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This is a link to a Dave Friedman photo at The Henry Ford: It shows the inside of an open rear clip on one of the Mk IIs at LeMans. It's kind of dark, but may be helpful. The periscopes and central scoops appeared on the Mk IIs at Sebring, but the central scoops did not have the vision...

I just returned from a trip to Spa for the Belgian Grand Prix. While in Brussels I visited Autworld, the Belgian national automobile museum, where I saw this car. As I approached it, I first thought it was a J Car because of the paint scheme, but quickly saw that it was a Mk IV. Searching for...

It was not just the Mk IVs, the MkIIs at Sebring also carried Autolite decals in 1966. Steve Sobieralski

I have a friend who is associated with the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia. I was visiting up there last week and got a tour of the museum, which is a great experience that I would highly recommend to anyone with an interest in cars, especially sports racing cars. Their annual "Best of...

I build models and sometime ago I compiled a list of the differences with the ides in mind of converting a MkII model kit to a IIB. This is what I came up with, it's fairly comprehensive but not guaranteed to be complete: Roll cages were added to the cockpit. Wider tires required wider...

Hi Paul, Thanks for responding and I understand your position. I wish you luck on the project and hope to see the completed car some day. Since the 50th anniversary of 110's Sebring victory is coming up in 2016 I wonder if that might be a target date? In the meantime if you, or anyone else on...

I am very interested in GT110 because I am currently in the process of converting a 1/12 scale Trumpeter MkII model into the '66 Sebring winner. I have been trying figure out as much as I can about the car, I own many of the published Ford GT books and have searched the internet for whatever...

You may find this page from the Racing Icons website on the restoration of 1049 both interesting and frustrating: Ford GT40 Restoration - Chassis 1049 In spite of the bulges appearing in several of the photos, and lots of detailed information about 1049's unique features, there is no...