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Old 18-02-2018, 07:09 PM   #1
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Default For original GT40 fans.

From my first knowledge of the GT40 in 1966, it has taken me 50 years and retirement to actually get up close and personal with some original examples. Thought maybe others would appreciate a few photos:

My photos of GT40s I have seen:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/4YTMsFbBB09B0THy2

Anyone else feel free to add photos to this thread.
Maybe there is a specific gallery somewhere?

Enjoy!
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Default Re: For original GT40 fans.

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Wiping the drool from my keyboard.
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Bowdens use to have a real one. While we were having a tour of their museum they started the GT40 for us. Weren't allowed to stand behind it due to the flames the exhaust shot out when it first fired up, and was it loud in a very pleasant way.

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Great pics
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Thanks. After looking at your pics I couldn't help but visit the Superformance web site and watch some vids of their continuation models.
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Default Re: For original GT40 fans.

Just saw a new book release - on one of the GT Mark II's in the 1966 Le Mans:

https://www.pitstop.net.au/browse/it...d-GT40-Mark-II

It would certainly detail the major mods which make the Mark II such a different car.
Looks like maybe a sister team car to the one at the Indianapolis museum in my album in the first post.

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Just saw a new book release - on one of the GT Mark II's in the 1966 Le Mans:

https://www.pitstop.net.au/browse/it...d-GT40-Mark-II

It would certainly detail the major mods which make the Mark II such a different car.
Looks like maybe a sister team car to the one at the Indianapolis museum in my album in the first post.

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One of the clients my boss dealt with was on the GT40 owners' register.

He rang one day and asked if it was him.

He responded, "Times are tough, the toys are gone, get your ***king boss on the phone".

Raw nerve most likely.

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