According the "history channel's" production of AUTOMBILES:
Ford sent one of his folks to negotiate the purchase of Ferrari,
including Enzo's services, and was successful in tendering an
offer....until it was discovered that Enzo would not have anything to do
with the Indianapolis 500. The deal collapsed....then Ford embarked on
his quest to overcome Ferrari.
two more cents
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>From: ingate@shiseis.com
>Reply To: ingate@shiseis.com
>Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 1997 1:45 PM
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: LBC's on TNN
>
>Greg Petrolati wrote:
> [snip]
> > This put the wind up Ford's tail and he determined to make Ferrari
> > eat his words. Ford dumped LOTS of money into race program
> > development. From this corporate support came the Cobra, Cobra
> > Daytona Coupe and Ford GT40 which eventually dominated the field
> > for several years... Of course after the "mission" was accomplished
> > Ford moved it's money to other endeavors.
> [snip]
>
>What Greg did not mention was that the GT40 Le Mans "mission" cost
>Ford a cool $14 million (in 1966 dollars! - Reference Wyss' "DeTomaso -
>The Man and the Machine"). Makes the dream of building that cool
>SCCA racer you dream of seem inexpensive.
>
> Shane Ingate in San Diego
>
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