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MK -IV J6 · 04-12-02, 04:00 PM

Many are re J5/J6. LeMans records said J6 was the winner and J5 came in fourth. The records were wrong. J5 Foyt/Gurney was the winner and J6 Donohue/McLaren came in fourth.
Ford was confused as well and painted J6 red,added a Gurney bubble,and sent it to autoshows as the winner. They then gave it to Foyt who sold it to Lindly who sold it to Lavanos who I bought it from. Lavanos and the Ford Museam inspected J5 and determined it was the winner as the tub had be crushed under the seat to give Gurney even more headroom. J5 is still in the museam but is missing it's chassis plate, original engine, and radiator. It has a "Do not start" sticker on the dash. I repainted J6 in it's proper colors and it now looks as it did at the start of the 1967 24 hours of Lemans. J6 still has it's original chassis plate.

04-12-02, 04:00 PM	#20 (permalink)
MK -IV J6 MK -IV J6 10 tenths Join Date: Mar 2002 GT40: NYC,USA Posts: 1,590 Rep Power: 24	Re: High speed lift problem Many are re J5/J6. LeMans records said J6 was the winner and J5 came in fourth. The records were wrong. J5 Foyt/Gurney was the winner and J6 Donohue/McLaren came in fourth. Ford was confused as well and painted J6 red,added a Gurney bubble,and sent it to autoshows as the winner. They then gave it to Foyt who sold it to Lindly who sold it to Lavanos who I bought it from. Lavanos and the Ford Museam inspected J5 and determined it was the winner as the tub had be crushed under the seat to give Gurney even more headroom. J5 is still in the museam but is missing it's chassis plate, original engine, and radiator. It has a "Do not start" sticker on the dash. I repainted J6 in it's proper colors and it now looks as it did at the start of the 1967 24 hours of Lemans. J6 still has it's original chassis plate.