Carroll Shelby with Ford Mark IV Race Car at Shelby-American Production Facility, Los Angeles, California, June 1967
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Carroll Shelby was vital to Ford Motor Company's success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His Shelby American racing team fielded the winning GT40 Mark II in 1966, and the winning Mark IV in 1967. The latter triumph was especially sweet. An American team, an American car, and American drivers Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt meant an all-American victory.
Carroll Shelby was vital to Ford Motor Company's success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His Shelby American racing team fielded the winning GT40 Mark II in 1966, and the winning Mark IV in 1967. The latter triumph was especially sweet. An American team, an American car, and American drivers Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt meant an all-American victory.
Artifact
Photographic transparency
Date Made
June 1967
Subject Date
June 1967
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.3939
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Photographic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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