n James Glickenhaus' garage sits two racecars from an era long ago. They're right next to each other, quiet and unassuming. For the most part, they're clean. The garage itself yields an acoustically quiet environment; not that there's much noise going on in there anyway. Jim's garage is, for now, a permanent home for these two cars. There are other things in there, but their significance is unrivaled when parked next to these two. They are a 1966 Ferrari 330 P3/4 and a 1967 Ford Gt40 MkIV.

These two cars weren't always close friends though. In fact, they were at opposite ends of the "friend" spectrum back in the '60s, when they were raced by Ferrari and Ford, respectively. Ferrari, as they do with just about anything they touch, was dominating racing at the time. It's what they do; it's from where the road cars were born. Ford wanted a taste of that action, too. So Ford tried to buy Ferrari. After all the details were finally ironed – Ford almost owned our beloved Italian sports car company – the deal went sour at the last minute.

So The Deuce decided he would beat Ferrari if he couldn't own it. And that's exactly what he did. In 1966, Ferrari made three 330 P3s. Rear-mounted, 12-cylinder sports racing prototypes that crushed the competition. As beautiful and sexy as they were fast and competitive, the P3s were seemingly unstoppable. Then came Henry Ford's Ferrari-crushing idea: the Ford MkIV GT40. Producing more torque and horsepower than the P3s could dream of – and a roof that was just 40 inches from the ground – the MkIV was a powerhouse.

The P3s and the GT40s battled it out at Le Mans in 1967. One P3 in particular – serial number 0846 – the one sitting in Jim's garage, never completed the race due to a heinous fire. One GT40 in particular – serial number J6 0 the one sitting in Jim's garage, came in fourth place. These two rivals went head to head in what many consider the heyday of racing, and Ford came out ontop, ego intact. Ford beat Ferrari and felt vindicated after his futile attempt at owning the Italian auto manufacturer.

Back then, if you were for Ford, you weren't seen in or anywhere near the Ferrari corral. If you were for Ferrari, you didn't go anywhere near the Ford pits. But today, these two amazing racecars coexist peacefully, owned by one person: Jim Glickenhaus. Jim speaks of the 40-year-old races with passion and a glint in his eyes that denotes direct memory recollection. It's almost as if he longs for those historical days when racing was totally different from what it is now. But if you can't bring back yesterday, the least you can do is own the remnants of those memories. And what better way to keep yesterday's memory alive than to have it around tomorrow.