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Written by Tom Harrison
Auction season is fast approaching, which means some of the world"s finest cars are about to trade hands for incomprehensibly large sums of money. Cars like this McLaren F1, this Lagonda Shooting Brake and this wonderfully ratty Aston Martin DB2. And this Ford GT40 the eighth of 12 GT prototypes built, and the first of just five Roadsters. Auctioneer RM Sotheby"s expects it to sell for between $7million and $9million when it crosses the block on Friday, 16 August in Monterey. Naturally, GT Roadster number GT/108 has an interesting story behind it. Completed in March 1965, 108 is believed to be the first car built at the Ford Advanced Vehicles (FAV) plant in Slough. After testing at Silverstone (where it was driven by legends Sir John Whitmore and Richard Attwood), 108 was promptly shipped to California, where it would be looked after by none other than Carroll Shelby.
Date written: 1 Aug 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16477
Auction season is fast approaching, which means some of the world"s finest cars are about to trade hands for incomprehensibly large sums of money. Cars like this McLaren F1, this Lagonda Shooting Brake and this wonderfully ratty Aston Martin DB2. And this Ford GT40 the eighth of 12 GT prototypes built, and the first of just five Roadsters. Auctioneer RM Sotheby"s expects it to sell for between $7million and $9million when it crosses the block on Friday, 16 August in Monterey. Naturally, GT Roadster number GT/108 has an interesting story behind it. Completed in March 1965, 108 is believed to be the first car built at the Ford Advanced Vehicles (FAV) plant in Slough. After testing at Silverstone (where it was driven by legends Sir John Whitmore and Richard Attwood), 108 was promptly shipped to California, where it would be looked after by none other than Carroll Shelby.
Date written: 1 Aug 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16477
