Ford GT40 Cold Start

For more sound visit: 1966 Ford GT40 Idle; • 1966 Ford GT40 Idle

[@Matticus289]

Cars don't have enough toggle switches these days. When I start up my car, I want it to be like launching the space shuttle

[@Loulovesspeed]

The '05 and '06 Ford GT have toggle switches!

[@Matticus289]

@@Loulovesspeed They're kind of more faux toggle switches, but it's a pretty good substitute

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@Matticus289 - While they are of modern design, they still are toggle switches and function exactly like the old ones.

[@jamesgizasson]

You'll love my Dodge if I ever finish the dash... Gonna put those reproduction shuttle switch guards over everything! :3

[@BauregardSenior87]

My mini coop has switches, Every time I get in I turn off stop start, hold for 4 secs to turn of baby mode DSC, then put it in sport and the combination of these switches takes it from a vague, unsettling weird ass modern car to a slightly more tolerable, vague, weird ass modern car.

[@ghaleon128]

Should've titled the video, "How to bypass all the anti-thefts in my GT40". Good info, definitely taking notes!

[@08HR350z]

Was thinking this without taking notes as Im not going to be stealing one

[@CS-ir9mo]

Yes everything labeled nicely as most race are

[@amnottabs]

is not like we can find one of these parked in the wild anyway

[@solutionone3777]

shift pattern would drive me crazy

[@jaybomb5022]

Pretty sure this expensive racecar is kept under lock and key lol you won't be able to get to it so he doesn't mind.

[@2legitkong536]

Love the old school interior. Ironically it never gets old.

[@Joshua_N-A]

When creativity turned up to 11, of course this is the result.

[@kallo182]

Okay, to be serious this is a pure Race Car. Road Cars never had Interiour only near to that.

[@Gma7788]

Oh, it's old alright. They couldn't afford autometer gauges. It's a shame you clowns can't even choose your gauges to suit yourself. You're just helpless victims in all this. Maybe 1 day you'll wakeup.

[@torstenmuller8216]

But….. the sound…… 🥰

[@JSchaffer214]

You do realize that mass produced cars didn't look like this right? This is a race car and there are still race cars today that look similar.

[@SlowSpyder]

Your fuel pumps sound angrier than my car's engine.

[@siler7]

"What? Fuel? You want FUEL? I'LL GIVE YOU FUEL! YOU'LL WISH YOU NEVER HEARD OF FUEL, PUNK!"

[@Gma7788]

@@siler7 I'll give you an argument! I don't like you. Take THAT! POW! BOOF! SWOOSCH And another thing! CRUNCH! And I'll finish with a SLAP flurry.

[@georgem4713]

As the owner of a lawn mower...I mean a Toyota Aygo 998 cc I can guarantee that this is true. :(

[@sdc303]

Beautiful. I got to love clicky switches, analog gauges and simple incandescent indicator lights.

[@niewissen9912]

I agree with you 100 percent. It's what I grew up around and with.

[@bryanshere2587]

"Clicky switches" rule!! 😀

[@Gma7788]

@Ban this youtube you don't swear at me.

[@Gma7788]

@@niewissen9912 but you're only on a basic level as far as gauges go. You've never put any thought into instrument gauges. You're actually a gauge child. Me, on the other hand, I'm an advanced instrument gauge user. My autometer gauges change colours 3 times during a day.

[@masterkamen371]

​@@Gma7788weird flex but ok

[@landon_shonuff1181]

That starter has got to be out of out of a 6.7 power stroke! 😂 the starter sounds exactly like our trucks starter

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

About the same compression, I dare say.

[@b00ys24]

My dad has a ford f-450 super duty and it sounds the exact same as that lol

[@landon_shonuff1181]

@@b00ys24 we have a 6.7 f-350 dually and that is why I know it so well

[@adampolson6938]

It’s almost like a brand uses the same style motor for multiple applications. Crazy isn’t it.

[@nativeoutdoors1780]

@@adampolson6938 well yeah except ones a 2011 plus new diesel engine, and the GT40 was made in the 60s 🤣

[@towerofresonance4877]

I love the sound of straight pipe and sounding like a drum set

[@Gma7788]

A short straight pipe section. Not a drum set to me. I own the drum set.

[@bobsmoot8454]

Between the GT40 Mk1 and the AC/Shelby 427 S/C I never could decide which was my favorite, always thought if I was flush, say $100 million, I’d have both. Two of the all time greatest cars ever made

[@whyareyoureadingmyname5854]

@@gurnblanston3210 British body styles powered by raw American muscle

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

Kinda hard to say, when the 917k, 935k3,962,suaber c9, McLaren F1, group B rally cars, the rest of group 5, and Can Am race cars exist..........

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

@@whyareyoureadingmyname5854 I would also add British engineering.... Lola and Jw engineering designed the chassis tub...... Shelby came because they couldn't dial it right.... Once Ford was done with the program for 1968 and 69 JW engineering took over, bought all the gt40s race Cars, and renamed them the Gulf Mirage GT40........

[@Gma7788]

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo I'm better at everything than Shelby.

[@cbglassiii9362]

I'd argue the 289 FIA is sexier than the 427 S/C, but you got it right with the MK1. ❤️

[@piercemccauley7079]

Watching that gas gauge falling down just while idling is amazing lol

[@ronarmstrong835]

Love the interior and analog guages.

[@hpygolkyone]

Thank you for teaching me where the fuel pump kill switch is located. You've definitely upped my game with my next Grand Theft GT40.

[@sierrasymone7590]

What firing up the starship enterprise looks like

[@Optimaloptimus]

It’s like starting an aircraft with a checklist. That’s really cool.

[@eduardopenadomingo3326]

Congratulations, it is an awesome car with an awesome engine sound. Thanks

[@AutobahnPower]

Thank you, glad you like it !

[@larrym.6152]

Same as starting a '48 ford..tug on the choke, insure neutral, pump gas pedal, turn key to on and engage thumb button starter. Good stuff!

[@trongytrong5845]

I love the rpm in your face and speedo off to the right

[@minenotyours212]

Cold start! You should hear my 1991 vw start in the middle of January in upstate Ny. It’s even colder when your jacket bunches up and your bare ass touches the pleather seats

[@solutionone3777]

That shift pattern would drive me crazy! My whole life that has always been second gear LOL what an awesome car congratulations

[@Genius_at_Work]

That's fairly common in Racing. You don't need the 1st Gear once you're going, and this Shift Pattern keeps the 2nd and 3rd Gear in Line so you can shift faster between them. In normal Gearbox, shifting from 2nd to 3rd and 4th to 5th takes slightly longer than from 3rd to 4th. Here, it's the opposite. You have two fast and only one slow Gear Change. Top Gear actually used this for a Joke in the Berlin Cheap Car Challenge, where James May argued that his Mercedes had a "proper Racing Background" because of such a Gearbox, although it only made him crash into the Car behind him as he shifted into Reverse instead of 1st Gear. The Fact that that always was Richard Hammond shows how this was all an intentional Joke; Richard Hammond rear-ending James May was a Running Gag on that Show.

[@twinturbotony93]

Shift pattern on my F-100 is like that. Converted it from column shift to floor shift. I actually like it like that. You don't even think about it once you're used to it.

[@stepha5926]

@@Genius_at_Work Jesus Christ, shut up. 🙄

[@TheGoodChap]

@@Genius_at_Work I'm really glad you explained that, in not sure how I never knew this

[@mescko]

Known by us petrolheads as a dogleg first.

[@0512d1d]

This is cool it looks like a real cockpit all this switches and indicators makes it great and drive even more special I like to have one of these

[@napolean34]

My OCD was twitching when I spotted those crooked switch plates 😂

[@alexduke6687]

the A/c off was a flex on its own lol

[@fjs1111]

Really cool start up Bob thank you for sharing this

[@AutobahnPower]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Surms41]

I love the sound quality man! It picks up each firing of every cylynder in the low notes :)

[@AutobahnPower]

Cool thanks. Did you hear this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@TralfazConstruction]

Someone broke into and attempted to steal my little '72 Mercury Capri in 1978. The one thing that thwarted the thief or thieves was a very tiny ball bearing had fallen down inside the steering column which would not permit it to turn freely. I put together an elaborate array of toggle switches that had to be set in the correct position in order for the push button to be energized thus allowing the starter to turn the engine over. I wrote down the switch positions as I wired everything and then kept the list as a reference for several days until I memorized the proper sequence. Later I installed a manual fuel cut-off valve just under the passenger seat.

[@AutobahnPower]

Cool, the German Capris were fun.

[@TralfazConstruction]

@@AutobahnPower They really were. Unique and in a class of their own.

[@TheSchmed]

Looks like one of the “Imperator Furiosa’s” war rig, with all those toggle switches.

[@jordanperry3126]

Wow this ford gt 40 sounds amazing the car makes me think of my truck when I start him up

[@billcollins7009]

I could smell that start up. Cold start, high octane fuel, ... good memories of good times with good friends!

[@AutobahnPower]

Right on

[@wapartist]

That dog leg transmission is just one of the awesome things about that car

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks wapartist, it is a treat.

[@OrignalRecipe92]

That shift pattern…that would give me anxiety, let alone driving one of the more expensive cars ever lol.

[@colapone1895]

Dog Leg

[@Genius_at_Work]

That's fairly common in Racing. You don't need the 1st Gear once you're going, and this Shift Pattern keeps the 2nd and 3rd Gear in Line so you can shift faster between them. In normal Gearbox, shifting from 2nd to 3rd and 4th to 5th takes slightly longer than from 3rd to 4th. Here, it's the opposite. You have two fast and only one slow Gear Change. Top Gear actually used this for a Joke in the Berlin Cheap Car Challenge, where James May argued that his Mercedes had a "proper Racing Background" because of such a Gearbox, although it only made him crash into the Car behind him as he shifted into Reverse instead of 1st Gear. The Fact that that always was Richard Hammond shows how this was all an intentional Joke; Richard Hammond rear-ending James May was a Running Gag on that Show.

[@dan_6915]

What a marvelous machine!

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks Dan, here is some more. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@nickcove7355]

80 degree cold start. Laughs in Canadian.

[@giuseppipiazza6427]

Thought the same the but I was laughing in montanan.

[@lwnmwr1361]

So awesome you had to prove you were doing a cold start like anyone doubted you

[@Icutmetal]

I’m still trying to understand the draw to watching cold engines start up.

[@tylerfabish5578]

@@Icutmetal its about holding your breath and watching the old girl struggle to life. Plus the sound a cold engine makes is unique, its raw in its own way. Its kinda like cheering for the underdog. You know its an uphill battle but you wanna see them win.

[@Icutmetal]

@@tylerfabish5578 It’s the simple things, I guess.

[@echotoday]

What a car! The start up reminds me of a cessna.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Beautiful peace of history! ❤️

[@daveglover6115]

Crikey, a sticky to tell you how the gears work... amazing!

[@dynodaze5824]

Nice masking tape shift pattern. Don't forget

[@dimitris.4484]

This is the most beautifull racecar in the history of endurance racing. It has also the 1st gear down left for fast shifting between 2nd and 3rd.

[@yusufffff]

A dogleg

[@Hunkerbunker346]

I like how you're going over a check list like you're about to fly a plane.

[@yokoshemp]

Not certain about a GT40 but my Vette has side rails like that. To get in I sit on the side rail, work my legs into the car, then scootch my butt over into the seat. Getting out is legs out, scootch to rail, and stand up. Fairly effortless with practice. In love with your car! Bet it would smoke my chevy like passing a grannie in a wheelchair.

[@AutobahnPower]

You are on target, I have a modified C4 ZR1and it is raw and in your face if you want but the GT40 is that way all the time and much lighter in weight.

[@Fonsie85]

Oh my, that idle...

[@AutobahnPower]

Here is some more idle kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@marcusjahnke9287]

That light toggle switch sign plate needs to be turned five degrees anti clockwise.

[@marcz1770]

clockwise. 😋

[@abedanielspictures]

Is that what you did with yours?

[@jafetchab3023]

Wow, driving this thing would be so raw. Pure machinery, zero nonsense. Good stuff!

[@AutobahnPower]

You nailed it Jafet !

[@tylerfabish5578]

The only affordable car ive ever driven that gave me that same raw experience... and hang with me because you are gonna laugh at this... first generation miatas. They really are a no frills, no nonsense, no computer nanny car. Independent suspension, rear wheel drive with discs all around, can be had with a manual steering rack. Miata shifter notches in fast, but not too fast. Just fast enough to remind you shes an old girl who doesnt wanna be ridden too hard to fast. Ive driven many cars, many faster ones even. No car has ever replicated the raw, visceral experience of a first gen miata. For me, at least.

[@garyross7496]

Beautiful

[@AutobahnPower]

Thank you Gary, here is some more of the car. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@skippy1239]

Thats a mighty cozy shop

[@a7xphenix]

Thought this was a music playlist, not disappointed

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks, here is some more sound. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@Ghostdog4]

Dang! A GT 40 won't be my 1st purchase when I hit the lottery. I want to make sure the garage is ready and waiting so 2nd purchase!

[@emmettcunninghamjr.5207]

😊 I just love all performance Fords especially manual transmissions. Thanks!

[@u2mister17]

My '67 HO Firebird I owned for 18 years was a biitch to drive, all fight...loved it.

[@AutobahnPower]

I get it ! So rewarding .

[@-fuk57]

I really enjoyed watching this with headphones on.

[@AutobahnPower]

I need to try it with some buds. Here is some more of the car kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@Bubba1960.]

Holy cow those pedals are close together!

[@Ryancrypto121]

Love it, I used to take the fuel relay out of pug 205gti 1.9. From under dash.... chances are the dealership hasn't even got one let alone a thief.

[@bonosimic532]

magnificent specimen Sir ! legendary All American Icon of a super sportscar vintage magnificence and racing heritage legacy greatness

[@AutobahnPower]

Thank you, here is a little more. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@connerbrandl5103]

“Cold start,” 77 degrees, meanwhile up here in wisconsin, fires up our desiel 504 😂

[@Bagster321]

This is how you start a car in a Gerry Anderson production. I love it.

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks it is a good time.

[@Chillin4030]

I love how the speedometer is just an after thought thrown off to the side.

[@JV-df9em]

Wow, that pedal cluster is very tight!

[@USMC_BABE38]

I've always wanted to drive one

[@Shane-zx4ps]

Thanks for sharing, great video

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks for watching!

[@grimmako4879]

That’s just amazing too bad these cars won’t be around forever I wanna drive one just once

[@jeromehill7411]

Nice start up

[@sagenbabin8786]

Idles under a thousand rpm that’s sooooo sick

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks, here is some more. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@MrMaxxx26]

Great cold start. Love that sound. BTW, good e21 you have there ;D

[@AutobahnPower]

You have very good vision!

[@ralphharrison6622]

what an awesome car!

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks Ralph, here is some more kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@colinashby3775]

Sweet sounding

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks, here are some more sounds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@jodythepig1]

much love! The sound is American muscle!

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks, hear is some more Jody. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@user-vv1lz3qn4s]

Amazing song!

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks, here is more. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@TomBudin]

starts like my E85 1jz haha!! love it

[@rjd560]

Fantastic looking car, thanks for the videos.

[@AutobahnPower]

Glad you like them!

[@congresswallah]

A sports car with the interior switches of an old Ashok Leyland bus of 🇮🇳. That is quite fascinating.

[@AutobahnPower]

Good old Lucas, prince of darknes, haha

[@zacharylafata5142]

Not quite an anti-theft anymore now is it.

[@siler7]

Upvote for the idea. Downvote for expressing it like a child.

[@Gobbersmack]

Shut up, siler7.

[@regislemoine6299]

" Chérie ! Je suis déjà super en retard pour partir au boulot ! Je démarre la GT 40 et j'y vais !" 😂😂😂

[@lauriedooker1031]

Lived through the Carburettor era , there are very good reasons why we changed to Fuel injection.

[@jamesglenn520]

FI is for lazy people who don't want to learn how to tune an engine 🤭🤣

[@lauriedooker1031]

@@jamesglenn520 and for people who want to start a car and drive when it’s cold . Carburettor race cars can be as efficient as fi but are high maintenance .

[@zackally828]

With air pods in this is my kind of ASMR! 🔊

[@AutobahnPower]

Indeed ! This one is good too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@MeatDelivery]

Ive got those same NMD's. A man of fine taste, I see

[@AutobahnPower]

Comfy!

[@matheusmanes]

I'm a chevy guy but that idle sounds absolutely delicious

[@AutobahnPower]

Same here but this car is so unique. More sounds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@theskidgod7286]

Living my dream

[@devintariel3769]

Wonder if that extra toggle foward in the fuel pump was for either a backup pump or a higher pressure fuel pump.

[@domingodeanda233]

That was pretty damn good

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks Domingo here is some more on same car. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@detroyt232323]

No one builds 'em like we do in Detroit 😎🎸🤘

[@AutobahnPower]

Very true

[@jiivee94]

Absolut dream car, 69 would be the model year. Probably never even getting a change to see one..

[@JeffersonGomes87]

Very good 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks!

[@goodolbronco]

Incredible

[@AutobahnPower]

and exhilarating ! Thanks

[@wigglesticker]

Dirty. Nasty. All American brute force. I love it! I WANT IT!

[@user-eq7jn1qh8h]

cool sound)

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks, here is some more sound. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@littlealex938]

That gt40 is sick

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks, here is some more. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU

[@Mocking69]

Impressed by the Ford GT40=3

[@MrKnoxguy101]

The only thing I really didn’t care for here is when the video ended. C’mon Bob… just one more minute. I’m sure the video doesn’t do her sound much justice like it would if one was sitting where you are, but it does hit a nice lick when it’s cold idling. Helps you get excited. I bet she accelerates hard and quick but linear enough to give a nice initial zing to the chest before you get acclimated to the motion. Good times.

[@AutobahnPower]

You have the feeling pretty dialed in MrKnoxguy. This link has some better audio. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qYc5Z3aMxlkMU Thanks.

[@upsidedowndog1256]

I have a Kieth Kraft 5.0 HO in a 1988 LX Mustang. It is a nasty, rumbly screamer of an engine.

[@Player1damovie]

Love the sticker telling the gear

[@AutobahnPower]

Us too!

[@shakey2634]

What does the throttle pump do for you pre-start on a fuel injected engine? Is there an accelerator pump type feature? Something to richen the mixture for starting?

[@ftrfajrikun]

My man must be have a pilot license to start a beauty old car

[@AutobahnPower]

Maintenance is regular like a plane as well :-)

[@Dennisg26]

Now that we know what you're kill switches are lol

[@subraru2723]

Really cool video

[@AutobahnPower]

Thanks for the visit

[@muhammadtauseefrazzaq2429]

Wow that sound awesome makes your hair stand up.

[@Tyler-xe1es]

Love the shift pattern, like a big rig super easy.

[@numberpirate]

I relocated my clutch interlock switch to a little change cubby below the left side of the steering wheel as a theft deterrent and I thought I was cool. Look at this guy.

[@jamesgizasson]

Love this video, but for the love of God, don't advertise your theft switches! X3

[@mavericknonconformist69721]

I cannot say I like the position of the speedo.

[@brianwaskow5910]

cold blooded just like my Mustang.

[@SuperlativeCG]

I do this all the time.