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Ridiculous History

CLASSIC: How A Grudge Match Launched the Ford GT40

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today the Ford GT40 is one of the world's most iconic vehicles -- but this award winning automotive beast is, it turns out, the result of a serious grudge match. Join Ben, Noel and the gang as they delve into the strange, spiteful history of the Ford GT40 in today's Classic episode.

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0:00.0

Oh man, so off air, we were talking about our, I think we're all three of us, you, Max and myself, are contemplating to one degree or another when it's going to be time to get a new car.

0:14.1

Yeah, I've been rocking the old Honda Fit, which I've had paid off for many years and I was just talking

0:19.7

about how it has a really good track record in terms of like haven't really had to do any major

0:23.8

repairs on it except for you know just some cosmetic things here and there and just

0:28.8

keeping up the oil changes and the tires and all of that but I am in a place where I've got a kid who's about to be of driving age,

0:35.2

kind of pass this bad boy on to the kid, and then be in the market for what I like to refer to as a big boy car.

0:42.0

A big boy car. A big boy car.

0:43.0

Yeah, that could mean like an SUV or something, but I think I mean I want something with a little

0:47.6

bit of pick me out, a little pickup, you know, a little get up and go, a little

0:50.9

zoom.

0:51.9

Mm-mm. Yeah. I don't know what y'all are talking about my car

0:54.6

Sylvia is gonna last forever and for anyone's saying that they're saying wait your

0:58.4

car and your cat have the same name max I like no the car is felt with a why. These are the important questions that

1:04.7

keep ridiculous historians up at night max. Yes yes and it's it's funny because

1:10.0

there are excellent podcasts like 99% invisible that trace the unknown

1:16.7

origins of different things and the world of automobiles there are also many, many fascinating origin stories, some a little more

1:26.6

wholesome than others, but even if you don't like cars, if you don't consider yourself a

1:31.8

gearhead, you're going to dig this one, ridiculous historians,

1:36.2

because the Ford GT40 is the automotive version of, what were those things we looked at earlier

1:43.8

spite buildings? Well spite store is what I was thinking about from

1:47.5

from curb and Larry started a spite coffee shop next to mocha j But yeah, we've got historical examples of

1:54.9

spite buildings where either to obscure somebody's view or buy up a piece of

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