Hi Jimmy, the fact is my chassis has already got a proper GT40 title, dated 1966, with traceable history back to when it was imported into the UK nearly 20 years ago. As is normal with some GT40s however, there might be two or even three of these cars in the World, so I'll never claim mine's the original, because I think the full story cannot be traced 100% and I need no lawsuits. Other news is, I've been to Alan Mann's old engine builder this week and secured a 1965 GT40 motor. He's looking into the paperwork and should be able to tell me which GT40, where & when it blew its heads and whether my heads off 1079 will fit with either the flat or domed pistons. Other parts on my list from him are an original twin point distributor, GT40 sump, turkey pan and 289-ZF0 belhousing. He's also got what he say's are "other chassis parts" for me, but I think he means headlights and other fitments. The guy is lovely, and has been in the business a long time.
Another old favourite of ours- Frank Catt of Wealdon Engineering has just providedd an old coolant header tank via this thread. Sorry, if this should be in the build thread part of the forum, but as I'm having the car professionally reconstructed, I think it's more appropriate here. All the parts on my car will be as near period as possible as a small example- I have a new/old stock of Ford hipo plug leads date coded 1973. Those were bought a couple of months ago, now I've found a set of original orange leads dated 1966 as fitted to GT40s, so they're now in the collection awaiting fitments to practically everything else. This is amazing... my engine guy is to provide all the original period engine bolts, as he said ones were this shape, that size or this length, and either silver or black.. and all are from mid 1960s as he was a "horder". So you could say now, every part of the car is original down to every nut & bolt. That might be an extreme statement, but see where I'm coming from.. Andrew