my non-Porsche picture of the day

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:41 pm

The Whitmore GT40 did lose a wheel at speed on the Buonfornello straight, but damage was slight and thy got going again only to hit a kerb on the last lap and lose that same wheel.

They were a DNF but the car was certainly not written off.

Ford sold it to a London Ford dealer a few years later. And then it disappeared, assumed broken up/lost...

Until said dealer died and the car was uncovered in one of his many lockups, in 06ish.

I first saw it racing in 2007 or 08, post restoration at Spa... where it lost a wheel going into Radillon and was badly bent!

All fixed up again by the following season, it's still a regular campaigner in historic motorsports.

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:43 pm

I thought I saw it racing at the Revival

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:48 pm

You may see it in 2 colours: white and the grey/green (a bit like Porsche leaf green).

It raced in both colours in period. They painted it white for le mans after the 65 Targa.

The previous owner told me colour change is easy on these cars: they had all the (I believe, bolt on) panels in both colours, all they have to do is repaint the scuttle.

It was white when they crashed it at spa. When they fixed it they switched to green.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:51 pm

Ferry Man wrote:
Mike wrote:it was written off in the race.....
But no doubt an auction house will find it in a barn soon. And it'll still be 'matching numbers'...

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/articl ... 0-roadster

And there the story of GT/111 ended, until September 2006 when the remarkably original monocoque was discovered in a garage in East London. It was, beyond doubt, that of a prototype Ford GT, a roadster to boot and even had the magic ‘GT/111’ chassis plate to prove it.

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 3:00 pm

Here it is, the number 27 car:

https://youtu.be/5LzcjgUISX8

Sorry, geeking out, I am a fan of this car!

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 3:43 pm

I was only going on what the guy who bought it out the lock up told me about it, I spent some time with him and another car from his collection.

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:29 pm

2013 revival

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:32 pm

Tosh · Post by **Tosh** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:36 pm

Colin Chapman would be turning in his grave

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:57 pm

At least we know why the wheel keeps falling off

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:01 pm

I'd say that needs all of 7 litres to move it!

jackstowers · Post by **jackstowers** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:15 pm

I'd be surprised if he could get in that, or the car

jonat127 · Post by **jonat127** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:45 pm

23e Heure wrote:

OMG, where is that?

Tosh · Post by **Tosh** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 6:45 am

Chai-na

Goodwood · Post by **Goodwood** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:54 am

DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker