Noticed in the March 11 Autoweek

[DaveWharran]

In the Competition Cars for sale section of the March 11 Autoweek:
GT40 MkII SN 1131 - Aluminum dry sump 427 Hi-Riser, Private Collection Since New.
also
GT40 Mk1 SN 1122, 800 miles

Contact Ashton at (858) 679-2863 CA

Don't know anything about them, just passing the ad info along
Dave

[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: DaveWharran ]

[jimbo]

From David Hodges' book,

1122, a GT40 mark V, sold to B Williams and then M Takada, probably has small-block engine, around the middle of the Safir series of cars. Bob Wood at SafirGT40 Spares would know more about this car, as well as the other one, 1131, which is listed as Mk2 body style, split doors, 8.1 liter engine, which is an aluminum-block big-block 494, with, I suspect, horsepower that words fail to describe. 600? 650? more? Who knows? This would be as fast as one of Lee Holman's cars.
These were on the Fine Car Store website, with prices that exceed even the horsepower rating of 1131, measured in kilodollars. Very fast, I've no doubt, but in terms of bang to buck ratio, nowhere near the value of the cars most of us aspire to.
Just to put this in perspective, you could buy a real one with a competition history and still have quite a lot of money left over.

[M.B]

Hello, !
Any contact info for this Bob Wood of SafirGT40 spares to share ?

Regards

[jimbo]

Here is an email address:
safirGT402fuse.net
Try that, worked well recently, nice guy, knows tons about GT40s esp Mk5s as he is one of the owners of Safir now.

[jimbo]

Well, this is what happens when you can't tell your uppers from your lowers, try:

safirGT40@fuse.net

Sorry

[Ian K]

More info and pix can be found at:
http://www.gt40club.clara.net/sales.htm

This is Ken Saunder's GT40 Enthusiast's page.
There's a real nice race prepped Mk1 for
$850K US.

BTW, for those who don't know him or haven't
met/corresponded with him, Ken is great guy
to talk to (as are the bulk of the GT40
Enthusiasts). He was the guy who first
pointed out RF and Robert Logan to me before
RF had entered the US market. Ken knows
a lot about the various companies and
what parts work and don't work.

His website is updated periodically, and
will respond to emails when he's not busy
working on his new homestead.

I advise checking his site out.

Ian

[M.B]

Thanks, Jim !
I´ll try your last !

Regards,

[josvdp]

I see Ken now is showing 1131 at USD 200000