MK-I MK-II MK-III MK-IV GULF MIRAGE J-CAR LOLA
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02-22-08, 01:24 PM
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| | hhh Rookie 
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium GT40: '65 GT40
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Rep Power: 3  | pics of 1062 rebuild
Enclosed are a few pics from 1062 being rebuilt after the Le Mans Classic fire.
A leaking fuel cell under braking for the first Hunaudieres chicane at some 175 mph, caused the fuel to fly out of the sillon to the front brake, ignited and flashed inside.
Fortunately the extinghuiser worked.....
Only the fuel burned and some of the paint, nothing else, but we decided to do a full rebuild anyway. | 
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02-22-08, 01:27 PM
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| | hhh Rookie
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium GT40: '65 GT40
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Rep Power: 3 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
The inside of the sills was very rusty and the ribs had to be replaced. | |
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02-22-08, 02:17 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camarillo, CA
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Rep Power: 33 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
Great pictures. Please continue to pst pics of the rebuild. They're fantastic!!
Bill
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02-22-08, 05:07 PM
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| | MReid 4 Tenths
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut GT40: RCR Mk1
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Rep Power: 6 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
More, more, more! I love these kind of posts. It is great to see fine craftsmanship and care put towards restoring a classic. Thanks for posting!
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02-22-08, 10:01 PM
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| | roy snook 3 Tenths 
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Surrey England GT40: FAV Monocoque
Posts: 384
Rep Power: 10 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
I noticed that the taper at the end of the sill is missing, this needs to be part of the sill before it is fitted to the car, that is why the profile doesn't seem fit the lower wheel arch closing panel and the same will occur at the rear, interested to see how it was rectified, any more pictures?
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02-23-08, 04:48 AM
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| | hhh Rookie
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium GT40: '65 GT40
Posts: 12
Rep Power: 3 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
Roy,thanks for the tip.
I don't know hoe that's been done,I am going to check.
Some more pics of the rust we found after acid-dipping the monocoque.
You can see GT40's were never built to last this long.
It also shows the risk of not restoring an original car. | |
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04-08-08, 04:57 PM
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| | hhh Rookie
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium GT40: '65 GT40
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Rep Power: 3 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
1062 had it's first tracktest today at Donington after the almost 2 year rebuild.
We had some problems in the beginning but once that was sorted we worked on the set-up; first in the wet and then most of the track dried out.
After having played with the shocks and roll bar we got it close to where it has to be.
Maybe we need to lower the front a bit; it had good turn-in and it was easy to slide neutrally on 4 wheels.
Great to have it back and ready for racing! | |
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04-08-08, 04:58 PM
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| | hhh Rookie
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium GT40: '65 GT40
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Rep Power: 3 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
One more..... | |
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04-08-08, 06:21 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camarillo, CA
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Rep Power: 33 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
Stunning!!!
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04-08-08, 11:59 PM
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| | Mark Clapp Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kansas City, Missouri USA GT40: Mark I (South Africa)
Posts: 444
Rep Power: 11 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
HHH, is the rear body section from an early car? I ask because I thought the dual tail lights ended around chassis P1036 or so. Terrific work on the restoration.
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04-10-08, 02:12 AM
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| | hhh Rookie
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium GT40: '65 GT40
Posts: 12
Rep Power: 3 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
Mark,
These are the lights that have always been on there. We transferred them from the original rearbody which was like 50 kg's......
We hade a new thin fibreglass rearbody made to the same form as the original. | |
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04-10-08, 02:07 PM
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| | KarlB Rookie
Join Date: May 2007 Location: England GT40: tornado
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Rep Power: 2 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
Lovely pictures of original car, please add further pictures of rear engine bay.
Stunning car in a stunning colour. Thanks for sharing photos
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04-10-08, 04:02 PM
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| | hhh Rookie
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium GT40: '65 GT40
Posts: 12
Rep Power: 3 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
Some more pics; next time I will make a complete series.
Ran out of time after the track test, but at it's first race we'll get some propers pics. | |
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04-11-08, 05:38 PM
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| | Full Noise Rookie 
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Melbourne, Aus GT40: RF II 015
Posts: 47
Rep Power: 3 | Re: pics of 1062 rebuild
G’day HHH,
Thanks for posting these marvellous pictures.
Cheers,
Danny | |
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