http://www.racingico...1040/index.html
Filipinetti GT40 restoration
Started by
ianrand
, Apr 29 2010 15:54
10 replies to this topic
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ianrand
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Posted 29 April 2010 - 15:54
GT40 fans might enjoy seeing some new information/photos about a 1966 Filipinetti GT40 team car:
http://www.racingico...1040/index.html
http://www.racingico...1040/index.html
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Doug Nye
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Posted 29 April 2010 - 18:11
Good effort. My heart sank when I first saw this restoration featured. I thought "Oh no - not another Sbarro project". Then I realised this is the real one... Well done.
DCN
DCN
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sterling49
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Posted 30 April 2010 - 13:54
Fabulous site, so many memories looking at the photographs.
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ianrand
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Posted 03 May 2010 - 22:34
Very impressive!
The compliments from DCN and fellow GT40 enthusiasts are most humbling. But the fact is, without help from historians like DCN & Ronnie Spain, or pics from sources like LAT Photographic, Schlegelmilch & other GT enthusiasts, bringing these GT40's back to authentic condition would be nearly impossible. IMHO, it's these knowledgeable individuals and great business sources who truly deserve the kudos!
If anyone is interested in seeing pics of other GT40's, just click on:
http://www.racingico...m/gt/finish.htm and scroll down to the GT of your choice.
A recent, exciting addition is GT40/P1047 MKIIB (in storage for nearly 35 years in Japan). You may remember this car - at 1967 LeMans it was gold #5 and involved in the famous crash that took out 2 other Ford GT's all at once. If anyone has any close up photos of Gold #5 @ 1967 LeMans, please drop me an email! All help will be rewarded. Anyone know J.P. Juge? He took some great photos of this car, but contact has proven difficult.
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ianrand
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 21:47
The restoration of GT40 1040 was completed this summer (2011). Some new photos have been added showing the car at its post restoration debut (with Ronnie Spain, GT40 historian/author and Phil Henny, original Filipinetti/Shelby American mechanic/author): http://www.racingico...1040/index.html
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
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Arjan de Roos
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Posted 04 October 2011 - 12:28
Le Mans Classic 2012?
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retriever
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Posted 04 October 2011 - 20:52
Lovely!
Agreed, I know this GT40 story is via another source but this is what the Nostalgia Forum excels in.
Question - do any Ford Mk IIs exist this side of the water or are all remaining chassis in the USA?
