RM Auctions announces that in few weeks, more exactly on May 21st, a 1965 Ford GT40 will be put on auction at the Villa d’Este, the model in question being one of the five unit produced, thus, expect a very big final price. Moreover, the auction house claimed that due to the uniqueness of the model, the car is very likely to be sold at a price of over $3,5 million.
![1965 Ford GT40](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/05/1965-Ford-GT40-Prototype-1.jpg)
This is quite a lot but if you are a passionate for classic cars then you have to get this into consideration. The American racing car features a OHV V8 unit which develops 444 horsepower coupled to a ZF five-speed manual and it is a fully restored vehicles who participated at few events in the past years.
![1965 Ford GT40](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/05/1965-Ford-GT40-Prototype-2.jpg)
The model in question has been driven by Sir John Whitmore at the 1965 Le Mans Trials and also by Bob Bondurant at Targa Florio in the same year.
![1965 Ford GT40](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/05/1965-Ford-GT40-Prototype-3.jpg)
Ronnie Spain which is a GT40 expert authenticated the car, thus, there is no doubt that you’ll get the original.
![1965 Ford GT40](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/05/1965-Ford-GT40-Prototype-4.jpg)