The GT40 is a history in the halls of Dearborn.
Ford has produced thousands of models in its over 107 dotage in pursuit, including a digit of two doors. Many of them were pickup trucks, while others were sports cars, economy cars, off-road vehicles and at least one absolutely, de facto off-road vehicle.
Original Model A Roadster
Ford's headmost ever mass-market motorcar was the Replica A, produced from 1903-1904 in four-seat "quadracycle" and two-seat "runabout" configurations. Absolutely expensive for the day, the Mould A's two-cylinder, 8 horsepower engine could authority this 1,200 lb. van to 28 mph.
Model C Roadster
The 1904-1905 Mannequin C roadster was basically similar to Mould A apart from for its three-speed transmission (the Replica A had two) and a 10 hp chronicle of the Representation A's horizontally opposed two-cylinder engine.
Model T
By the stop of its 19-year Industry drop (1908-1927), amassed than half of the cars in the universe were Pattern Ts. This chassis was a jack of all trades, available in 15 differential configurations. Mannequin Ts came as two-door coupes, roadster pickups and roadster cars with one door, two doors or no doors at all.
Second Generation Model A
Ford brought the Pattern A nomenclature back for a moment race from 1927-1931, after it retired the Base T. Available in over 30 oppose styles, the moment Base A came in pickup, roadster, milk Motor lorry, send Motor lorry and panel Motor lorry configuration, all of which had two seats.
Ford Eifel
Articulation of Hitler's gimmick to rebuild Germany after Sphere Hostility I included inviting Non-native automakers to establish shop in the Reich. Ford's German and Hungarian plants began busily pumping outside the Mannequin C-derived Eifel in 1935, on the other hand dropped the replica when Allied bombs started falling from the sky in 1940. The Eifel was available as a two- or four-seat cabriolet (convertible), a roadster and a bright Motor lorry.
GT40
When Enzo Ferrari declined Henry's corporate overtures in 1963, Ford certain to humiliate his Italian Competitor on its own local turf: LeMans. The mid-engined GT40 went into Industry in 1964 with the considered target of crushing Ferrari's racing efforts, and aphorism massive success in 1966 when three GT40s finished first, second and third in the 1966 LeMans endurance race. Point made, Ford put the GT40 out to pasture in 1969.
Thunderbird
Billed as a "personal luxury car," Thunderbird was Ford's answer to the wildly successful Chevrolet Corvette. While the Thunderbird name carried on for almost 50 years (1955-1997 and again from 2002-2005), only the first generation (1955-1957) and its 21st century revival were available as two-seaters.
However, these shortcomings didn't keep Australian Ben Carlin from puttering one across the Atlantic in the summer of 1950.
The "40" part of the original GT40's name came from its roofline, which was exactly 40 inches from the ground. The new car was a federally regulated 44 inches tall, so Ford wisely abbreviated the name to "GT."
Ford GPA
Based on Ford's version of the Willys Jeep (called the GPW), the GPA was essentially a Jeep with a dinghy hull attached to the bottom. Henry Ford commissioned this odd duck in 1942 to aid Allied beach landings in Europe and the Pacific, but his amphibious lander was more of a hippo than a crocodile. Slow on land and even slower in the water, the Seep (Sea Jeep) was discontinued after but one year in production.
