R&T Ford GT at LeMans

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Ford GT at Le Mans
by MATT DeLorenzo
Photos by Allan Rosenberg
Le Mans. It is the Raison D'etre for the Ford GT. If it weren't for Henry Ford II and his fit of pique in failing to acquire Enzo Ferrari's company, there wouldn' have been a Ford GT-40, or a string of victories at this most famous of racing circuits.

So it seems fitting that the first Ford GT in Europe should visit the place that created a legend up to which this street-bred reincarnation hopes to live.

Chassis No. 42 is a red GT with white stripes. I take delievery at 6:20 a.m. in front of Le Meridien Etoile in Port Maillot, on the western fringe of the Paris city center. Two British journalists, freelancer Micheal Harvey and Car's editor, Jason Baldwin, had driven the car, along with other assorted exotica, from Calais and just finished an all-night photo shoot in the City of Lights. They muttered something about a Rendezvous-type shoot, never mind that Claude Lelouch drove a Ferrari in that one.

Nevertheless, the GT is delieved clean, dent-free and in great working order. The Brits are off to home, while I'm headed to Le Mans on the autoroute. It's the first time I've been in the car since our road test (December 2003) at Ford's Michigan Proving Grounds and it would be my first opportunity to drive the car on pubilc roads.

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