Hello Gents. This is a bit of a long shot as I have no names, vrn, or present location for the car. Brief history.....
My father, Frank Penwright, owned an original GT40 many moons ago from (I think) 1986-1988. I was 5 years old, but remember him taking me out in it through the village like it yesterday. I am 29 now. I've been trying to track this thing down for the past 3 weeks using every resource available to me and it is proving fruitless as I have no pictures of the car, no past registrations, no chassis number and no names of former owners or current owners. All I know is the location when he had it and a rough idea of where it came from and where it went. Frank died a few years ago.
I'm tryng to locate it for personal reasons that might lead me to making a purchase. This is the brief history I know....
When my father had ownership it was located in Cookham village in Berkshire. He bought it from a very old gentleman that used to restore classic cars and race them occasionally.This guy had a small garage in Cookham where he used to restore the cars. This old fellow died leaving his widow with mounting debt. Frank new the family and bought it off her as she was the new owner as her husband had died. This was approx winter 1986. He owned it for maybe a year and 6 months before selling it (at a huge profit I remember him saying once) to an American businessman (who, I can remember, arrived looking very much like Dennis Farrina!). The car was white with the classic blue stripes. It had the multispoke/mesh wheels with the centre lock with 3 arms. It had black seats with the metal lined holes/perforations. I did have a picture of me standing infront of it when I was 5, but it was destroyed in Afghanistan (long story please do not ask). So, I know its a MASSIVE long shot and really quite ridiculous, but does anybody know of a white original GT40 that resided in Cookham in the 1980's? I would be hugely grateful if anybody could give me any info whatsoever that may lead to obtaining a chassis number or current owner/location.
Thankyou for your time gents!
Oliver Penwright.:thumbsup:
My father, Frank Penwright, owned an original GT40 many moons ago from (I think) 1986-1988. I was 5 years old, but remember him taking me out in it through the village like it yesterday. I am 29 now. I've been trying to track this thing down for the past 3 weeks using every resource available to me and it is proving fruitless as I have no pictures of the car, no past registrations, no chassis number and no names of former owners or current owners. All I know is the location when he had it and a rough idea of where it came from and where it went. Frank died a few years ago.
I'm tryng to locate it for personal reasons that might lead me to making a purchase. This is the brief history I know....
When my father had ownership it was located in Cookham village in Berkshire. He bought it from a very old gentleman that used to restore classic cars and race them occasionally.This guy had a small garage in Cookham where he used to restore the cars. This old fellow died leaving his widow with mounting debt. Frank new the family and bought it off her as she was the new owner as her husband had died. This was approx winter 1986. He owned it for maybe a year and 6 months before selling it (at a huge profit I remember him saying once) to an American businessman (who, I can remember, arrived looking very much like Dennis Farrina!). The car was white with the classic blue stripes. It had the multispoke/mesh wheels with the centre lock with 3 arms. It had black seats with the metal lined holes/perforations. I did have a picture of me standing infront of it when I was 5, but it was destroyed in Afghanistan (long story please do not ask). So, I know its a MASSIVE long shot and really quite ridiculous, but does anybody know of a white original GT40 that resided in Cookham in the 1980's? I would be hugely grateful if anybody could give me any info whatsoever that may lead to obtaining a chassis number or current owner/location.
Thankyou for your time gents!
Oliver Penwright.:thumbsup:
