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Old 05-11-2014, 04:05 PM
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Just a note. All real GT-40 Mark IIA's have full roll cages. They also have the helmet bubble which this car doesn't. Also, the oil tank is all wrong, they were not round and for the dry sump were made so they extended down in to the the area of the fuel tank, cutting capacity on one side of the car. The battery actually went into this area on the Mark I and Mark III street car (LHD). The Mark IIA had its battery move in side the cockpit on the passanger side up into the footwell. On another web site on this car someone asked about the wiper motor. It was from a Boeing 707, was 24 volts but run on 12 volts cutting its speed but Ford felt it would be bullet proof. Talking point back then was the price of the wiper motor, which as I remember was $1500, about $15,000 in todays dollars. Back in the 60's at LeMans, ALL systems had to work on your car at the end of the race. Also, a 4-speed was the transmission in the Mark II's, A and B and the Mark IV's.

Bill K
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