Hi Guys i thought this may be of some interest, a genuine GT40 from the Canepa Collection.
CAR SPOTLIGHT>>'66 FORD GT40 - THE REAL DEAL - Speedhunters
CAR SPOTLIGHT>>'66 FORD GT40 - THE REAL DEAL - Speedhunters
GT40 on Speedhunters
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Jim Rosenthal
Supporter
1030 or 1031, I think, I remember seeing this in their ads in SCM.
Julian
Lifetime Supporter
It's been on the Canepa website for a while, as the side decal might suggest it is P1033
More info and photos here;
1966 Ford GT40 at Canepa Design
More info and photos here;
1966 Ford GT40 at Canepa Design
I wasn't aware that original GT40s came with 302s. I was under the mistaken assumption that they were either 289s or big blocks.
Good to see this automotive author knows what he's talking about and can set the rest of us straight about the facts......
Good to see this automotive author knows what he's talking about and can set the rest of us straight about the facts......
Neal
Lifetime Supporter
This is a well know local car. Urban legend has it the fire damage was caused by and indigent son that wanted a Ferrari but got a GT40. I have a couple side by side photos of it and my car I'll dig up. Here are a couple more:
http://home.comcast.net/~lemanswinner/1033.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~lemanswinner/1033.htm
Jim Craik
Lifetime Supporter
I have seen this car several times, as Canepa is just down the road in Scotts Valley.
There was an extensive discussion about this car here fairly recently. Even Ronnie Spain chimed in.
If my memory serves me correctly, P1033 is an original "street" car and was owned by Filipenetti, but not as a racer.
I'm sure if you run a search, you can find the thread.
There was an extensive discussion about this car here fairly recently. Even Ronnie Spain chimed in.
If my memory serves me correctly, P1033 is an original "street" car and was owned by Filipenetti, but not as a racer.
I'm sure if you run a search, you can find the thread.
Jim Rosenthal
Supporter
I'd worry about any car that had been through Franco Sbarro's hands.
This car is #1033 and belongs to Tom Armstrong of Kirkland, Washington (may have migrated to socal) He bought it back in about 1989 and campaigned it in vintage events where it wore #23 most of it's life through out the 90's. Tom has been selling off his collection the last few years. He had a showroom/warehouse in Issaquah, Washington for quite a while where many of his fabulous cars were displayed and stored. He sold his Corvette Grandsport coupe #2 a couple of years ago. It was the car that Accurate Miniatures model company used to get precise measurements off of to produce there model line of 1/24 scale kits of the original Corvette Grandsports'. His cars are were 100 point cars as I remember.
