aluminium roof and powered by a Gurney-Weslake aluminium-headed 289 engine.
This particular chassis was sold to a private buyer in Luanda, the capital and largest city of Angola, in Southern Africa. Less than a year later the GT40 had been sold to Angola-based Portuguese driver, Emilio Marta. In Marta’s capable hands the car was raced prolifically in Angola over several seasons in the heyday of the Angolan Championship – he finished 3rd in 1971, 2nd in 1972 and finally won the championship outright in 1973.
Emilio Marta then moved to Portugal and continued to race his GT40 at Vila do Conde until eventually retiring from racing and using the car for occasional street use until he sold it on 1979. The car passed on to 2 other private buyers until it was fully restored in 2004/2005 by Modena Motorsport.
It’s now being offered for sale by Maxted-Page, interestingly it’s still fitted with its original engine and transmission – this is unusual as most GT40s were hammered throughout their racing lives and are now on their 2nd, 3rd or 4th powertrain.
The car is fully prepared for F.I.A. historic racing and has been raced only sparingly in recent years at a few important events. It appeared at Le Mans Classic in 2008, 2010 and 2012. In 2013, the original engine and gearbox were last refreshed and rebuilt, since when, the car has run only at the 2013 Goodwood Revival meeting – to which it was invited to celebrated 50 years of the GT40.
Specifications
Chassis: 1968 Race specification with lightweight inner aluminium roof panel
Engine: 1968 “Weslake heads, 289 c.i.d., wet-deck,” (engine no. 67/19)
Power: 450 hp
Transmission: ZF 5-speed (No: NR1005) with 4.22.:1 final drive and ’C’ ratios.
Wheels: BRM 10” Front, 12” Rear with 8.5” spare
Fuel: Firestone anti-surge foam in fuel tanks
Brakes: Stage II ventilated brake-discs
Clutch: Borg & Beck
Weight: 1190 kg
Front tyres: 9.0/24.0-15
Rear tyres: 12.5/26.0-15
Emilio Marta in Portugal (2003)
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