Hemmings Daily: "The only Ford GT40 Mk IV caught in a snowstorm" to appear at the 20th Greenwich Concours d'Elegance

Jim Glickenhaus's 1967 Ford GT40 Mk IV, chassis J6. Photo courtesy Greenwich Concours d'Elegance. Jim Glickenhaus is passionate about driving the cars in his collection, so much so that his Ford GT40 Mk IV, chassis J6, has racked up over 50,000 miles in street driving since his acquisition of the car in 1990. Described by the World Registry of Cobras & GT40s as "the only Mk IV to be caught in a snowstorm," the car driven by Bruce McLaren and Mark Donohue to a fourth-place finish at the 1967 24 Hours of Le Man [View in Browser | Subscribe] [Hemmings Daily] Wednesday, May 25, 2016 ["The only Ford GT40 Mk IV caught in a snowstorm" to appear at the 20th Greenwich Concours d'Elegance] ['The only Ford GT40 Mk IV caught in a snowstorm' to appear at the 20th Greenwich Concours d'Elegance] Posted by Kurt Ernst - Jim Glickenhaus's 1967 Ford GT40 Mk IV, chassis J6. Photo courtesy Greenwich Concours d'Elegance. 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