GT40 P/1019 was very kindly lent to the club by the cousin of the King of Spain-
Mr Joaquin Folch-Rusinol
The car was originally delivered to Alan Mann Racing at the end of 1965 who utilised it for spare parts and
as a spare chassis for his other GT40 builds. It returned from the USA and was purchased by Paul Hawkins
who rented it out to Escuderia Montjuich with Muir / Godia-Sales winning the 6 Hours of Barcelona first
time out. Eric Liddell campaigned the car for the remainder of the year, after which the car was sold to
Scottish farmer, Andrew Fletcher who ran it in 1969. He then sold the car via MRE Ltd. of Bourne End to
Belgian Georges Crenier. In 1972 it was re-imported by Hexagon of Highgate and sold in a dismantled state
to Tony Gosnell of Borden, Hants. Tony built the car up and sold it back to Hexagon who went on to sell it in
November of 1973 to Robert Cooper in Gloucs. as "GT40P/AM GT40/1". Cooper had it completely rebuilt,
modifying the door and roof structure to accept his height. Losing his license while out testing the car (!), it
was sold to the US from where the current owner purchased it, having it restored by Simon Hadfield
Motorsport. It has been campaigned by him for many seasons in historic motor sport. Ronnie Spain re-
established the identity of the car whilst in the US as GT40 P/1019 in 1980.