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Hi everyone, HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR FORD GT40! Sincere apologies for having been absent from the forum for so long - and even more sincere apologies for the continued absence of my new book from your bookshelves. Grovelling apology will get posted soon, complete with explanation, but I...

Randy, I have no idea how many Panteras Sbarro turned into GT40 lookalikes. I have only ever come across photos of a single such car, which you can see here on: Sbarro Ford GT40, 1968 It is the car in the first photo and also the straight side view at the bottom of the photos down the...

Rick, Sorry to let you all down so badly! Guess I'm just not up to it anymore. But....as for the bolt head markings, what do you want to know?? Happy 2013 to everyone. Ronnie

Dave, Sorry I can't help you with the colour, but the car is GT40 P/1065 when up for auction. You should be able to find a few good photos on the Net of it to let you see how good the colour looks. Even more sorry I can't tell you what that colour is! Ronnie

Kirby, What a find those photos are! Has your friend got any more like that lurking among his slides? The Prescott event was on 5th September 1971. It was a another 1-2-3 finish for GT40s on the day, though not on the same scale as at Le Mans 5 years earlier! Tony Bancroft was 1st in the...

Hi everyone, Belated catch up time, and it's been a while, so, complete with quotes, it's a long posting. Ah yes.......I'd forgotten this was all your fault!! Joking, of course. Thanks for doing so. It's been great to have direct requests come in this way, and nice to be able to...

Hi all, I promised some time back to give you all a brief summary of the content of the new book. Apologies to you all for having taken so long to get round to doing so, and since I have not managed to get you the book in time for Christmas, the least I can do is give you the summary...

It was with extreme sadness that I learned yesterday of the passing of Steele Therkleson. Steele passed away on October 1st. His name is probably not known to a great many of you, which is not the way things should have been. New Zealand born, Steele was the key engine man for Shelby...

Brian, I only just saw your thread about Eric's passing, and share your obvious disappointment at the lack of responses posted. We are all greatly indebted to Eric's efforts as chairman in keeping the club afloat and seeing it build in strength. As with Ron's contribution to the GT40 world...

Pierre-Louis, If you PM me with either your e-mail address or that of your friend Serge, I'll be happy to try to help him in any way I can. A Sbarro owner who's happy to be a Sbarro owner, he can only be a good guy. And for the record once again, I have absolutely nothing against the cars...

Hi guys, Catch up time again. Robert, apart from requesting a copy here (for which my thanks), all you need to do for now is PM me your e-mail address sometime. Time comes, I'll contact everyone. Jim P2188, roketman Ron and Chris Noakes, list amended accordingly. Thanks for the...

Alan, My book wouldn't have told you the whole story, as not all was known back in 1986 when it was written. Neither 106 nor 107 is still around. One was cut in half and the rear half mounted on a test rig by Timken Bearings in 1966, and the other was destroyed in a comprehensive crash...

Rene, I would certainly have taken legal action had the Anamera advert not mysteriously disappeared when I went on-line the very next day to download it all as Print Screen grabs. I assume somebody warned the owner that I was posting about the Sbarro fakes on this forum, so he had the advert...

Rick, Nope! No Goodwood for me. Never actually been. Next year for sure, but for now I still need a rectangular computer screen stuck in front of me for more hours each day than is sane. I'll just have to get my Goodwood kicks courtesy of the Internet as usual. Ronnie Spain

Rick Muck - Mark IV, That's the thing that upsets me as much as anything. Sbarro made no attempt whatsoever to have his new chassis even remotely identical (can something be remotely identical? Hmmm!) to original GT40 chassis. You would think if he was going to spend the next 30 years lying...

Chris, Gotcha! Ronnie [See? I can do short posts!]

Rene, Sadly, the black and silver car that is for sale, beautiful though it is, is an outright fake. It never even existed as bare metal until the 1980s when it was one of the batch of chassis that Franco Sbarro had built up at that time. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with...

Hi guys, Trying to keep on top of things better, so to bring myself up to date again, Troy, Dave, JP, Jimmy Mac, David Briggs, Timmmy, Garret, Doc Watson, John Myers and Rottie, thanks for your signed book requests, and your names are all noted. Also thanks to those of you who have already...

Hi guys, Here I am for another update. Sorry it’s been so long, but you all know why! Also, sorry it’s such a long posting, but I have a lot to catch up on. First of all, thanks Bill Brownlee, Julian, Tom Tomlinson, Chris Simpson and Bill (Wadietz?) for your requests for signed copies of...

Hello Philippe, I read your memories of Charles Gendroz with interest. I was very sorry to hear in 2005 when in Switzerland that Charles had passed away the year before. I had the pleasure of meeting him back in 1988, and he showed me a lot of photos of his restoration of the Filipinetti Le...