Quote Originally Posted by EJ25RUN
I always thought the Ford 260 V8 was the first Ford motor but after watching Victory By Design "Ford", i learned Shelby put a Ford Zepher OHV Inline-6 first. This deal with Ford came because of Henry Ford II's "Total Performance" program.

The Mark III Gt40 was a street car made in very small quantities.

On the other hand, after 1968, the Ford GT40 classification by the FIA was a production Sportcar because more than 25 had been built in a 12 month period. (This was later exploited by Porsche with the 917). This allowed the GT40 to race with the 289 (5 liter) instead of what the prototypes ran (3 liters limit). So in that sense, a GT40 was streetable and looked like a street car as well.

In 1969, Corvette had the ZL-1, 3 built, 1 destroyed by GM.

I think the ZR1 was 1970-1971 (Not sure about '72)
o ,ok thanks,

yea i knew in 1969 there was a camaro ZL-1 that ran low 13s,high 12s off the showroom floor,so guess the ZL-1 vette was 69.