"J" Car to Mark IV: A Rough Road to Victory.

[Thorin]

The following is what Mr. Spain says about GT40 chassis (I realize that there are some original GT40 owners who do not think much of Mr. Spains' work):

"Prototype GT/101-112 = 12
Production GT40P/1000-1086 = 87
Mirage M.10001-10003 = 3
Mark III GT40 M3/1101-1107 = 7
Post-Production GT40 P/1108-1114 = 7
Alan Mann AM GT-1 and 2 = 2
Alan Mann XGT-1 to 3 = 3
'J' Chassis J-1 to 12 = 12"

Mr. Spain continues: "This total of 133 different chassis numbers does not, however, represent the actual total number of chassis built - for the following reasons:

a) In three cases new chassis were supplied by the works as replacements for wrecked originals - 1009, 1010 and 1073.

b) Two of the originally unnumbered post-production chassis were supplied new as replacements for wrecks - for 1012 and 1078. (No change to the total in these cases.)

c) Three cars were rebuilt as new chassis and renumbered - 1004 as 1084, and M.10002 and M.10003 as 1074 and 1075.

d) Two alloy chassis roadster prototypes were in fact built by Abbey Panels-not just one. One of these was numbered GT/110 while the other remained unnumbered. I have called this chassis GT/110A for identification purposes and it is covered in the history for GT/110.

The actual number of chassis built is therefore 134."

Dave Lowell