Ford GT40 chassis number GT40 P/1005GT40 Archives
Of course they don't go into its later ownership and recovery. I was surprised in looking back at the Heasley book he doesn't mention the combining of it with the Safir chassis.
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Ford GT40 chassis number GT40 P/1005 :
GT40 P/1005 General info:
The first car was named the GT (for Grand Touring) with the 40 representing its overall height of 40 inches (1.02 m, measured at the windshield) as required by the rules. Large displacement Ford V8 engines (4.7 liter and 7 liter) were used, compared with the Ferrari V12 which displaced 3.0 liter or 4.0 liter.
After chassis GT-112 the production began and the subsequent cars, the MkI, MkIIs, MkIIIs, and MkIVs, numbered GT40P/1000 through GT40P/1145, were officially GT40s
GT40 P/1005 Race results:
06/65 : Le Mans, 6, Muller/Bucknum, DNF -
01/67 : Brands Hatch, Drury, 2nd -
03/67, Snetterton, 56, Drury, DNF -
04/67 : Monza, 35, Drury/Olivier, DNF Silverstone, 33, Drury, 6th-
05/67 : Silverstone, 46, Drury, DNF Crystal Palace, 47, Drury, DNF-
06/67 : Brands Hatch, 7, Drury, 2nd Brands Hatch, Drury, 7th -
07/67 : Silverstone, 45, Drury, 6th Brands Hatch, 59, Drury/Holland, 14th -
08/67 : Croft, 32, Drury, 5th -
09/67 : Crystal Palace, 116, Drury, 6th Oulton Park, 90, Humble, DNF Phoenix Park, 50, Drury, 2nd -
10/67 : Oulton Park, Humble, 5th -
04/68 : Oulton Park, 91, Humble, DNF Silverstone, Humble -
05/68 : Zandvoort, Humble Spa, 39, Humble/Smith, DNF -
06/68 : Oulton Park, Darlington, DNS -
07/68 : Thruxton, 89, Darlington, 8th Thruxton SGT, 89, Darlington, 8th Oulton Park, Darlington, DNF Snetterton, Darlington, 3rd Silverstone, 9, Lanfranchi, DNS -
08/68 : Oulton Park, Darlington, DNS -
09/68 : Aintree, Vincent, 3rd
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