Green GT40 of Peter Sutcliffe

[Howard Jones]

Will, do you think you could post a few current pictures of the car. It would be a cool full circle story of your car.

 

[Jim Rosenthal]

Was this car restored at FAV in Georgia? just curious, they do fabulous work.

 

[Jay Cushman]

1009 was restored right up here in New England at Precision Auto Restoration right after XGT2.

 

[Dave]

Fantastic pics Jay.

Is there any chance you know or could find out what the colour code of 1009 is? I would like to model my 40 after it.

Also did you get any pics of the interior?

Cheers

 

[Randy V]

Willsie - Welcome to GT40s.com

Do you have any current pictures of 1009?

Would love to see some good high quality shots of it as I am also very interested in that color.

 

[Chris Martino]

Some photo's here:

GT40 in Retromobile in paris (including P1009)

 

[Dalton Veitch]

Interesting comments/discussion also on the non-perfect restoration of the paint to look period correct.

 

[Willsie]

I will post some photos when I get back to the office in a couple of weeks time. Off to Sebring now. Regards, Roger

 

[René]

oooh, thats a nice color.

 

[Willsie]

A couple from the Goodwood Festival of Speed press day:

 

[JimmyMac]

Thanks for posting Roger.

 

I shot those !

Hi Roger - I hope you're well. The car looks terrific.

Tim

Fluid Images - Tim Scott London based photographer - classic sports and racing car photographer - canvas prints specialist

 

[Dave]

Hoping someone knows the colour the code of this car. It looks fantastic. Would it be a jag green or british racing green? anyone care to take a guess?

 

[Erich]

Wow - beautiful shots of a beautiful car.

 

[Erich]

I shot those !

Hi Roger - I hope you're well. The car looks terrific.

Tim

Fluid Images - Tim Scott London based photographer - classic sports and racing car photographer - canvas prints specialist

Thank you - beautiful photography!

 

[Willsie]

I shot those !

Hi Roger - I hope you're well. The car looks terrific.

Tim

Fluid Images - Tim Scott London based photographer - classic sports and racing car photographer - canvas prints specialist

Yes, fantastic photos Tim. Thanks!

 

[Jos]

It seems strange to be reading a January 2012 magazine in November 2011 but there's a nice re-unite story of 1009 with Peter Sutcliffe in Jan 2012 Motorsport

 

[René]

Sold by Ford Advanced Vehicles in late 1965 to Peter Sutcliffe, GT40P/1009 immediately headed to South Africa for the popular end of season sports car races. On its racing debut in the Kyalami 9 Hours in November of 1965, Sutcliffe and former Lotus Grand Prix driver Innes Ireland drove P/1009 to an impressive 2nd overall. Sutcliffe, pleased with such immediate success, campaigned P/1009 in a further six races in South Africa, gathering victories at Kumalo Bulawayo, the Roy Hesketh 3 Hours at Pietermaritzburg and Killarney in Cape Town. He also finished a notable 2nd at East London.
Sutcliffe returned to the UK and to the race circuits in 1966, winning at Crystal Palace. There were regular trips to the continent, often proving to be the fastest of the privateer GT40 entries. Partnered at Spa with Brian Redman they finished an excellent fourth, whilst at the Nurburgring Peter finished sixth. Eager to continue his success, at the end of the year Peter tootk the car to Australia where he and local hero Frank Matich finished second in the Surfers Paradise 12 Hours.
Peter sold the car to Ed Nelson, who in turn raced it throughout 1967, winning against a top class field at Hockenheim. In september 1968, P/1009 passed to Malcolm Guthrie whose debut with the car was in the Kyalami 9 Hours that year. After the race, which ended with an off-track excursion, P/1009 was flown back to England and bought by Bryan Wingfield. Having repaired it, and after competing in a few GT40 Owners Club events, he sold the car to a significant private American collection in 1976.
This is where P/1009 stayed, under lock and key, until being rediscovered in 2008. Purchased in 2009 by its current owner, it has just undergone a complete and fastidious resoration to its original Sutcliffe green racing livery by Mark Allin of Precision Automotive Restoration in America, widely regarded as the leading restorer of GT40s.

Chassis: N°GT40P/1009

 

[Randy V]

What a beauty! Thanks for posting these images and text!

 

[Jim Craik]

Thats a beautiful car.

I noticed that there is a slight flair to the front wheel well opening, I wonder why, as the front wheels seem to be well inside the opening. Additionally, this wheel well opening appears to be an even curve, not the slightly oblong wheel wells of the original front clips.