Ford Shelby Cobra Ken Miles Ford Vs Ferrari

Despite henry ford s commitment to destroying everything enzo ferrari loved and held dear.
Ford shelby cobra ken miles ford vs ferrari. Miles is portrayed by christian bale in the 2019 film ford v ferrari released under the title le mans 66 in some parts of europe miles wife mollie and his son peter are portrayed by caitriona balfe and noah jupe respectively. Ferrari in theaters nov. The fame for ken miles after ford s victory over ferrari at le mans 1966 was short lived. But at the last second ford changed out the engines and once again the gt40s failed to finish the race.
Director james mangold s new film ford v. Ken miles tested the gt40 and began to address some of the issues. If you only know the late carroll shelby for his tuner cars you re missing an amazing story of how during the. The 427 gt40x 1965 dearborn when the remaining cars arrived at shelby s workshop in los angeles in december ken miles shelby s developmental driver got to work on them.
Carroll shelby ford ford gt40 shelby cobra le mans ferrari enzo ferrari top. As it s shown in ford v. Ford v ferrari the 97 million film that chronicles the fight between carroll shelby s ford gt40 team and enzo ferrari s scuderia ferrari for dominance at the 24 hours of le mans car race in. 15 tells the story of that competition in the mid 1960s as american manufacturing titan ford took on italy s ferrari the.
The 427 gt40x 1965 the origins of the ford gt40 and the victory at le mans in 1966. The car broke into pieces and burst into flames upon impact. Ferrari miles son peter who idolizes his dad is there on august 16 1966 at the riverside raceway along with carroll shelby to work on the experimental ford j car that. In 1965 henry ford s next step led him to carroll shelby and ken miles who were already having great success with the gt350.