Howard Jones
Supporter
Will, do you think you could post a few current pictures of the car. It would be a cool full circle story of your car.
I shot those !
Hi Roger - I hope you're well. The car looks terrific.
Tim
Fluid Images - Tim Scott London based photographer - classic sports and racing car photographer - canvas prints specialist
I shot those !
Hi Roger - I hope you're well. The car looks terrific.
Tim
Fluid Images - Tim Scott London based photographer - classic sports and racing car photographer - canvas prints specialist
Sold by Ford Advanced Vehicles in late 1965 to Peter Sutcliffe, GT40P/1009 immediately headed to South Africa for the popular end of season sports car races. On its racing debut in the Kyalami 9 Hours in November of 1965, Sutcliffe and former Lotus Grand Prix driver Innes Ireland drove P/1009 to an impressive 2nd overall. Sutcliffe, pleased with such immediate success, campaigned P/1009 in a further six races in South Africa, gathering victories at Kumalo Bulawayo, the Roy Hesketh 3 Hours at Pietermaritzburg and Killarney in Cape Town. He also finished a notable 2nd at East London.
Sutcliffe returned to the UK and to the race circuits in 1966, winning at Crystal Palace. There were regular trips to the continent, often proving to be the fastest of the privateer GT40 entries. Partnered at Spa with Brian Redman they finished an excellent fourth, whilst at the Nurburgring Peter finished sixth. Eager to continue his success, at the end of the year Peter tootk the car to Australia where he and local hero Frank Matich finished second in the Surfers Paradise 12 Hours.
Peter sold the car to Ed Nelson, who in turn raced it throughout 1967, winning against a top class field at Hockenheim. In september 1968, P/1009 passed to Malcolm Guthrie whose debut with the car was in the Kyalami 9 Hours that year. After the race, which ended with an off-track excursion, P/1009 was flown back to England and bought by Bryan Wingfield. Having repaired it, and after competing in a few GT40 Owners Club events, he sold the car to a significant private American collection in 1976.
This is where P/1009 stayed, under lock and key, until being rediscovered in 2008. Purchased in 2009 by its current owner, it has just undergone a complete and fastidious resoration to its original Sutcliffe green racing livery by Mark Allin of Precision Automotive Restoration in America, widely regarded as the leading restorer of GT40s.
Chassis: N°GT40P/1009