For the 1966 Le Mans 24hr race, no less than 13 GT40s were entered, eight of which were 7 litre MkII's. 350,000 spectators were reported to have gone to Le Mans to see the battle between Ford and Ferrari in the most famous sports car race of the year.
The gold livery number 4 car with the green nose was one of the three-car Holman & Moody team�that recorded a 3rd place with gold livery number 5�(previously released by Scalextric as C2465).