Ford's secret weapon | The story of Alan Mann Racing | Goodwood Masters
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- When Ford of America wanted someone to run some cars, it turned to a British racing driver. He promptly turned up, beat the much bigger American Fords with his British Ford Cortinas, and went home. That is the story of how Alan Mann Racing was born, and pretty soon the team became the go-to place for Ford for help developing its racing cars. From the Cortina to the GT40 and F3L, they all went through Alan Mann racing and the driver roster is second to none, with Graham Hill, Jacky Ickx, Jackie Oliver, Jackie Stewart, Jack Sears, Jack Brabham and more all racing for the team. Now back out of a period of dormancy, Alan's son Henry is keeping the AMR light going.
In the latest part of our series of Goodwood Masters presented by Motul, looking at the people and firms behind some of the classic car industry's greatest machines, we visited the modern Alan Mann Racing to find out about its history and how Henry and his team are keeping the legacy going.
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How stunning was the Ford F3L?
First of all, thanks for this jam as a 60s Sportcars' enthusiast. It is a great shame that the P38 F-3L project wasn't properly followed and hadn't attracted the attenction of Ford Racing (Shelby or Holman & Moody's) as a nimble replacement for the Mk.IV, because it had such a great potential under it's hood. Not only it was beautiful and attacting, but was also ahead of it's times, being the first 3-liter prototype with a Cosworth engine in it's tail. This, combined to the great aerodynamics, if well developed it could have meant a serious threat to the Porsche 908s and JW's GT40, and maybe it could have ran for an overall victory at Le Mans in 1968.
Such a sad story for an underrated but great car for sure.
Even edges out the Ferrari 330 P4, that’s how stunning.
@@marxug1 Almost
There were no sore loses bk then only admiration, that carried on through to the 80's then it got serious & now days a garage of sooks & bitterness
@@marxug1 c'mon, let's be honest. A design of a car can be liked or not, and that is a personal factor. But the P4, considered one if not the best looking proto in history, is better looking that the P38 F-3L. Sure, this Cosworth-powered Ford was slick and wonderful, with a gorgeus livery too, but than what about the contemporary 908 LH or the 917 Langhecks that will came by the following year? For me and for many, he 917 long tail IS the definitive better-looking endurance car in history, no matter what. Then, I repeat: it's a personal thing.
Thank you SO much for this. Back in the 60s, Alan Mann Racing was such an important part of the scene.. So nice that the family is still active
For Alan and Ford, what an era.... Never to be repeated
A Alan Mann restomod mustang sounds like a great idea.
Couldn’t agree more, liters here to comment the same thing. Beat me to it
What a great price of automotive history. Henry seems to be a real "chip off the old block". Wishing all at Alan Man Racing every continued success for the future. Very well done. 👍
That is no lie, the Goodwood revival is some of most competitive and exciting racing there is. the cars are great and the drivers really put their all into it. no doubt it's incredible.
I always loved the Mann Racing livery colors of Red & Gold, very classy! 👌👌
Hearing a Brit romanticize about making engineering innovations on classic Mustangs gives me hope for the human race!
I mean no disrespect, Sir Clarkson...
4:12 That car is so awesome looking!
What a great story, you do it for the love of it not the money I'm in the same business.
great time capsule. I dig "historic "racing when cars were real and not a just a name and paint scheme. In my opinion Cortina's are underrated as well as the Falcon, who would have thought Grammy's car would take the checkered flag.
Bloody marvellous, an understated and warm presentation honouring a very special bloke and his circle, Alan and a host of others were so pivotal to the sport, thank goodness we still have great people like this in our midst and cudos to Henry, who is definitely a chip off the old block, and his team.
All I can say is XOO......Thanks for this. Great memories.
Fabulous cars from a golden era, and very talented people brought this together. A band of brothers who gave individualism to teams, these people knew their cars, and captured the spirit of racing.Great footage, fabulous.
The J model of the GT 40 if I remember killed The Man who given up victory for a photo for Mr. Ford in 66....
Ken Miles (RIP)
When playing simulation games, we always choose the underdog/under-powered cars, as the skill needed to win with them builds your own skill levels. Having spent many hours racing real cars, the best you can do in a sim, is to pick the worst, and still win with them.
That was excellent, definitely worth watching
Thanks so much for this look inside the FORD Racing World across The Pond! It’s great to know that our FORD Cousins in The Old Country are just as Obsessed as we are!
The red and gold livery,
Cortina GT,
Escort Twin Cam XOO 349F,
the Prototype 3L (saw that live at Brands Hatch!)
I bought a Cortina Mk 1 GT in 1969 and resprayed it in Alan Mann colours - red and gold as I had seen them doing well on the track. Was not aware they were still operating, great stuff!
Who doesn´t know Alan Mann Racing, great Interview, thanks.
Fantastic history lesson. Super Cool race workshop. Love the old support van
Those red and gold mustangs look Magnificent! Way to keep the legacy alive, while creating your own.
I remember seeing Frank Gardner in the 1960's in various Alan Mann cars,always a favourite.
Ditto...👍
Same, and he`d chat to you in the paddock on practice days .
Remember 1968 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. I was there with Alan Mann Escort driven by Frank Gardner up against Broadspeed Escorts and Ford Falcons. Alan Mann Racing Escorts had great colour scheme.
Thanks a lot Henry for keeping the Name and the spirit alive. Hope to meet you guys at Dijon for example and have a chat about the DPK cars ;-)
Great story love this sort of thing. historic racing is brilliant, thank you for sharing GR&R!
The 3 major players for Ford (Mann, Shelby and Holman Moody) still carry on today. Despite nowhere near the level of the 60s with the Total Performance onslaught their ability to continue shows how impressive and dominant that era was. Worldwide success in every form of racing. Never done before and probably never again.
The Ford P-68 is a great looking car, but handling was a nightmare and the car never finished a race.
Lovely to see this. Such a rich racing history and it is living on. All strength to you Henry Mann. Everything i know about Alan Mann Racing was from Motor Sport magazine and now from videos like this. Thank you very much.
1:31 Is that the one-off FE-powered Econoline built by Holman-Moody?
I remember photos from the 60's Europe racing and Mann Racing was always in the lineup!
Thank you for posting , a great story i always wondered about .
Your dad was quite a guy - I am glad you are keep up the tradition and his name.
My Dad, Bill Wakelin worked for this truly iconic British company in the 60’s. He shared many fond memories not forgetting the great chitty chitty bang bang that they built 🤘GEN 22 Alan Mann a true gent
A friend/customer worked there around that time also.
Tivvy Shenton??
He finished restoring an Alan Mann escort a few years ago.
He's has a beautiful stable for all of the mustangs etc.
Absolutely Feckin Awesome
Alan Mann ordered Bob Bondurant to stay behind the English Cobra Daytona Coupe drivers in the 1965 season and let the English drivers win. Bondurant raced to win, won the championship, and the Mann team still bear a grudge.
@bwtv147 - I agree. When I first heard of Alan Mann and Shelby sent over Bondurant to race with his team, I couldn't quite believe what I was reading! Bob Bondurant couldn't believe it either. Pre arranging who on your team was going to win the race and that it was non negotiable seemed insane. That would be like having a standout star on your basket ball team, and just prior to the biggest game of the season, you tell him he is NOT to score more points than any other team mate........and hoping you might win the game! Total absurdity in my book. Bob Bondurant summed it up quite well when he was told by Mann that he was not to try and get out front of his team mates, or he can just pack his bags now and go back to Shelby! Bob's response - "Well, I don't know how you do it here in England, but in America, we ALL race to win!" Well said, Bob. The only thing Mann has done that I do very much appreciate, was to ignore Shelby's orders to chuck the five Daytona Coupes that were raced in the UK and around, into the sea, as he had no need for the cars and didn't want to have to foot the big shipping invoice back to L.A. Mann couldn't bring himself to do it so he paid to send them back to Shelby in California via top deck, where they were exposed to their share of wind driven salt water! Shelby tried to sell the original, made in L.A., to any of the staff that would be interested. He said $800 and you can have it. They all laughed at him. Granted, it had just come back from setting a whole bunch of records at Bonneville and looked pretty beat up. Covered with salt, a headlight busted off, etc. But, ..............................it was still a piece of history begging to be rescued, which it finally was. Very thankfully, it was!
Goodwood’s productions are always so interesting. 👏🏻
Instead of a "like" button for this video, I need a "love" button.
I remember very well the Touring races in the 60´s with the Lotus Cortinas´s of Alan Mann Racing Team, what a races, what a cars!
My Favorite American Sportscar!! Too Bad they DIDN'T Develope it More!!
Designed by a Ford engineer, funded by Ford of Europe and built by Alan Mann. Too bad the Shelby American organization wasn't involved. They might have made it successful, just as they did with the GT40!
Great info, thanks. In America the Shelby lonestar one off was recently restored, it looks very similar to the f3l...very slippery.
Need to see and hear more about that capri!
I love these historical mini documentaries, only thing I would change is make them longer. Keep up the wonderful work!
Very interesting!
Thank you for this. Did I see A Shelby 350 Hertz Mustang in video. 😍
What a STUNNING piece of design that F3L is.
It’s like you told a designer to make a mid-engine Jaguar E Type.
They did. Called it the XJ13.
"frightening to drive" ended my fathers racing career at the Nurburgring
Yes, Chris Irwin crashed it in a practice session...Was it at flugplatz? I have a model of that very car. Very beautiful car, but when aero was more about making cars slippery to have higher top speed rather than downforce & grip. Gorgeous era but not without considerable risk. At least they had that choice. It will be taken from us in future. As it already has been in fact
@@Tom_Hadler yes it was at flugplatz on the second lap of practice. not only did it end his career but i grew up without a father
That red and gold looks beautiful on the cortina's 'mustang's 'escorts ' gt 40's' and those nose up falcon sprint's. And the p68 was exceptionally beautiful. In about 1970 I owned a p68 (group six) it was mettalic green 'and my favourite car ' I took it everywhere I went in my pocket.
"A big lumbering V8". That thing is tiny compared to actual big lumbering V8s. A Roadrunner is a big lumbering V8. That thing looks like a compact car compared to one of those.
The the silver GT40 was my uncle car he built it, and In 1995 I went on the Goodwood hill climb.
The car today still only done 5 miles I do believe.
My uncle sold the car to Ron Dennis, my uncle was offered the car back but recommended Henry Mann.
Watched from Old Harbour Jamaica, very interesting.
Sad no mention of the two greatest cars built by Alan Mann Racing.
I refer of course to the personal transport of Commander Straker and his sidekick Colonel Foster!!!
Absolutely beautiful car
Why have a beautiful historic Mustang with those hideous modern gauges?
Just how beautifull is that red and gold Escort in this interview!?
Great story for the blue oval lovers.
Looks like an early 356 in the foreground @ 1.01.
So, Ford really won the Monte Carlo with a V8 falcon and not Paddy with a Mini
Well done son.
As a kid, the Alan Mann Escorts were my "poster car". In adulthood I had many MK1 & 2 RS models over the years and was a Ford mechanic, but it was the XOO Escorts that set me on my path of Escort hedonism! I was fortunate enough to visit Alan Mann Racing on an open day, just a few years ago, and got to meet one of my heros XOO 349F.
Great bloke, great business.
it is said that it was not better before but at least the cars looked better
Dose anyone in the UK see any late-models ( post 17 ) right hand drive Mustangs on the road?
In the Wild???
Quite a few in Yorkshire.
coool story from this history !
please can i have infos from the camaro by min.10:55 ?
He said they basically are a shop to work on Fords for vintage racing. Probably, it's just there to point out, what not to do! 😉
I think that David Piper had a F3L at one time?
At 6:01 what are those two rectangle boxes in front of the valve covers on that beautiful blue V8?
cool car but dear lord he is boooorrriiiinng
Ford needs reliability. So does GM and Cryco.
Brilliant!
A mini won in 64!
The Devil is always in the detail.
great vid thanks for sharing
Looks like I was just in time!
Lets make it chaps