View Single Post
  #13 (permalink)  
Old 10-05-2012, 11:48 AM
SunDude's Avatar
SunDude SunDude is offline
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ottawa, ON
Cobra Make, Engine: 2002 Superformance w/392 stroker
Posts: 1,624
Not Ranked     
Default

Tom, I received the photos you sent. Yep, it sure looks like it's the same car although it appears to have been cleaned up a bit since then (i.e., they've removed the window stickers, sponsor decals and pit stripes, etc.).

I have some other photos of the car at home. It now sports a Grand Prix Classics banner on the tail, which is probably the dealer (in La Jolla CA) who was representing it at Carmel.

The info sheet for GT40 P/1083 said the car had originally been sold directly by the factory to Team CAI and Fittipaldi Racing in Brazil; had been constructed to the same spec as P/1075 with the lightweight roof, a 302 with Gurney heads and Weber carbs, ZF transaxle and BRM wheels; had been driven by David Hobbs, Carlos Pace and Wilson Fittipaldi.
__________________
"Anyone who drives faster than you is a Maniac,
and anyone who drives slower is an Idiot." - George Carlin
Reply With Quote