Lost GT40 Discovered

[JimmyMac]

Guys,
An office collegue told me today that somebody has discovered an original GT40 in a lock-up during construction work for the London Olympics.

Have I just woken up and should I have taken that job offer ?

Please tell.

Edit :

PS - Apparently there was an article in Classic & Sports Cars recently ?

 

[Frank Catt]

Jimmy, in my days of civil engineering, anything unexpected found on site was immediately taken into care by the Engineer in Charge !! We found a lot of things in demolition sites, but never an original 40 ( a Lotus Europa in an abandoned lock up - never a 40 )

 

[JimmyMac]

Frank,
I am told that this is real.
Albert told me it was chassis P 0111 and because he's a Jag man it sounded correct but I understood that this chassis was scrapped.

 

[Bill D]

According to Ronnie Spain the car was cut up because it wasn't worth rebuilding after it was crashed. Can you get some pictures?

 

[JimmyMac]

Apparently Ronnie Spain has attested that this is the original chassis.
So what happens with the rebuilt P0111 now ?

 

[JimmyMac]

http://www.gt40s.com/forum/all-gt40/21771-classic-sportscar-uk-page-13-gt111-found-london.html


Apologies

 

[Bill D]

Remarkable!!

 

[Malcolm]

I have had two close shaves with barn finds during my time working the railways in UK. Both in the arches underneath the railway in London. Once I nearly got my hands on a beautiflul old Alfa Romeo and the second time it was a Jaguar military staff car from WW2. However both disappeared just as I was about to be given leave to remove at my own discretion. Damn. However not as exciting as a GT40!

I once heard of a Ferrari GTO being discovered after an old hotel had been purchased for renovation near where I live.

A tip for anyone buying property where there may be something of interest lurking in the building or grounds, get a disclaimer clause put in the contract so that the vendors disclaim all ownership rights to whatever they leave behind. Did that for the house I now live in and we made £700 at auction.