This stunning 1965 Ford GT Roadster is up for auction

Here’s a treat for you. Some lovely pictures of a 1965 Ford GT Competition Roadster, the only open-top GT to have raced at Le Mans.

This particular model – number GT/109 – was built by Ford Advanced Vehicles here in Britain as one of 12 pre-production GT40s. In 1965 it was entered into the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it was driven by French racers Maurice Trintignant and Guy Ligier. Didn’t make it to the end, though. Nowhere near. GT/109 made it just 11 laps before retiring with a failed gearbox.

After the race the GT was shipped back to Shelby American, where it was used as a development car before it was retired. Hollywood stuntman Dean Jeffries discovered it in a Ford warehouse in Detroit it 1968, and somehow convinced the Blue Oval to let him hang on to it. He would keep the car until he died in 2013.

Following Jeffries’ death, a chap called Dana Mecum purchased GT/109 and commissioned a concours-quality restoration to return the car to its original Le Mans configuration. That’s how it sits today.

So, there we have it. Three owners, one of two surviving Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadsters, the only one to race at Le Mans, and the forerunner to that car built to give ol’ Enzo a thrashing. And you can buy it. GT/109 is expected to sell for between $7.5million and $10million when it’s auctioned by Mecum later this month.

Images: Mecum Auctions