GT40 Mirage : 1005

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

GT40 P1005

FORD GT40 Mk1 Chassis P 1005

P1005 like its sister car P1004 was prepared by SAI for the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1965 but was entered by the Scuderia Filipinetti. It retired after 3 hours of racing. the car was sent back to FAV and stored until the end of 1966. It was then sold to a privateer and changed hands a dozen time until the mid 1070s. It has been raced from time to time mostly in club races in England. 1005 was seen in the BOAC 500 at Brands Hatch in 1967 still with its original nose. in 1968 1005 was seen racing with a body in the style of P.Hawkins lightweight AMGT2. The car has been completely destroyed in the fire of the garage of its last owner Salt Walther.

The Models:

Ford GT40 Mk 1 - Chassis # 1005 - Quit 3rd Hour Le Mans 1965 -

(BIZARRE)

The same

P 1005 at Le Mans in 1965

P 1005 at the pesage at Le Mans in 1965

1005 (#39) with 1002 (#38) and 1001 (#41) at Spa in 1968

Sunday, November 2, 2014

The 1967 season Part 3

The LE MANS Trials, MONZA, SPA, NURBURGRING.

For the April trials at Le Mans Ford sent J3 prepared by Shelby and finished as a lookalike for the Sebring winner while H&M brought 1016 now upgraded to Mk2B specifications. 2 GT40 Mk1 were also present: 1020 for Ford France and 1040 for the Scuderia Filipinetti which had been crashed by a journalist who drove it for an article for his newspaper.
It was the first appearance of the new Mirage M1 (in Gulf livery) It was in fact a lightweight Mk1with a narrower roof structure. The front hood remained the same as the GT40. JWA purchased the plans of the lightweight AMGT from Alan Mann. Len Bailey, the designer, constructed the M1 project around it. No Chaparral at the trials but this time Ferrari sent 2 P4s . Also a new comer in this category: the Lola T70 Aston Martin.The main goal for Ford was to win again the 24 hours of Le Mans, so they left the privateers and the Mirages the task to represent Ford during the races at Monza, Spa, Targa Florio and Nurburgring.
Shelby and H&M went back to the United States and went to work in preparing the cars: J5 and J6 for SAI as well as a Mk2B (1047) and J7 and J8 for H&M with 2 Mk2B (1031 and 1015 for Ford France)

The Le Mans trials line up:

#1 - Mk4 - Chassis J3 - Entered by FoMoCo / SAI
  #2 - Mk2B - Chassis 1016 - Entered by FoMoCo / H&M
  #12 - M1 - Chassis M1 0001 - Entered by JWA
    #14 - M1 - Chassis M1 0002 - Entered by JWA
    #18 - Mk1 - Chassis 1040 - Entered by Filipinetti
    #15 - Mk1 - Chassis 1020 - Entered by Ford France

The Monza line up:

  #33 - Mk1 - Chassis 1007 - 6th - Entered by Ford France
  #5 - M1 - Chassis M1 0002 - 9th - Entered by JWA
    #36 - Mk1 - Chassis 1009 - 11th - Entered by E.S.Nelson
  #6 - M1 - Chassis M1 0001 - DNF - Entered by JWA
  #34 - Mk1 - Chassis 1003 - DNF - Entered by Ford France
  #35 - Mk1 - Chassis 1005 - DNF- Entered by J.J. Drury
  #32 - Mk1 - Chassis 1040 - DNF - Entered by Scuderia Filipinetti

The SPA line up:

  #6 - M1 - Chassis M1 0003 - Winner - Entered by JWA
  #4 - Mk1 - Chassis GT 112 - 6th - Entered by P. Sutcliffe
  #41 - Mk1 - Chassis 1026 - 8th - Entered by Danway Racing
   #40 - Mk1 - Chassis 1020 - DNF - Entered by Ford France
  #45 - Mk1 - Chassis 1009 - DNF - Entered by E.S.Nelson
    #7 - M1 - Chassis M1 0001 - DNF - Entered by JWA

As usual only Ford France sent cars to the Targa Florio although the open road track was not suited to the GT40.

The Targa Florio line up:

    #130 - Mk1 - Chassis 1003 - 5th - Entered by Ford France
    #126 - Mk1 - Chassis 1007 - DNF - Entered by Ford France

The Nurburgring line up:

  #61 - Mk1 - Chassis 1003 - 7th - Entered by Ford France
  #67 - Mk1 - Chassis 1021 - 8th - Entered C.Crabbe
    #60 - Mk1 - Chassis 1007 - 10th - Entered by Ford France
    #62 - Mk1 - Chassis 1009 - DNF - Entered by E.S.Nelson
  #6 - M1 - Chassis M1 0001 - DNF - Entered by JWA
  #5 - M1 - Chassis M1 0002 - DNF - Entered by JWA

The models :

Mirage M1 - Chassis M1 0001 - Le Mans April 1967 test days
(Kit RECORD modified)

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Mirage M1 - Chassis # M0001 - Practice Spa 1967
(Kit RECORD modified)

The same

Ford GT40 Mk1 - Chassis 1020 - 1000 Km de Spa 1967 -
(Kit TENARIV modified)

Ford GT40 Mk1 - Chassis 1020 - Le Mans Trials 1967 -
(BOX Models modified)

The same

Ford Mk4 - Chassis J3 - FoMoCo / SAI -
(SOLIDO modified)

The same

Mirage M1- Chassis M1 0002- JWA- Le Mans Trials -
(Kit RECORD modified)

The same

Mirage M1- Chassis M1 0003 - JWA - Winner Spa 1967 (BIZARRE)

The same


Ford GT40 Mk1 - Chassis 1026 -8th Spa 1967 - (BOX Models modified)

The same

Mirage M1 - Chassis M10001 - DNF Monza 1967
(Kit RECORD modified)

The same

Ford GT40 Mk1 - Chassis 1003 - 8th Targa Florio 1967 - (BOX Models modified)

The same

Ford GT40 Mk1 - Chassis 1007 - DNF Targa Florio 1967 - (BOX Models modified)

The same

Ford GT40 Mk1 - Chassis 1003 - 7th Nurburgring 1967 - (Kit GRAND PRIX MODELS)

The same

Mirage M1- Chassis M1 0001 - JWA - DNF Nurburgring 1967 (Kit RECORD)

The same

Ford GT40 Mk1 - Chassis # 1023 - 8th Autosport Trophy Silverstone 1967
(Kit TENARV - decals GP)

The same

Mirage M1 - Chassis M1 001 - Winner 9 Hours of Kyalami 1967
(Kit MARSH MODELS)

The same

Ford GT40 Mk2B - Chassis 1031/1047 - 4th Mugello 1967 (BANG Models)

The same

Mirage M1 - Chassis M10003 - Ret. BOAC 500 Brands Hatch 1967
(Kit RECORD Modified)

The same

Mirage M1- Chassis M1 0002- JWA- Le Mans Trials

(Kit RECORD Modified)

The same

Saturday, October 18, 2014

The 1965 season

After the previous season's disaster, Roy Lunn contracted Carol Shelby to handle the racing department while John Wyer was in charge of the building of the GT40 at FAV (Ford Advanced Vehicles) at Slough in the UK. In Detroit, Ford created his own racing department : Kar Kraft. Eric Broadley, unhappy with the way the program evolved decided to leave and returned to work on his own Lola cars. After some testing in Riverside the GT40 evolved significantly. Two cars were sent to Daytona for the 2000 km race. Now in Shelby colors (metallic blue with white stripes) they finally found success. GT103 won the race and GT104 finished 2nd. The same cars went to Sebring for the 12 hours and GT103 finished 2nd behind the controversal Chaparral while GT104 didn't finish. These 2 long races were good preparation for the 24 hours of Le Mans. The traditional April trial saw 4 cars: GT 103/4/5 and a new roadster GT111. The results were encouraging. Then came Monza (a 3rd place) the Targa Florio (a DNF with GT111) Silverstone (a 5th place with 1002 the 1st production car to race) the Nurburgring (an 8th place and 3 DNF) and again with 1002 two second places at Mallory Park and Goodwood.
For a few months, at Shelby initiative two cars (GT106 and 107) were prepared with a big block 427 CI instead of the 289. They became the first Mk 2. The idea was simple, a bigger engine means more power and more power is more speed. A new transmission was designed by Kar Kraft to handle this extra power. They were sent to Le Mans with little testing. 4 other GT40, now refered as MK1, joins the group:
No 1 - Mk 2 - Chassis 106 Team: Shelby
No 2 - Mk 2 - Chassis 107 Team: Shelby
No14 - Mk 1 - Chassis 1006 Team: FAV ( J. Wyer)
No 7 - Mk 1 - Chassis 1004 Team: Shelby / Rob Walker
No 6 - Mk 1 - Chassis 1005 Team: Shelby / Scuderia Filipinetti
No15 - Mk 1 - Chassis 109 roadster Team: Ford France
All these cars were out of the race within the first 7 hours
Only privateers raced the GT40 the rest of the season while Shelby (with the Mk2) and FAV (with the Mk1) went on with more testing.
Another project was started that year : a lightweight alloy chassis roadster, known as the X1. the chassis GT110 was sent to Mc Laren Racing in England to be prepared for the Can Am serie. It raced at Mosport in Canada and at Riverside with no success. The project was abandoned.

The models :