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    Ballast resister

    Testing the voltage to the coil on my chevrolet engined 40 showed it was only receiving around 7 to 8 volts from a healthy battery. Testing either side of the ballast resister revealed it was the culprit and I bypassed it. The car now starts beautifully for the first time ever - but my question...
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    Fire!

    My mate John and I started my GT40 for the first time since its latest engine problem. Its now running a duplex chain cam drive rather than the screaming in my ear gear drive of old. Anyhow all went well and it sounds fantastic but neither of us spotted a plug lead leaning on the exhaust...
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    Renault r30

    I see Renault have just launched their new R30 forumla one car. Well blimey it can't be that new - I've had a Renault 30 gearbox in the back of my '40 for ages.
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    Cable change ball joints

    Can anyone help me obtain the little ball joints in the cable change on my Renault transaxle in Britain please. And what size are they? (I mean the thread size I need to order). Both are worn out and the change is awful! Thanks in advance
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    P1085

    There is a short article in this month's Motorpsort magazine which says Ford GT40 chassis 1085 took to a race circuit for the first time ever at Donington Park in April. Owner Jonathan Turner bought the 1969 chassis, which had been stored in America and never used, and had it built up by Racing...
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    Classic gear

    There is a new series on classic cars starting on ITV4 at 7pm tonight (Wed). It's called Classic Gear and beyond that I know nothing about it - but I have set my box thingie to record the series in anticipation.
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    Tank capacity

    Can someone tell me how much petrol the tanks on a KVA GT40 hold? And were they all the same? Also mine don't seem to be linked together which I understand is the norm... I wonder why? The reason I need to know is one gauge is not working and the other shows nearly full and then drops like a...
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    Trolley on rev limit

    Went to Tescos today. Didn't realise they are fitting rev limiters to their trolleys. Mine had a notice saying: 'Caution Trolley may stop suddenly if you go over the red line'. Wonder what the rev limit is?
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    Insuring your car

    I am not easily impressed - but today I managed to cut Over £100 off my GT40 insurance! I had a quote from Adrian Flux who had insured the car for the past few years at a basic £291 but with bits and bobs like legal assistance, European cover etc added it came to £354. So having been to the...
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    Go Alex

    My hero Alex Zanardi has just won the first race of the World Touring Car Championship at Brno in Czechoslovakia. He put his BMW on pole, was second on the first lap and then passed his team mate to take the lead and win. What a guy. Apparently the flowing nature of the circuit suits his...
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    Can You drive it to a garage without MOT

    Just a quick question. (For those in Britain - sorry) I know you can drive a car without tax or MOT if you have booked an appointment for an MOT. But can you drive it to a garage for repairs before you get it MOT'd? It must be insured I know. It's just that I want to get my GT40 to my engine...
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    Well I never

    I was talking to Rhiannon, a colleague at work today. Her partner Dan is a member of the Jordan family who make very popular cereal and museli bars in the UK. She was saying that Dan's grandfather John Jordan used to own and race a GT40. So I Googled him and found one record of him racing...
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    What's it like? The Revival I mean...

    Am thinking of going to the Goodwood Revival for the first time this year. Girlfriend Kate is keen and fancies dressing up in fifties gear. But I have reservations. One it's quite expensive to go for the whole weekend - which is the main option as it is quite a trek from Norfolk. Also how...
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    Weights

    Interesting article by respected motoring historian Doug Nye in the latest Motorsport magazine. He has come across the scrutineer's figures for the 1966 Le Mans. The winning Ford weighed 1211 kg - 509 front 700 kg rear. The second placed 7 litre of Ken Miles and Denny Hulme scaled 1272kg...
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    Help Badly Needed

    I am having huge problems with the Chevy engine in my GT40 after a rebuild. Everytime its started the engine runs fine for a few minutes and then it either bends a pushrod or pushes it right through the rocker arm! My friend John, who did the rebuild, has set the tappets up according to the...
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    Danger water melon

    A week ago I was a happy boy. I had just come back from a week in Portugal with 3 friends from work - all women! It was a right laugh - I had been on hols with a load of blokes before but this was a new one. I am 54, Cheryl was 44, Kate 34 and Emma 24. We all work in tv and borrowed a...
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    IT Support

    'Dear IT Support: Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in the overall performance, particularly in the Flower and Jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 un-installed many...
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    Clay killed

    he BBC are reporting that: Former Grand Prix driver Gianclaudio "Clay" Regazzoni has been killed in a road accident. The Italian Ansa news agency said the 67-year-old Swiss, a former Ferrari driver, was killed in a collision with a lorry on a motorway near Parma. ... Very sad, I always...
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    Basil Brush

    This is so weird... I was sitting at work, v. bored with the TV on in the background and the sound off and Basil Brush was on, you know, the kids' show. And lo and behold a GT40 popped up in a split screen effect with young Basil the Fox! It looked like Tony Hunt's GTD with the yellow nose...
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    Edmonds :'I did 186 mph in my GT40'

    British TV presenter Noel Edmonds told magazine he did £186 mph in his Ford GT40 on the Tring bypass in Hertfordshire at 4.30am 15 to 20 years ago. Typically it's caused an outcry in the tabloids with Edmonds branded 'irresponsible' by the RAC etc. Interestingly the story comes on the same...
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