Jack lift accessori

[Jean-Marc]

I was at Dijon France race track this weekend for an historic race. I took photos of details on the GT40 that was present. Especially I was looking how the front is stiff enough to be lifted with an hydraulic jack because on my RCR I am septical to put a jack under the front an to lift it up without bending the front aluminum bed.
I found out that on the original car the front is stiffened with square tubing that go from the front bottom up to the center cell.
Second thing I saw an intersting accessorie that the mechanic put under the the front claws to lift up the car.

 

[Jean-Marc]

The missing photos

 

[Randy Folsom]

Tom’s build log details how he modified his RCR40 with front and rear tube frames.

Post in thread 'Toms RCR 40 Trackracer'
https://www.gt40s.com/threads/toms-rcr-40-trackracer.24525/post-227890

 

[David mono]

I was at Dijon France race track this weekend for an historic race. I took photos of details on the GT40 that was present. Especially I was looking how the front is stiff enough to be lifted with an hydraulic jack because on my RCR I am septical to put a jack under the front an to lift it up without bending the front aluminum bed.
I found out that on the original car the front is stiffened with square tubing that go from the front bottom up to the center cell.
Second thing I saw an intersting accessorie that the mechanic put under the the front claws to lift up the car.

Jean, do you know any of the car chassis P numbers. Can anyone id the cars.

 

[JimmyMac]

Pale blue car looks like P/1017.
The green "Lemb" car possibly P/1041R

 

[Jean-Marc]

David, I do not know the number, I did not checked, but both car are part of the same team LEMBMOTORSPORT in Germany, web site :

START | My Site

www.lembmotorsport.de

 

[BenL]

On the early GT40s, there's a bar in front of the radiator grill and a pair of hooks in back. The device for the jack has the opposite arrangement. It has a bar with a pair of hooks for lifting the front and extending beyond the hooks are rods on each side that go into the hooks on the rear.