Ford Falcon driven by Graham Hill in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally swoops into Iconic Auctioneers Sale ￡200,000 - ￡250,000

Of the 12 British Saloon Car Races in 1969, Ford Falcons won six times and four of those victories went to this car and Roy Pierpoint

Driven by Graham Hill in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally this great piece of British motorsport history is ready for its next chapter and will be a very welcome addition at motorsport events around the world. It comes to sale with Iconic Auctioneers on August 25th at the Silverstone Festival with an estimate of ￡200,000 to ￡250,000.

?Graham Hill the wheel of the Falcon in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally.

This Falcon is without doubt the single most famous of all the Alan Mann prepared Falcons that were the backbone of Ford’s Total Performance programme in 1964.The image of the car above was taken in 2022 at the Goodwood Revival, celebrating the life of Graham Hill and the cars that he drove. The E-type alongside is the sister car to the Tommy Sopwith E-Type that Iconic Auctioneers also have in this same sale on August 25th.

This particular Ford Falcon is part of the unique batch of 14 Ford Falcon Futura Sprints prepared for racing by Alan Mann, assigned to him by John Holman of Holman and Moody USA at the end of 1963. The association allowed him to firmly establish Alan Mann Racing which dominated the British saloon car racing scene until the end of the decade.

?Originally built by AMR for Graham Hill to drive in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally where he famously slid wide on the Col de Turini damaging the Falcon’s left hand wing and losing ten minutes. The ex-Monte Falcons were so successful that all the best drivers queued up to drive them including Frank Gardiner and they dominated the saloon car racing in the Sixties.

It's really then that this Falcon begins its illustrious and famous career in British saloon car racing when returning to the Alan Mann workshops to be prepared for the British Saloon Car Championship in GROUP 5 specification for Roy Pierpiont. With greater scope for technical and innovation than ever before the new Group 5 regulations for the lightweight Falcons promised to be faster than the Mustangs and Galaxies had ever been and so they proved to be.

At over 181kgs lighter and with modified suspension and rally 8” rims they were certainly formidable looking racers.?Roy Pierpiont made the Falcon a staple diet of the British saloon car scene and the history file contains numerous period photographs.

The car was then sold to Martin Birrane before Martin Thomas became the new owner shortly afterwards. For 1970 the regulations switched back to Group 2 and the Falcons in this ‘homologation form, fibreglass panelled’ configuration dissipated around the world.

?????Roy Pierpoint in the Falcon leads on the first lap at Thruxton, Easter Monday meeting 1968

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This car eventually had a full rebuild in the nineties with Cambridge Motorsports before being purchased by Ken McBride of Seattle. It was subsequently bought by our vendor and graced The Goodwood Revival in 2022 forming part of the Graham Hill tribute cavalcade. Appropriately it was prepared for the event by Alan Mann Racing nearly sixty years on from when the ex-Monte Falcons of AMR defined saloon racing in the Sixties.

More information about this great car and the other vehicles coming up in Iconic Auctioneers Sale at Silverstone Festival on August 25th?can be found on?www.iconicauctioneers.com. Friday’s Competition Car Sale is followed by an Automobilia, and the Collectors’ Car Sale on Saturday 26th?August. Viewing of all items will be available before the auction?commences.????

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ABOUT ICONIC AUCTIONEERS

Iconic Auctioneers, formerly known as Silverstone Auctions, started in 2011 and rebranded in August 2023. It is a world-class, specialist auction house for the sale of classic cars, competition cars, modern supercars and all types of collectors’ cars, as well as modern and historic motorcycles and items of automobilia.

As one of the UK's leading auction houses they hold the exclusive automotive auction rights for some of Europe's biggest motoring events such as The NEC Classic Motor Show, The Silverstone Festival, Supercar Fest, MCN Motorcycle Shows and many more.

The team are passionate about seeking out the finest cars, motorcycles and collectibles and connecting them with right buyers from around the world, which has helped them achieve a number of record-breaking auction prices on behalf of vendors.

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The company has achieved the following impressive statistics:

• Held 87+ auctions?(as of August 2023)
• Sold 5,200+ cars and motorcycles (as of May 2023)
• Total sales in excess of ￡270m (as of May 2023)

·??????Customers in over 30 countries

·??????No seller’s commission charged on vehicles entered with no reserve

More about Iconic Auctioneers can be found on their website iconicauctioneers.com, by emailing [email protected] or by calling?+44(0)1926 691 141.

Head Office and Registered Address: Iconic Auctioneers Ltd. The Forge, Harwoods House, Banbury Road, Ashorne, Warwickshire