From Ronnie Spains book,
Chassis number GT40 P/1009
Despatch date 18-8-1965
Customer Peter Sutcliffe
Colour Metallic green
Trim Black
Configuration Supplied as a kit of parts
Engine H 134. 289 Cobra
Transmission NR32. ZF 5-speed
Wheels Borrani 6 1/2 in. and 8 in.
Tyres Goodyear 5.50 and 7.00
Other details Le Mans Mark 1 front panel
Registrations TJ3 406/EN 1000/MG 1000/SBH 87H/HVX
7H/2472 GQ(New York)
GT40 P/1009 was shipped out on completion to South Africa where it was road registered and competed in the Springbok series.In 1966 it ran at Spa and Nurburgring before being shipped out to Australia for the August Surfers Paradise race.In October 1966 it was delivered to Ed Nelson in London.1009 remained unraced by its new owner until March 1967,
but the following 18 months saw the car competing in Sourh Africa and America as well as all over Europe.Ed raced 1009 for the last time on 22 September 1968 at Nurburgring.It was then sold to Malcolm Guthrie in Bicester,Oxfordshire,who resprayed it grey with maroon striping.First time out-at Kyalami on 9 November-it crashed sustaining considerable frontal and nearside damage.1009 was crated up and flown back to England.The story now becomes complicated,for on his return to England Malcolm decided to build a new 1009 rather than rebuild the wreck.The bare chassis was accordinglybought via JWA and work begun at Alan Mann`s workshops on considerably lightening the chassis prior to building it up with numerous Mark 11,Mirage and Allan Mann lightweight modifications.Finished in grey and maroon with gold pinstriping,this car ran at Le Mans,Norisring and Hockenheim before following in it`s predecessor`s tyretracks and doing the Springbok series.On it`s return to England it was registered SBH 87H for road use and never raced again.In the meantime,
however,the crashed chassis,far from being scrapped,had been sold off to Bryan Winfield in Essex(who later established the GT40 Owners Club).He successfully rebuilt it over the next year or so and ever since we have had two GT40 P/1009s.
In 1971 Guthrie`s car was sold to New Yorker Gil Jackson.It was shipped out along with GT40 P/1085 which Gil had also bought.All these years later Gil still owns both cars.In April 1976 Wingfield`s car(finished in mustard yellow and registered HVX 7H) was sold to Wayne Skiles in Oakland,California.In December 1976 it was exchanged with Walter Cantrell in nearby Napa for the wrecked chassis of GT40 P/1012.Walter still owns the car.
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