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HOLMAN MOODY ENGLISH FORD 68 CORTINA GT PROJECT shelby boss cobra saleen rousch

Make: Ford
Model: Other
Year: 1968
Mileage: 1
VIN: HMO 069
Drive side: Left-hand drive
Vehicle Title: Salvage
Item location: Logan, Ohio, United States
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GOOGLE HEMMINGS HOLMAN MOODY CORTINA
VERY VERY SPECIAL CAR // BUY IT and i'll deliver it for a fee----
or have it shipped / can ship WORLDWIDE from New Jersey or New York
PICK UP in 43138
REWORKED BY PRESTIGIOUS FAMOUS AMERICAN RACING SHOP
research " holman moody lemans 24 hours "
new information has surfaced from 1969 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED article
this is so cool...documentation of the very historic cars....
John Holman's son Lee will tell you the story if you call him

from Sports Illustrated>

Gathering dust at one end of the main building of Holman and Moody there is an open sports car called "The Honker" that was driven unsuccessfully by Andretti a few seasons back on the Can-Am race circuit, where Chevrolet power consistently prevails. Nearby, under the same blanket of dust, there is a once-famous yellow Ford sports coupe, the first of the rare Mark IV breed to win a major endurance race.

Across from the main building there is an aircraft hangar that Holman bought surplus and had reassembled on the plant grounds. Inside the hangar there are a number of spiffy boat hulls that serve primarily as test beds for the marine conversions Holman and Moody make out of basic Ford street engines. The hangar also contains several Ford vehicles that were deliberately bashed in impact tests, as well as a few golf carts that have been dinged up a bit. The golf carts were formerly used in the main plant until employees got to horsing around, doing wheelies in the carts, like hotshot drag-strip drivers. A large part of the hangar floor space is taken up by 70 crumpled English Ford Cortinas, damaged in a freighter accident. Holman got them for almost nothing and has already sold half of them to people who want some kind of topless buggy for use off the public roads.

source:https://www.si.com/vault/1969/07/14/610484/wizards-of-the-wild-wheels

This is one of the crushed Holman Moody Cortinas
The car needs full restoration and it is in really good condition to build for a unique, very special car.
BUYER SHOULD DISCUSS---
there is NO DIFFERENTIAL / NO WHEELS/ NO INTERIOR /
GT dash is cut from car / dash goes with car--
Both doors are gutted and nicely finished w/ aluminum inner panels---
I have 4 cyl ford stuff if buyer is interested in it in separate deal
The original drivetrain is not in it. Stick a lil' ford V8 in it or drop the body down on something fast and cool.
TAKE A LOOK HERE AT 38 SECONDS AND WHOLE VIDEO... these cortinas are bad!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYQKKlir6sY
If you are a Cortina guy there is still alot of stock CORTINA here to work with.
Founded in 1957, Holman & Moody was for years the Official Racing Contractor for Ford Motor Company. We built and prepared the famous GT Mark IIs, A/FX Mustangs, Shelby Cobras, Falcons, and Stock Cars. Holman & Moody won races in NASCAR, sports car races, drag racing, off road events, road rallys, hill climbs, and boat races all over the world.
In 1968 and 1969 Holman & Moody won the championship in NASCAR with David Pearson driving for the team.
Holman & Moody had the best drivers in the world; men like: Fred Lorenzen, Mark Donohue,Bobby Allison, Ronnie Bucknum, Parnelli Jones, Ned Jarrett, Walt Hansgen, Peter Revson, David Pearson, Nelson Stacy, Al Unser, Joe Weatherly, Cale Yarborough, Dan Gurney,A. J. Foyt, Bo Ljungfeldt, Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Junior Johnson, Dick Hutcherson,Augie Pabst, Richard Petty, Fireball Roberts, Curtis Turner, and Bobby Unser.
The race and rally cars built by Holman & Moody have won and continue to win at major tracks around the world. Daytona, Riverside, Sebring, Le Mans, Tour de France, Silverstone, Nurburgring, Goodwood, Elkhart Lake, Reims, Charlotte, Mont-Tremblant, Watkins Glen, Lime Rock and many others
Visit ourHistorypage to find out more about the history of Holman & Moody, the people who made Holman & Moody great, and the products you can buy from Holman & Moody and Holman Automotive. You will also find information about the new GT Mark II LeMans race cars being built today in the Holman & Moody Race shop.
sold with bill of sale / and no ID Platesold as project-as/is no refundno title