The JWA/Gulf GT40 1968/69

P/1074 and P/1075 and a third all-new car, P/1076, triumphed heavily in the next two seasons. Le Mans was postponed until September in 1968 but chassis number 1075, in the hands of Rodriguez/Bianchi won by five laps from a trailing Porsche 907. This was the first 'Mark I' GT40 to win the French classic which is an odd and remarkable fact! With points accrued from the later position of the race in the calendar, the JWA/Gulf team also clinched the 1968 championship as 1075 cruised across the finish line.

In 1969, chassis number 1075 again triumphed at Le Mans driven by Ickx/Oliver with 1076 in third place for Hobbs/Hailwood. This meant that GT40 P/1075 was the first car to win Le Mans twice. It was also the one of the closest finishes with Ickx crossing the line 100 yards in front of the second place Porsche 908.

P/1075 was retired to America and kept at Gulf's headquarters in Pittsburgh. It is reputed to have changed hands in the mid 1980s for $10 million, the highest price ever paid for a Ford at the time.

Also, chassis number M.10001, the Mirage M1 that was never modified back to Mark I specification, still exists as a narrow-bodied M1 chassis and is also believed to be in America.

This was the end of the line for the Gulf-liveried GT40. For 1970, the Gulf/JWA team switched to running the Porsche 917 as immortalised in Steve McQueen's atmospheric and rather iconic 1971 film "Le Mans". It is hoped that Great Racing Cars will feature this car and the later JWA 'Mirage' racers in the not too distant future.