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15/05/2026 6:51 am
From what I have found Exoto made a total of 1966 1/10 scale Ford GT40 MK II diecast. Exoto long ago retired them so they are no more available new from Exoto.
Of the 1966 notice how it matches the year of this iconic car, Exoto made three versions of the McLaren/Amon car, one just the car as it raced Exoto product number LMC10010 priced at $12,900, one with Carrol Shelby's signature Exoto product number LMC10010CS this one in as raced as well priced at $14,900 and a third one for Danbury Mint product number LMC10010DM this one did not have the number 2 on it priced at $12,900.
Exoto only did one version of the Ken Miles/Denny Hulme number 1 car product number LMC10011 as it raced priced at $12,900.
Clearly the Ken Miles/Denny Hulme car is the most sought after and it commands the highest prices in the used market. What is unknown is how many of each were made.
I suspect the LMC10010 in race trim was likely the highest number of cars released, followed by the LMC10010DM plain numberless version, then the LMC10011 Miles/Hulme version and finally the LMC10010CS signature version.
What makes the Miles/Hulme version so sought after is 1. The controversial staged photo at the finish that cost Ken Miles/Denny Hulme the win. 2. The books and movie Ford vs Ferrari about the 1966 Le Mans race documenting the staged finish. While Ford wanted all the publicity to be on Ford and their triumph over Ferrari their staged photo backfired on them and put a mark next to that win that to this day is still talked about and how the race should have gone to Miles/Hulme. It has also been rumored Ford did not want attention diverted from Ford to Ken Miles who would have been the first driver to win the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same year known as the triple crown.
Another thing that gets left out in online forums is the McLaren/Amon car started the race on Firestone tires because both McLaren and Amon were sponsored by Firestone, Carrol Shelby was a Goodyear tire distributor but he agreed to allow McLaren and Amon to run Firestone tires on their car. Well when the 2 car came in for its first pitstop they found the Firestone tires where chunking rubber off of them and they would not have been able to finish the race using the Firestone tires. Because McLaren and Amon were contracted with Firestone they had to get Firestone to okay them switching to Goodyear tires for the rest of the race. Carrol Shelby said he had plenty of Goodyear tires and had no problem with it, but it took considerable time to get the okay from Firestone to make the switch. This caused the McLaren/Amon car to fall back in the race. Just like Miles opening lap problem with the door where he had to pit at the end of lap one to fix the door he had to run hard to get back up behind Gurney, well Amon had to run hard to make up lost ground as well. During the early AM hours the Gurney/Jerry Grant car started over heating and had to be retired around 2 AM or so. That put Ken Miles and Denny Hulme in the lead and we all know what happened next, Ford wanted their publicity photo and it cost Ken Miles and Denny Hulme the race as they had a large lead over McLaren and Amon and Miles slowed down by 10 seconds a lap to allow McLaren to catch up to him.
This topic was modified 4 weeks ago 3 times by john3976
15/05/2026 8:17 am
I didn't know Exoto made four versions of the MK II. For years, I thought there were only two. Those were the Ken Miles (Aqua blue) and Bruce McLaren (black) cars. I have the Ken Miles version in 1:10 scale.
There is also an MK IV prototype that Tony K has been trying to sell on eBay for years. Interestingly, when he first proposed the 1:10 version of the MK IV, he used a 1:18 scale model in Exoto's advertisements. And why not? The 1:18 scale models are that good!
I noticed on eBay the Ken Miles version has been selling for over $3,000. In one instance, it sold for $5,000. Last year, when I acquired a collection, I sold the Ken Miles 1:10 Exoto MK II for approximately $1,700. I believe the price increase is due to Tony K listing them on the Exoto website for $12,900. And why not? That's Amalgam price territory, and the Exoto models are every bit as good as any Amalgam piece.
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15/05/2026 9:29 am
Update on production numbers, I was out for breakfast this morning and I was searching on my phone and I found a site that quoted the LM10010CS production run at 166 cars of the 1966, now the only thing different is you get Carrol Shelby's signature the car itself is the same as LM10010. That is the only production number I can find besides the total of 1966. That would leave 1,800 left for the other two Black GT40 MK II's and the one Blue/Red GT40 MK II. Those production numbers I have not found the breakdown on.
If Exoto split them up evenly the two remaining Black GT40 MK II cars would have totaled 1200 or 600 each if Danbury Mint received an equal number, that would also leave 600 for the Blue/Red Miles Hulme GT40 MK II. This is just a guess on the breakdown of the numbers for each.
I did find a Danbury Mint brochure sold on eBay and it listed the Danbury Mint version for $598.50, what a deal, but that car is just black with the silver strips, it does not have the race number on it. The brochure also did not list how many they had available for sale so the production number for that version is unknown.
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