Ford GT-40 J-Car Testing, Daytona, Florida, 1966
THF128838 / Ford GT-40 J-Car Testing, Daytona, Florida, 1966
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company intended to compete at Le Mans in 1967 with the all-new J-Car, seen here during a 1966 trial at Daytona, Florida. Those plans changed in August 1966 when driver Ken Miles died in a rollover accident while testing a J-Car at Riverside, California. Ford engineers and Shelby American specialists reworked the J-Car into the safer Mark IV.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
13 December 1966
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.1896
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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