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I came across these photos of a GT40 MkIII road car on another forum I belong to. Apparently they were taken in Apr 2013 at a car show in Calgary, Alberta. Does anyone recognize this car? Is it an original MkIII or a replica? If original, does anyone know which chassis number it is?

Yesterday I stopped in at Legendary Motorcar Co. in Milton, Ontario (just west of Toronto) and saw this Ford GT40 MkI on display. The salesman told me that this car was originally a road car that was converted to JWA Gulf racing livery, but he did not know the car's serial number. The car...

Transport Canada is looking for documentation -- ideally from a government source such as the local DMV -- that proves the month and year when the vehicle kit was fully completed/assembled and first registered for road use (that would be 2006 in your DAX example). Sometimes the vehicle...

Declared value would be a guaranteed tip off. What's an original 1966 GT40 worth, and what's a replica worth? On which value is the importer planning to pay tax? What other ways can you tell an original from a replica?

The Sunday Times reported that Guinness World Records have already decided to withdraw the top speed title from Bugatti for this very reason. Read the article here: Exclusive: Guinness withdraws speed record from Bugatti Veyron | Sunday Times Driving

March 23, 2013 - Beeville, Texas - Patrick O'Gorman drove Mark Heidaker's Hennessey-prepared Ford GT to a new Texas Mile world record speed of 267.6 mph. "Camo GT" broke its previous standing mile record speed of 263.3 mph which was also set at the October, 2012 running of the Texas Mile...

FYI -- The 2013 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance (March 8-10) will honour the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911 and the Ford GT40, as well as the cars of Harry Miller. See the official website: Amelia Concours D'Elegance

It's an ERA.

Excellent! So that makes for a complete list now: GT40/P1018 - #3 driven by Christopher Wilson GT111 roadster - #9 driven by Rui Macedo Silva GT40P/1010 - #10 driven by Adrian Newey GT40/P1055 - #11 driven by Gavin Henderson GT40P/1019 - #26 driven by Joaquin Folch-Rusinol GT40P/1069 - #32...

Thanks Allan! Does anyone recognize car no. 26?

I think I managed to identify a few more of them: GT40/P1018 - #3 driven by Christopher Wilson GT111 roadster - #9 driven by Rui Macedo Silva GT40/P1055 - #11 driven by Gavin Henderson Let me know if these are wrong. Still missing two of them.

Were all six of the GT40s that competed in the Whitsun Trophy race originals? Does anyone happen to know their chassis numbers? I've only been able to identify one of them so far. #3 driven by Christopher Wilson #9 driven by Rui Macedo Silva GT40P/1010 - #10 driven by Adrian Newey...

I was at the Carmel Concours last week and there were two original GT40s there. P/1083 - The guy showing this car said it was one of three wide-hip Mirage GT40s and was a sister car to P/1074 that was sold by RM Auctions. But I haven't been able to check my SAAC Registry yet to confirm this...

GT/104 sold at Gooding Monterey for $4.95 million USD

RM Auctions results: P/1074 sold for $11.0 million USD including 10% buyer's premium P/1059 sold for $2.86 million USD including 10% buyer's premium

I just found this cool website that you can use for free to produce cartoon effects for your favourite photos: www.cartoonize.net. Here's one I did of the three MkIV continuation cars that were at SAAC-37 at Watkins Glen (i.e., J-14 blue, J-15 yellow and J-13 blue). And here's one I did of...

You might want to keep your eye on the Exoto website. They've been having a string of big sales lately on their gorgeous and highly detailed scale models. I just received a 1:18-scale model of J-7, the Ford MkIV driven by Mario Andretti and Lucien Bianchi at Le Mans 1967, that I bought for...

Some more pics of P/1047

FYI -- Two original GT40s are to be offered at RM Auctions Monterey (Aug 2012). 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage lightweight race car (P/1074) 1967 Ford GT40 MkI road car (P/1059)