Meet a distress-wrapped Gulf Ford GT

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?

If you’re a fan of Ford GTs, 2016 has been quite an eventful year. It’s been the 50^th anniversary of the original GT40’s big win at Le Mans. In turn, that’s seen the current GT return to Le Mans and claim a convincing (if slightly controversial) class victory.

But it’s also been a year tinged with sadness, as we’ve lost Chris Amon, who partnered Bruce McLaren in that famous 1966 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The car you see here – a modified mid-noughties GT – has been created with all of this in mind. The wrap is a distressed, post-race take on Gulf livery, and has been designed by Floridian company Skepple, then applied by Stockholm-based WrapZone.

Beneath the scarred exterior there’s been a fair bit of work orchestrated by owner Chante Hovsepian, too. Work like a twin-turbo setup that takes power from 550bhp to, um, 1,350bhp. Anti-lag and launch control. And a fuel system that can take an almighty 2,500bhp.

Under its current steam, this distress-look GT will hit a claimed 267mph top speed. No word on if that’s been attempted yet.

So, internet. What do you think? A tasteful tribute to a bittersweet year for the GT legend?