Original bits?

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by josvdp:
Dunlop not British in the sixties ?

I think not although I cannot swear where the tyres were moulded

Same applies to Lockheed I suspect<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

sorry my post may be confusing, the ones with other manufacutures beneath like the tires and wheels compare brit companies with US ones that supplied parts also. Yes Dunlop was/is? british.

there were dunlop's but there were also goodyears and firestones

No Lockheed has always been US since its start near turn of century

 

[Geoff Deakin]

Just to add to the confusion, this is a list found in the GT40 Super Profile by John Allen.
The reprint is from Autocar Magazine, Dec 12 1968.

GT40 Chassis 1075

Oil: Gulf Oil
Tyres: Firestone
Cylinder Heads: Weslake Engineering
Cooper Mechanical Joints
Gaskets: Anglo American Racers
Crank Bearings: Vandervell Products
Ignition/Alternator/Starter: Autolite
Spark Plugs: Autolite
Carburettors: Weber
Carburettor Ball Joints: Rose Forgrove
Fuel Pumps: Stewart Warner
Fuel Filter: F.I.S.P.A
Fuel Lines: Superflexit
Oil Filter: Fram
Oil Lines: Simplifix/Hubert Trist
Alternator Belt: Gates
Starter Ring Gear: F.B. Wilmott
Rubber Bushes: Silentbloc
Clutch: Borg and Beck
Transmission: ZF
Drive Shafts/Universal Joints: B.R.D
Drive Shaft Couplings: Metalastik
Brakes: Girling
Friction Material: Ferodo
Wheel Castings: Aeroplane and Motor Castings
Wheel Bearings: British Timken
Suspension Joints: South West Products/Shafer
Road Springs: Tempered Spring
Exhaust Pipes: T.D.C. Components
Steering Rack: Cam Gears
Needle Roller Bearings: I.N.A
Steering and Gear Shift U/Joints: Borg Warner
Steering Wheel: J.A. Pearce
Battery: Exide
Lighting System: Cibie/Sylvania
Screen Wiper Motor: Lucas
Screen Wiper Arm/Blade: Trico
Switches: Lucas
Instruments: Smiths/C.A.V
Radiators: Serck
Dampers: Koni
Fuel Cells: Goodyear
Chassis Frame: Abbey Panels
Body Panels: Glass Fibre Engineering
Door Locks: Wilmot Breedon
Paint: ICI
Exhaust Paint: Sperex
Glass: Triplex
Windscreen Fixative: Dunlop Chemical Division
Rear Lighting Fixative: Bitumen Industries
Body Fasteners: H.K. Porter
Seats: Wood and Pickett
Spray Painting: Ron Webb

Good Luck!!

 

You beat me to it Marco, i like your style. The bendix pump was used first, but soon got replaced by the Stewart Warner.
And your right about the other parts, the only similarity they had with other car makes was the manufacturer, nothing else.
Take the rear view mirror, the only thing it had in common with the Aston or the Jaguar was that it was made by Lucas, FAV took the best parts available and ordered them to they`re spec.

When the part broke or fell off, the private race team would replace with what was available, but not FAV.

I have seen some of your other mails Marco, you certainly know your stuff, are you sure you have`nt got a real GT40 up there in Sweden?

 

[OMeyer]

Great thread! Also it would be great to have a list of "correct" engine components by Ford part number. For example, what cylinder heads and what casting numbers were used. What blocks, distributors, valve covers, oil pans, etc. I am sure that there were many different combinations as some cars were apparently equipped with Gurney-Weslake, some maybe with FoMoCo HiPo heads, etc., but a general compilation of these components would be very helpful.

 

[M.B]

I am sorry Frank, but i think you´re wrong.
Bendix were used on prototypes and early cars.
Most production cars. all road cars, ,MkII,MkIII and probably the MkIV´s too used Stewart Warner heavy duty pumps, if i am not misstaken.

 

Managed to spend a few hours rummaging around a wreckers yard (13 acres of old cars stacked 3 high! - heaven!) a week or so ago, with a JWA parts manual in hand. Came up with a couple of original bits that had been eluding me. The eyeball vents from the dash are early MkIV Zephyr (the later MKIVs had an open/close valve rather than the entirely round ball). The housing the ball fits into is slightly different than that shown in the parts manual, but the housing from the driver’s side of the Zephyr can easily be adapted to suit (the one from the passenger side is completely different). The handbrake lever and housing for the roadgoing GT40s is MKIII and MK IV Zephyr. As discussed earlier, the demister grille is early MkIII Zephyr and Datona Bill informs me that the same demister grille was also used in the Lotus Elan. I looked at dozens of early Fords (MKI and MKII Escorts, MK IV Zephyrs, MK II, III &amp; IV Cortinas, XP, XR, XW, XY and XA Falcons, Transit vans and even a 64 Fairlane) to see if I could match the FORD lettering from the front of the road 40s but to no avail. Maybe the British fords had slightly different lettering to those assembled in the antipodes? Oh well…. the search continues....

 

[JimmyMac]

Can anybody advise me the Lucas part numbers for the original Mk3 dash rocker switches or the names of UK car prototypes fitted with similar patterns ?.

 

While doing one of my very infrequent trawls of my favourite car wrecking yard (which is unfortunately 4.5 hours drive away) I managed to pin a couple more items down to probable donor cars (recognising that most bits still had to be modified in some way). The door catches (i.e. the striker plate on the body) of original cars looks identical to that found on the 1952-56 Phase II Standard Vanguard and the Triumph Mayflower (of all things!!). Very similar striker plates can be obtained from the 1956-58 Morris Oxford/Isis and could be very easily modified to replicate the originals. The actual door latch is a little trickier. Although the striker plate and very similar variations of it can be found on a number of late 50s British cars the only latch that I have found so far that closely resembles the original are on the early P4 Series rovers – i.e. “Cyclops” Rover 75, Rover 80, Rover 90…etc. Rumour has it that a similar latch can be found on the MkVII Jag, but I have yet to confirm that. All this may seem a little anal, but those hankering for authenticity may find it useful.

Happy hunting,

Cheers, Brian.

 

[Jonny P.]

Hi Brian Thanks a lot for starting this thread :thumbsup:. Too bad that it has not continued, as it would be very helpfull for those of us who dont know much about the fabulous GT40 yet, but would like to built our car as close as possible to the real ones.