Ford GT40 nostalgia photographs
#1
Posted 28 October 2006 - 20:50
This is Chassis 1014 being collected by a friend Karl Richardson form JW at Slough in the summer of 1965.Noel Edmunds had this car for ages now I believe with Bill Binnie
A famous shot of Karl coming out of the Post Office in Cressing , Braintree.
Can you see the old biddy peering from behind the Cornflakes wondering what all the fuss is about.
Richard Bond at Snetterton 1965 Chassis 1021
Eric Liddell's car Snetterton 1965 Chassis 1022
Our car 1974 Chassis 1005...with my late Mum & Dad
Our car 1005 at our home in Suffolk 1974..more pics on
www.jam.co.uk/hipperson/
#3
Posted 29 October 2006 - 08:10
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Posted 29 October 2006 - 09:15
#5
Posted 29 October 2006 - 17:49
#6
Posted 29 October 2006 - 18:07
#7
Posted 29 October 2006 - 18:12
#9
Posted 29 October 2006 - 22:24
I knew he was eventually gonna lap me -- I was just surprised at how easily he did so!
#10
Posted 30 October 2006 - 01:12
Originally posted by MKIVJ6
Great period Photos!
J6's original engine ready to go back in.
J6's spare engine on Holman and Moody starting stand which we use to keep her in shape.
Are those aluminum tunnel port cylinder heads or cast iron? I don't recall them being painted blue?
David
#12
Posted 30 October 2006 - 12:25
This one is Sebring 1968 with one of the greatest endurance drivers behind the wheel
And a wonderful pic too...but surely from 1969 ? Please let's have some more !
#13
Posted 30 October 2006 - 12:41
cheers marty
#14
Posted 30 October 2006 - 12:59
No 140........Phil Hill/Bruce McLaren 64 Nurburgring ( 102 )
cstlhn.....YHM
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Posted 30 October 2006 - 13:53
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Posted 30 October 2006 - 15:26
#18
Posted 30 October 2006 - 15:49
#103.....first GT40 ever to win a race ?
#19
Posted 30 October 2006 - 16:37
Originally posted by cstlhn
Are those aluminum tunnel port cylinder heads or cast iron? I don't recall them being painted blue?
David
Hi
Lee Holman thinks they were blue but I'll check period photo's I have. At Le Mans they used iron TP heads but I do have the first set of the Alloy TP ones they tried.
Best
#21
Posted 30 October 2006 - 20:19
#22
Posted 30 October 2006 - 21:02
Originally posted by Martin Roessler
..can you please NOT try to restrain yourself....
cheers marty
Great car and photo, but I am not too keen on the nose cone of this model, much prefer the one as seen on 22 (1075) the super sucessful JW car that won so many races. They are such dramatic looking cars, designed by guys with pencils rather than cad/cam
#23
Posted 30 October 2006 - 21:51
#24
Posted 31 October 2006 - 00:32
#25
Posted 31 October 2006 - 07:22
I always thought the old front looks a lot better.In 1964 the wheels weren't as wide and the overall impression of the car is more umm...stylish i'd say.
love the looks of the first prototype....but it's all a matter of personal taste.
can't wait for this to come out
cheers marty
#26
Posted 31 October 2006 - 15:47
Originally posted by Martin Roessler
David
I always thought the old front looks a lot better.In 1964 the wheels weren't as wide and the overall impression of the car is more umm...stylish i'd say.
love the looks of the first prototype....but it's all a matter of personal taste.
can't wait for this to come out
cheers marty
Agreed, it's personal taste, when you look from the rear and see those two drain pipes pointing out menacingly like Rocket Launchers..........you know it means business! Rather like all the young bucks locally that have a similar system on their 1 litre Corsa/Fiestas/Metros...........
Sterling
#27
Posted 31 October 2006 - 20:55
John Wyer's autobiography "That Certain sound" tells a very interesting side of the developement story and Ford politics.
David
#28
Posted 31 October 2006 - 21:20
Originally posted by cstlhn
I agree that the early cars are very pretty but as I am sure you know that they were very unstable at high speed. I think that it is a shame that none exist in this configuration, wire wheels and all!
John Wyer's autobiography "That Certain sound" tells a very interesting side of the developement story and Ford politics.
David
I know this is a GT40 thread, but cannot help noticing how lovely the 906 looks, cars were just so pretty back then, all of them, I do not think there is any that were not absolutely stunning, a big hand for Eric Broadley and crew whose Lola T70 also made such a spectacle on the track.
#29
Posted 31 October 2006 - 21:45
#30
Posted 31 October 2006 - 22:05
When I saw this car a year ago it had the later front section....but owner Tim Huxley has put it back to the early 'shark nose' spec.
#31
Posted 31 October 2006 - 22:08
Still nearly 3000 to go then ?
#32
Posted 31 October 2006 - 22:17
Originally posted by hipperson
This is 105 at Goodwood in September
When I saw this car a year ago it had the later front section....but owner Tim Huxley has put it back to the early 'shark nose' spec.
I stand corrected. The last time I saw 105 it was in a later configuration. Bravo Mr. Huxley! Jamie Mazzota has an early car an talked about restoring to the early configuration.
Die hards will recognize this as the father of the GT40.
David
#33
Posted 01 November 2006 - 08:29
where and when was that?
105 looks sooo sweet....
cheers marty
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Posted 01 November 2006 - 10:01
#37
Posted 01 November 2006 - 10:14
#38
Posted 01 November 2006 - 10:42
The pitlane shot with the Chevron in the background is certainly Silverstone.
"No.38 on the startline" doesn't look like Spa though. I'm tempted to say there is something of Monza about that one (comp. pic in post 27), given the width of the track, the hint of the banking(?) curving away between the heads of the folk in the background, the regular and closely-spaced fencing uprights beyond the barrier, the angled shelter in the background on the right...
On the other hand there is no scoreboard (I don't know when that appeared) and I'm having a bit of a brain-twister trying to reconcile the relative positions of the shadows, given that the "Car 38" seems to preparing for the start, while Post 27 pic looks like it might be practice or race warm up, (and the pic appears to be labelled May which would rule out the 1000kms at Monza, at least.
#39
Posted 01 November 2006 - 11:05
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#40
Posted 01 November 2006 - 12:12
Chassis 1001.
#41
Posted 01 November 2006 - 12:21
info , who , when ,where ?
#42
Posted 01 November 2006 - 13:08
no info on copyright
same car as this ------>
now owned by AJL racing ------->
cheers marty
#43
Posted 01 November 2006 - 13:17
attwood /whitmore 1000km 65' nuerburgring GT112
cheers marty
#44
Posted 01 November 2006 - 13:28
Everyone seems to like the early style cars, David
#45
Posted 01 November 2006 - 16:08
He had the car car rebuilt and said he would keep it till he died.
In the late 80s he sold it to Bell & Colville for £650,000. A huge sum then.
Or as he put it..'a life changing' amount...and he was very well off.
#46
Posted 01 November 2006 - 16:20
Originally posted by Martin Roessler
now owned by AJL racing
AJL have a terrific collection of cars.
Team owner is Allen Lloyd, founder of the high street chemists 'Lloyds PLC'.
http://www.ajlracing.co.uk
#47
Posted 01 November 2006 - 17:31
#48
Posted 01 November 2006 - 18:02
Originally posted by Martin Roessler
that would be P1002, 05/65 at Silverstone driven by Attwood (5th place).
no info on copyright
same car as this ------>
now owned by AJL racing ------->
cheers marty
Great photos! If I am not mistaken, this is the car that so impressed me in the Ilford Films 500 mile race at Brands, probably the 1st time I had seen one race. After this I think Ron Fry replaced his 250LM and was a regular at meetings in our county. Whitmores car looks great to, absolutely beautiful cars
#49
Posted 02 November 2006 - 18:13
#50
Posted 02 November 2006 - 22:23
Filmed in the winter of 1966....John Horsman arranged the loan of the car.