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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