Building and racing a 1964 Ford GT40 Le Mans replica at Spa 6 Hours with Alex Brundle

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Adrian Flux

Adrian Flux

Жыл бұрын

Join Alex Brundle as he along with a group of engineers create a replica of the 1964 Le Mans 24hours Ford GT40, before racing it at the historic Spa 6 hours race. Watch as the team overcome several obstacles to make the chassis race ready, before Alex and co-driver Harrison Newey compete at the iconic event.
Read more about Alex's story here: www.adrianflux.co.uk/motorspo...

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@SykesAJ
@SykesAJ Жыл бұрын
Alex has a terrific presentation style. Takes real skill to communicate complex subjects so clearly and with just the right level of enthusiasm. As good in front of the camera as behind the wheel.
@ceesklumper
@ceesklumper Жыл бұрын
Moves his hands waaaaay too much
@har234908234
@har234908234 Жыл бұрын
@@ceesklumper If you're looking at his hands, then the thing the rest of us are looking at isn't interesting enough for you... Too bad, I guess.
@johnkostick2041
@johnkostick2041 10 күн бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed the car, and your presentation sir.... I am what we call/consider (ourselves) an FE Ford fanatic and love the history of the engine as well as the car. My favorite is the 1967 mark 4. Thanks again👍.
@dalton-at-work
@dalton-at-work 6 ай бұрын
Alex is great for this. dispite a lifetime of access to the most prestigeous and expensive racing and vehicles, he's not jaded and remains enthusiastic about even the little things like innovative upright assemblies, lol. Makes him a truly relatable presenter
@Lucan-ve6zc
@Lucan-ve6zc 21 күн бұрын
Have always dreamed of a GT40. Mid fifties, two news hips four years ago. No idea how but, damn sure I'd still get in one and have fun.
@robtullius7540
@robtullius7540 Жыл бұрын
Your Dad is one of the great road racing drivers of all time .I have been watching your Dad for many many years. Really nice video
@ecom-santiago
@ecom-santiago 7 ай бұрын
This should be on Netflix !
@toddsavetodd736
@toddsavetodd736 Жыл бұрын
Never really understood why so many choose to build the MK1 over the MK2, when it was indeed the MK2 that won to begin with.
@hotyacht88
@hotyacht88 Жыл бұрын
Pretty simple I think......aside from a lack of historical knowledge.......largely I think because the MkI is a prettier car.
@diiaa366
@diiaa366 Жыл бұрын
@@hotyacht88 agreed mk1 over mk2 everyday
@jase6370
@jase6370 Жыл бұрын
The mk1 looks much nicer, and won more lemans and World championships than the mk2
@jamesdellaneve9005
@jamesdellaneve9005 Жыл бұрын
I am building one. RCR made a bunch for the movie. LS3 and Porsche transaxle. Can’t wait to take it to the track.
@jamesdellaneve9005
@jamesdellaneve9005 Жыл бұрын
The last two winners was a hybrid. Same car/chassis. MKII front with the big scoop and the back was a modified MKI. It didn’t have the intake scoops of the MKII but had wider flared jowls for the wider tires that were being made by then.
@scoresandflames
@scoresandflames 11 ай бұрын
Always great to see the GT40 cars out on track. I hope Jimmer will be able to provide some great racing in the Mustang :)
@FrankB1110
@FrankB1110 Жыл бұрын
Time machine through and through. What a glorious film.
@randr10
@randr10 11 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention how much of the aero development that went into it the Shelby/Brock collaboration on the Daytona Coupe was carried over to this car. It was the first body designed in a wind tunnel from my understanding and they incorporated some groundbreaking design elements that solved a lot of the problems with high speed stability at tracks like Le Mans where cars can see upwards of 200 mph with the power numbers cars started seeing in the '60s. Most of the cars would begin generating lift at some point over 130-140 mph and were nearly impossible to control at speed, including the iconic AC Cobra cars. The Shelby Daytona Coupe solved that with the boat-tail rear with the little spoiler kick up at the end of the fastback roof, along with the air ducting that forced air over the hood instead of under the car like with most cars designed before that. I think the best one could hope for up to that point would be hood and fender louvers, which were probably designed more for cooling than aero. This caused the Daytona to legitimately generate downforce at both the front and rear of the car at Le Mans type speeds while remaining relatively slippery. Every one of those design elements made it into the GT40 in some form. Obviously the major differences being attributable to the underlying chassis design (front mid-engine vs. rear mid-engine), so you see the longer hood and shorter tail on the Daytona. I'd be thrilled to own either or both but for some reason the Daytona just tickles my fancy just a bit more. It's like an American e-type jag design-wise and there's not a whole lot of cars out there that are sexier than that. The GT40 is just in your face crazy looking. It still looks wild even by today's standards.
@dalton-at-work
@dalton-at-work 6 ай бұрын
covered it pretty well at about 13:00
@itempany
@itempany 11 ай бұрын
Great insight to the ups and downs of having a GT40
@diiaa366
@diiaa366 Жыл бұрын
Living the dream! I wish I could watch this in person.
@rockets4kids
@rockets4kids Жыл бұрын
Great video, great story. Well done! It's not often I say that.
@Follett2121
@Follett2121 11 ай бұрын
Beautifully done video!
@abbeyhall4624
@abbeyhall4624 4 ай бұрын
This is one of those rare well made videos. Well done on it video production team. And well achieved with the build itself. It was very informative abut the historical development of the original cars. Sorry that you didn't get to finish the race, but at least you got the car in one piece... no accidents etc.
@kevg1915
@kevg1915 Жыл бұрын
can we get a more in depth video with pictures of the process? It'd be awesome!!! like this so Alex sees this!
@johnhyde8892
@johnhyde8892 3 ай бұрын
My uncle is Jim rose apart of Alan Mann racing. He even built his own GT40, now owned by Henry Mann.
@jamesstraub4981
@jamesstraub4981 8 ай бұрын
Nicely done guys. Amazing car.
@rozzville
@rozzville Жыл бұрын
Great video. Great story.
@sspeed30043
@sspeed30043 Жыл бұрын
I probably saw this car at the last Spa 6 hour... was the first time I visited Spa last year.
@geoffmcwiggan2814
@geoffmcwiggan2814 9 ай бұрын
You sound so much like your old man..... same voice tone. Great video mate. Ya dad should be very proud of you. All the best .👍🇦🇺🥃
@mrseaweed5587
@mrseaweed5587 2 ай бұрын
You the 88 Capri!!!! what a car.
@nils2875
@nils2875 8 ай бұрын
how does this not have more views?!
@plantfeeder6677
@plantfeeder6677 4 ай бұрын
You could have added about the brakes that all of todays modern cars use full floating rotors on their brakes. I believe it was Honda that was one of the last to use hub bolted rotors in the '80s Thank you Ford. You made brake jobs easy and inexpensive. The rotors on my Miata cost $15 NEW! Or use to before bitemenomics took over
@barryfoster6265
@barryfoster6265 Жыл бұрын
Great video, and really good job on the car….. 30th back up to 6th…… guys were MOVING!!! truly impressive driving. I always wanted to know how the replicas would hold up, they seem real popular in the classic series. I wanted to get a superformance GT40, rumor is they have and use the same tooling as the original cars. I need to go look at one in person in LA.
@BrundleBTW
@BrundleBTW 11 ай бұрын
SO this is a Gelscoe, and it is literally the same to the cm as the originals
@dalton-at-work
@dalton-at-work 6 ай бұрын
@@BrundleBTW cool! thanks for the in depth vid
@hockeymann88
@hockeymann88 Жыл бұрын
Great content! Subscribed.
@razghost2
@razghost2 Жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear you talking about how the brake discs were changed during pitstops. However it does make me wonder how they went about pushing the brake caliper pistons back for the new disc as that seems to be the most time consuming part of changing discs IMO
@Andrew-vx2ls
@Andrew-vx2ls Жыл бұрын
I believe the calipers had a special hinge allowing the discs to be swapped. This presumably also helped pad changes. I was also waiting to hear this little gem of information. Perhaps Mr Brundle will cover some more nerdy subjects of this type as he has a good, enthusiastic delivery?
@BrundleBTW
@BrundleBTW 11 ай бұрын
@@Andrew-vx2ls Might do another video just on this
@paulconetta8792
@paulconetta8792 11 ай бұрын
How about some pictures of the suspension failure?
@jimjones-pz1tt
@jimjones-pz1tt 7 күн бұрын
Ford didn't engineer the quick change brakes on the GT40. It was Phil Remington at Shelby American.
@mattwilson3244
@mattwilson3244 11 ай бұрын
This ; Well Done ! Want to know what ,why ,How ? About GT40 ? Guy knows a lot !
@cesarefiderio1634
@cesarefiderio1634 9 ай бұрын
Grande marchio Ford.
@giveUup1921
@giveUup1921 6 ай бұрын
Alex sounds so similar to his dad when he shout lol
@TheUsmc0802
@TheUsmc0802 Жыл бұрын
What kit did they use? Which is the more accurate build? A RCR or superformance? I wish FFR would make one!
@BrundleBTW
@BrundleBTW 11 ай бұрын
the Superformance is more accurate of those two but this is a gelscoe.
@cameronmmj9291
@cameronmmj9291 Жыл бұрын
My absolute dream car. I'll have one in 25-30 years
@doogalmall7087
@doogalmall7087 Жыл бұрын
I thought that 30 years ago, still waiting, but it will come.
@Docdug
@Docdug Жыл бұрын
How many GT-40’s were competing?
@BrundleBTW
@BrundleBTW Жыл бұрын
Around 10
@robertlloyd7493
@robertlloyd7493 Жыл бұрын
👍
@edwarddemas5685
@edwarddemas5685 Жыл бұрын
Your concentric clutch cylinder is a clever package for the ZF. Do you offer a kit?
@Andrew-vx2ls
@Andrew-vx2ls Жыл бұрын
🤣
@danielduncan1280
@danielduncan1280 8 ай бұрын
" If oooonly iiinnn my Dreeeeaaammmsss"
@guypehaim1080
@guypehaim1080 Жыл бұрын
Was it a flaw in a casting or a weld that ended your effort? What suspension part did break? If I had the fortune to put into a car for this kind of event, I would do it. I believe that people should be permitted to see racing as it was in the apex of competition in the 1960's. My favorite car was the Ferrari 250LM. That was the last car Ferrari built that was intended for both the street and the track.
@BrundleBTW
@BrundleBTW 11 ай бұрын
It was the top ball joint pin, which was broken is it was (incorrectly, now remedied), becoming the limit of droop and suffering the full impact of the spring.
@montycrain5783
@montycrain5783 10 ай бұрын
What Size and make of tires were used,modern radials or bias Vintage?
@BrundleBTW
@BrundleBTW 10 ай бұрын
It’s an Avon vintage radial
@hotyacht88
@hotyacht88 Жыл бұрын
What is the replica that has been built up? Looks like a steel spider....is it a SPF, or a Gelscoe? Or something else?
@BrundleBTW
@BrundleBTW Жыл бұрын
It’s a gelscoe
@hotyacht88
@hotyacht88 Жыл бұрын
@@BrundleBTW Nice! Top shelf, and it looks great. It would be really interesting to see more of the build and technical side of the car . Your brief history of the car development was interesting and you have clearly inherited your Dad's comms skills as well as driving talent.
@beemweh
@beemweh 7 ай бұрын
at 7:59 rear calipers are mounted upsidedown????
@phillipalder9045
@phillipalder9045 2 ай бұрын
Does anyone know what brand replica this is?
@dalton-at-work
@dalton-at-work 6 ай бұрын
so basically the enginners for the gt40 invented floating rotors? which is how 99% of all cars are built today!
@LBNMKRS
@LBNMKRS 11 ай бұрын
Is that a Gelscoe gt40?
@johngibson3837
@johngibson3837 5 ай бұрын
I don't think you said which engine is in this car
@robklein1674
@robklein1674 9 ай бұрын
what color is that green???
@BrundleBTW
@BrundleBTW 7 ай бұрын
tanzanite blue
@davicci975
@davicci975 7 ай бұрын
is that a Superformance GT40?
@jackredman469
@jackredman469 2 ай бұрын
Better Luck Next Time
@TheXJRMAN
@TheXJRMAN 10 ай бұрын
Do Flux insure track cars? Green hell here I go...
@JeepCherokeeful
@JeepCherokeeful 2 ай бұрын
I’m no expert but two passenger racing mid engine cars and mid engine cars in general are the least comfortable configuration for occupants. Other than that this seems to be an excellent video!
@arkhsm
@arkhsm 4 ай бұрын
Throw some GT40s' into slower traffic, and things get hairy REAL QUICK !!
@jimmac1953
@jimmac1953 18 күн бұрын
Not a 1964 car.. more like a 1965 or 1966 car.
@jouhannaudjeanfrancois891
@jouhannaudjeanfrancois891 3 ай бұрын
Absolutely great, really! except one insufferable detail... YOU DON'T USE THE FONT BRUSHSCRIPT ON A GT40 (or anywhere as far as i am concerned) 🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬
@stephenwilliams4583
@stephenwilliams4583 3 ай бұрын
Disapoi ted thatyou used brundles name . And showed stuff all of your team mate, pretty narcissistic
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