From ‘72T to 2.5 S/T: GeLo #44

[matteo68]

Hella number (plate) illumination lamps - for passenger door and RR quarter roundels only for night stints at La Sarthe…





Got to figure out where to wire them into as it definitely wasn’t a factory mod - maybe the fog light switch?

[RobFrost]

You're probably already aware it's unlawful to show white light to the rear so you have that to work around.

[matteo68]

Yes, well the rear quarter one may have to be disconnected but it will be facing forwards/ to the side rather than to the rear so hopefully we’ll be okay. It’s all in the details!

[Gary71]

I can just imagine the moment when you commit to drilling holes in the fresh body to fit them…

Going all in though, respect

[RobFrost]

With 20/20 foresight we'd drill all the holes before painting I guess.

[matteo68]

Yes indeed Rob.

From June (in brief):
1. Media blast
2. Metalwork incl. panel replacement, shell repairs & ‘72 SR chassis strengthening mods
3. Epoxy primer
4. 1st assembly & new holes drilled (battery cut-off, etc) & strip
5. Paint
6. Final assembly & shakedown etc


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[Darren65]

From June (in brief):
1. Media blast
2. Metalwork incl. panel replacement, shell repairs & ‘72 SR chassis strengthening mods
3. Epoxy primer
4. 1st assembly & new holes drilled (battery cut-off, etc) & strip
5. Paint
6. Final assembly & shakedown etc

...sounds like a plan Matt......you'll be done by September!

[matteo68]

That would be going some Darren! CLM ‘23 is the target!

[matteo68]

Small fan to fit your mag fan housing sir?…

…and now looking factory sports department fresh - all chromated and passivated with perfectly sized blades…

[matteo68]

Latest acquisition for GeLo, thanks to Russell Edmonds:



Ex-John Fitzpatrick / Kremer 1972 European GT Championship winning car or Toni Fischhaber’s ‘72 European Hillclimb Championship winning car (he owned both but can’t remember which one it came off)

[matteo68]

Crank now balanced with lightweight flywheel and aluminium pressure plate, all crankcase mods completed and aiming for bottom end to be done early July:








Also, thanks to Matt Blast at Eurometrix in the USA (no.1 Porsche throttle body guru), I’ve managed to secure a set of these:



So whilst we haven’t made any further progress on the shell, it’s fair to say the engine is coming along pretty well at the moment.

[Darren65]

Very cool Matt and certainly spending it like Beckham!

[matteo68]

Yes, well none of this stuff certainly ain’t cheap, but a Mittelmotor Marelli twin-plug dizzy is €2,500 including tax and shipping and Russell’s original one with a ton of history was £5k. Angus and my thinking is that one will always be worth £5k (or more), the other will be worth less than €2.5k as soon as it’s been bought.

Same for the NOS HBs and all the other original parts I’ve bought and continuing to look for. As well as wanting to build a accurate recreation of GeLo 44, I also want to narrow the gap between build cost and end value as much as possible.

[matteo68]

More parts arrived today…

[911hillclimber]

Is Sam going to build the engine?
Looks like Greatworth Classics engine shop to me.
Cannot imagine the effort and cost to gather all those special parts for this engine, superb.