1965 Daytona Contintental
Car 72 Pole Sitter/3rd Place overall. Bob Bondurant Ritchie Ginther

After Ford’s disappointing 1964 racing season running it’s Ford GT with zero wins and never finishing a race, the cars were handed over to Shelby American after the Nassau Speed Weeks in the Bahamas. They had about 8 weeks to prepare for the next race. Extensive testing led to many changes to these cars, from the suspension geometry, wheels, tires, and improved cooling to the new paint job and wider fender flares. It worked, as the two Ford GTs, Chassis 103 winning overall, and this car Taking the Pole and finishing 3rd overall. These two cars would go on to a class win at Sebring a few weeks later, then a swing thru Europe racing at Monza & Nuremburgring before being retired.

Kit is a 1/43 Resin kit by Starter of France. It is one of their early kits, so the fit is marginal, detail a bit lacking and poorly fitting photo-etch. Tires look more at home on a Pro Street Car than a mid-1960s sport car. Car is painted the correct Guardsman Blue with the Black Interior and Dark Blue seats. A mix of kit decals and ones from my spares box. The clear parts have yellowed badly. Sun bleaching could get it out nor any replacements could be found.

-Mark