Ken Miles vs Shelby: Who Really Built the GT40? (Ford v Ferrari)

Ford v Ferrari tells a great story. But it's not the whole story. Ken Miles didn't just drive the GT40, he rescued it. When the car arrived from England, it was a mess. Miles spent eight weeks fixing everything other engineers had broken, rebuilt the suspension from memory, developed the engine testing program that made Le Mans possible, and hit 210 mph in a prototype that changed the entire direction of the program. Carroll Shelby was extraordinary too, but his real job wasn't building the car. It was protecting the man who was building it from the corporate machine that wanted him gone. In this video we break down exactly what each man actually contributed to the GT40 program, what Ford v Ferrari gets right, what it invents, and why Ken Miles' real story is more interesting and more tragic than anything Hollywood put on screen. Chapters: 00:00 - 00:50 - Ford v Ferrari 00:51 - 03:50 - Ken Miles' Racing Achievenemts 03:51 - 05:29 - Shelby Cobra 05:30 - 06:45 - GT40 Initial Testing 06:46 - 08:15 - What Shelby Actually Did 08:16 - 09:36 - The Dynamometer 09:37 - 10:36 - The Suspension 10:37 - 12:15 - The Aerodynamics 12:16 - 13:20 - The GT40X Test 13:21 - 15:00 - What The Film Gets Right About Miles and Shelby 15:01 - 16:34 - The Verdict 🔔 Subscribe for more Fact vs Film — the real history behind the movies. Sources: https://www.thehenryford.org/ https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Ken_Miles https://www.snaplap.net/driver/ken-miles/ https://automobile.fandom.com/wiki/Ken_Miles #fordvferrari #kenmiles #carrollshelby #gt40 #lemans #fordgt40 #lemans1966 #factvfilm #truestory #racinghistory #fordvferrarirealstory #gt40history #shelbyamerican #christianbale #mattdamon #motorsporthhistory #hollywoodvshistory