How about this for a dashboard

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alan114

• Mar 22, 2009

• #1

Went to see a guys car collection a couple of years ago and came across GT40 112 its had lots of mods over the years but i dont think anyone has replicated this dashboard its also got wind down windows

 

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Simon

• Mar 22, 2009

• #2

Blimey, how many tacho's does one car need? (unless there's a couple of extra engines in there somewhere):stunned:
I suppose this is an example of function over form!

 

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Jack

• Mar 22, 2009

• #3

Do you have any photos of the wind down windows?

 

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Richard

• Mar 22, 2009

• #4

Did you get any pictures on how they did the roll down windows?

 

Randy V

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• Mar 22, 2009

• #5

Myself - I think the lump on top of the dash looks different but not bad.. I would be concerned about what it does for forward visibility though.. Being in a semi-reclined position in these cars, I think it might be a problem..

Okay - like the others - do you have more pics of the roll-down windows?

 

JimmyMac

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• Mar 22, 2009

• #6

alan114 said:

but i dont think anyone has replicated this dashboad its also got wind down windows

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Look's more like a "wind up" window to me.

 

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alan114

• Mar 22, 2009

• #7

the only pic i got is not very good i didnt take much notice of the windows at the time anyway here it is

 

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JimmyMac

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• Mar 22, 2009

• #8

Ah,
Ken Senior's collection in Surrey

 

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• Mar 22, 2009

• #9

alan114 said:

the only pic i got is not very good i didnt take much notice of the windows at the time anyway here it is

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Thanks for the additional pic Alan.
I'd gladly take a wing-window and a little quarter window to the rear for roll-ups.. Something to think about the next time I get my butt out into my shop and make my list for the U-Pull wrecking yard...

Now -

Is it just me or does something not look right with the scoop openings on that car? Almost looks like a poor kit in a way.. Maybe an optical illusion - my eyesight has "seen" better days..

 

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Jack

• Mar 22, 2009

• #10

thanks for the pic's Alan...

 

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alan114

• Mar 22, 2009

• #11

Hi Randy not sure about the side scoops but look whats been done to the front scoops

 

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Jay Cushman

• Mar 22, 2009

• #12

What chassis number is this car?

 

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Jack

• Mar 22, 2009

• #13

I think he mentioned GT40 112 in an earlier post ??

 

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Jay Cushman

• Mar 22, 2009

• #14

GT112 is a roadster

 

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Jack

• Mar 22, 2009

• #15

Hmmm...

 

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alan114

• Mar 22, 2009

• #16

Yes thats correct it started life as a roadster but when Peter Sutcliffe bought in 1966 he had a standard nose and a makeshift roof fitted, later he had it rebuilt as a standard GT40.In 1968 it was sold to Malcolm Sinclair who had it converted to a "luxury" road car. Here's a pic from 1967 with its makeshift roof

 

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JimmyMac

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• Mar 22, 2009

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alan114 said:

In 1968 it was sold to Malcolm Sinclair who had it converted to a "luxury" road car./quote]

True. - I believe quite a few books mention this.

But it is doubted that it was converted by a guy named Herr Frankenstein.

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Jay Cushman

• Mar 22, 2009

• #18

Thanks, any more pics of this car under its bodywork? I thought gt112 was the car used to copy the bodywork for the { resto } of the newly found GT111

 

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Jim Rosenthal

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• Mar 22, 2009

• #19

Well, beauty IS in the eye of the beholder, after all......dash looks a bit busy, doesn't it. Not to mention the rest of the old beast...

 

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Richard

• Mar 22, 2009

• #20

It looks like they used the same trick on the window that they did on the new Ford GT. I watched a show on the new GT and the designer talked about the problem of adding roll/wind up/down windows. The observed difference is that they inset the trailing vertical edge of the window just enough to allow some room for the window to be lowered into the door. I’m not sure I’m ready to start chopping up my doors in the off chance that that would work although it would be nice.