Chris Amon was then joined by Ronnie Bucknum in GT/104 at the Nurburgring 1000km. They qualified fifth and Amon ultimately worked his way into third during the race, only to run out of fuel shortly before the first driver stop.

The Kiwi was forced to push his car all the way up the hill to the finish. He appeared twelve minutes later than expected at which point the car was handed over to number one driver pairing of Bruce McLaren and Phil Hill whose own car had retired.

Once re-fuelled, McLaren departed albeit well down the order. Despite a vague back end, McLaren and Hill soldiered on to finish eighth.

GT/104 subsequently spent time at Ford’s styling department and served as a show car until 1971 at which point it was sold to the first of several private owners. The disassembled car was finally restored during the 2010s back in England.

Notable Histort

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White & Black livery with Blue stripes

22/06/1964 WSC Le Mans 24 Hours (R. Attwood / J. Schlesser) DNF (#12)

Shelby American Inc.

29/11/1964 BSW Nassau TT Preliminary (B. McLaren) DNF (#97)
29/11/1964 BSW Nassau TT (B. McLaren) DNS (#97)

Rebuilt to 1965 spec. and re-painted Blue with White stripes

28/02/1965 WSC Daytona 2000km (B. Bondurant / R. Ginther) 3rd oa, 2nd P class (#72)
27/03/1965 WSC Sebring 12 Hours (R. Ginther / P. Hill) DNF (#10)
11/04/1965 IND Le Mans Test (K. Miles / B. Bondurant / B. McLaren) 4th oa, 3rd P5.0 class (#10)
25/04/1965 WSC Monza 1000km (C. Amon / U. Maglioli) DNF (#68)
23/05/1965 WSC Nurburgring 1000km (C. Amon / B. McLaren / P. Hill) 8th oa, 3rd P3.0+ class (#11)

1971 sold to Nub Turner, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1972 sold to John Stringer (Road Sport International), Ann Arbour, Michigan

1973 sold to Peter Patton, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1978 sold to Bill Jacobs, Chicago, Illinois

1978 sold to Greg Lonberger, Oak Park, Illinois

Sold again in 2010 and restored to original configuration

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