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[hipperson]

As a previous GT40 owner 1971-1974 I thought these snaps may be of interest......



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/

[Jerry Entin]

Eppie Wietzes with Bruce McLaren hard on his heals.

[sterling49]

Michael, your car looks great in the Gulf colours, just love the alloys, so very nice! Looking in Ronnie Spain's book, I see that it was driven in the '65 Le Mans by Muller and Ronnie Bucknum most of the cars had such pedigree.Don't you wish you still had it now? Our local Ford dealer at the time had a green example, but it was fair to say you did not see many people visiting Post Offices with 5litres of Detroit Iron behind their heads! Sadly the article concludes that the car you owned was destroyed in a fire?

[Mistron]

I recon the little old lady doesn't know what the fuss is about - that wall looks to be 41 inches high!

[RTH]

What lovely atmospheric period pictures, thanks.

[David Birchall]

I recall in 1964-65 being on Guildford High Street (On me scooter of course!) when a GT40 came in the opposite direction, what grabbed my attention was the "L" plates front and rear! I thought that had to be the ultimate car to learn to drive in. I have often wondered if it was Duncan Hamilton whose store was not far away.

[RTH]

I wonder if Adrian Hamilton would have been about 17 at that time ?

[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.

[Lotus23]

I can attest that 40 years ago at VIR, a Lotus 23 chauffeured by yr hmbl svt was not much of a match for a well-driven GT40 with Dr Dick Thompson at the wheel.

I knew he was eventually gonna lap me -- I was just surprised at how easily he did so!

[cstlhn]

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

[cstlhn]

I have over three thousand GT40 photos in my collection being a GT40 buff at one point. I will try to restrain myself from going overboard here. This one is Sebring 1968 with one of the greatest endurance drivers behind the wheel



David

[mfd]

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 !

[Martin Roessler]

..can you please NOT try to restrain yourself....



cheers marty

[hipperson]

No 22........Ickx 1969 Sebring ( 1075 )
No 140........Phil Hill/Bruce McLaren 64 Nurburgring ( 102 )

cstlhn.....YHM

[cstlhn]

Daytona 1965 unless I am mistaken...again!



David

[Jerry Entin]

Great picture David!

[Hse289]

The Great Ken Miles

[hipperson]

Great photo,unmistakeable profile....................

#103.....first GT40 ever to win a race ?

[MKIVJ6]

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

[cstlhn]

Here is #103 the following year at Sebring.

[Ozz]

http://img239.images...e=fordgtip9.jpg

IIRC... Nurburgring early '70's

Ozz

[sterling49]

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

[hipperson]

The William Wonder car #103 amazingly in his ownership for 40 years until sold a couple of years ago at R&M for in excess of $2,500,000.

[cstlhn]

Sebring 1969 again!

[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

[sterling49]

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

[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

[sterling49]

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.

[Alan Cox]

Thank you for some wonderful photos, David. I look forward to more.....

[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.

[hipperson]

Me too David look forward to more...............!
Still nearly 3000 to go then ?

[cstlhn]

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

[Martin Roessler]

...Looooola....la la la la..loooola..
where and when was that?
105 looks sooo sweet....
cheers marty

[Terry Walker]

Aussie privateer John Raeburn in 1968.

[Terry Walker]

The previous pic was private tuning at Silverstone, I think. This pic is in Europe (Spa?), and John Raeburn is the guy in the middle.



Both pics taken by Dave Sullivan, who was one of Raeburn's crew.

(Edit - spelling...)

[hipperson]

This was 105 the day it arrived from the docks.........looked good and original . I reckon this was early 2005. Came from Los Angeles I believe.

[Gary C]

blimey, these are good photos.

[2F-001]

re: Terry's shots of the yellow car,

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.

[Terry Walker]

I'm inclined to think 38 is Monza too. If you compare again with post 27 you can see the shed roof in the background of both pics. The filename is just the date stamped on the colour slide by Kodak when it was processed. I had numerous loose slides to scan, and used the dates to keep them organised.

[hipperson]

It is Monza..................got that from the Holy Grail
Chassis 1001.

[Bjorn Kjer]

Just found a site , Retropix : There is a Ford GT40 , light colour, race no. 32 , british race , no other
info , who , when ,where ?

[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

[Martin Roessler]

and another one....has been posted before but fits in nicely....

attwood /whitmore 1000km 65' nuerburgring GT112



cheers marty

[cstlhn]

Here are two from Nassau Speed Weeks,





Everyone seems to like the early style cars, David

[hipperson]

FELIC/1002 was owned by a friend of mine Roger Douglas-Hughes and my goodness he had a monster crash coming to work to his law practice one morning in Saffron Walden Essex.
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.

[Andrew Kitson]

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

[Bjorn Kjer]

Aha , post41/42 thanks! That would be Silverstone International 15/5 R4 in 8 round BSCCC, and Attwood in the 32 Ford GT40 was entered by. F.English Ltd.

[sterling49]

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

[JB Miltonian]

This episode of The Avengers ("From Venus With Love") happened to be playing yesterday on afternoon TV. I made a quick check on the internet, but I was not able to find out any details about the car. Can it be identified? The episode was first telecast in January 1967.

[hipperson]

The' Avengers Ford' is ex- Essex Wire #1038.
Filmed in the winter of 1966....John Horsman arranged the loan of the car.