Abbey Panels

[JimmyMac]

 

[Neil]

Just as I had imagined- a small group of cobbers with hammers and aluminum. I can almost hear one saying "GT40s or Spitfires, it's all the same to us".

 

[PJP]

Very interesting video. There's some footage of a GT 40 that appears to have collision damage, and at about 11 minutes John Wyer is there. I had thought that the FAV cars were made with fixtures and jigs, but these seem to be the first few cars c. 1963-4. Perhaps the 'production line' came later. Thanks for posting this.

 

[David mono]

Very interesting video. There's some footage of a GT 40 that appears to have collision damage, and at about 11 minutes John Wyer is there. I had thought that the FAV cars were made with fixtures and jigs, but these seem to be the first few cars c. 1963-4. Perhaps the 'production line' came later. Thanks for posting this.

They are prototype cars 101-112, then the production cars P1000 up.

 

[Rob Klein]

It was my understanding that all the cars handled a little different because the chassis were mostly hand built

 

[PJP]

I recall reading someone's report about buying an "original" GT 40 in the early 1970s. Very low price by today's measure. Anyway he was directed to go to Holman & Moody to pick up some parts that went with the car. Specifically some spare suspension corners, which were out in the grass behind their shop as the GT 40s were considered to be of little interest at the time due to racing rule changes and the lack of any direct support from Ford. He found that the suspension arms, along with the bearing carriers were marked as to which chassis number that they were fitted to. He was told that the alignment had been set so, if a corner was damaged the parts could be replaced without resetting. Obviously that would only be true if the parts were installed to the chassis that was marked on them.