Ford Teases New Holman Moody-Inspired GT Heritage Edition Coming This Spring

The latest addition to the growing collection of Heritage Edition Ford GTs is almost here and this time Ford is celebrating the GT40 MkII that came in third at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The new special edition model features the gold, white, and red paint scheme and the number five that graced the car that rounded out Ford’s podium at the legendary 1966 endurance race. In a tweet, Ford Performance says that the car will be available this spring.

Ford has already celebrated the development and success of the GT40, which inspired the Ford GT, with a black and white ’66 Heritage Edition, a red and white ’67 Heritage Edition, a model that bears the blue and orange Gulf racing livery, another black and white car that paid tribute to the GT40 prototype, and one that paid tribute to the efforts of the Alan Mann Racing team.

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A legendary supercar and legendary name from our racing past meet again this spring.

Say hello to the new #FordGT @HolmanMoody Heritage Edition, a car that pays tribute to Ford's famous 1-2-3 finish at the 1966 Le Mans race. 🏁🏁🏁 pic.twitter.com/zu73J3EFFR

— Ford Performance (@FordPerformance) March 9, 2022

The latest pays tribute to the legendary Ford racing shop from North Carolina, Holman Moody. Founded in 1957 by John Holman and Ralph Moody. The team spent its early years producing stock cars for NASCAR teams that wanted to field Ford vehicles.

Naturally, when Ford decided that it wanted to take on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it turned to Holman Moody as well as Shelby American to help prepare the GT40. At the 1966 race, Ford fielded two cars with Alan Mann Racing, three with Shelby American, and the final three with Holman Moody, reports Hemmings.

The number five car would come to determine the race’s winner, in many ways, although it was largely overlooked by the film Ford v Ferrari. The Shelby American GT40 being driven by Ken Miles had a healthy lead over second place, it was Ford’s decision to allow the Holman Moody car (driven by Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson) to catch up in order to cross the finish line flying in 1-2-3 formation that wound up giving the win to the car driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon.

Ford isn’t ready to provide more details about the modern Heritage Edition GT but keep an eye out for more information about this car in the coming weeks.