The Reborn Legacy: How intrepid Ford engineers returned the Indy - MotorTrend Magazine
Door lights were from the Ford Ranchero, and taillamps from a Mark I Chevrolet Corvair. The wry New Zealander piloting this Le Mans icon around the central Indiana circuit has a little more history with this car, chassis number 1032. In the 1980s he was a wrench for race teams in Europe, and now, as a restorer for the IMS Museum's... That would be racing icon Mark Donohue, at the time an up-and-comer. In late 1965, he and his pal, veteran driver Walt Hansgen, attended Ford's annual motorsport banquet honoring anyone who had won a race with a Ford engine. Donohue had won amateur SCCA events that year in a Mustang Shelby GT 350. Hansgen and Donohue approached Ford racing brass, but they felt Donohue was not ready to be part of Henry the Deuce's revenge on Enzo Ferrari. At Daytona that year, Holman asked Donohue whether he had ever driven 200 mph and raced on high banking. Donohue figured an SCCA Shelby Mustang on high banking didn't count, and said "no" to both questions. The pair finished third in Holman Moody Mark II chassis 1031. Hansgen might have been Donohue's co-driver. Source: www.motortrend.com
