In “One Piece at a Time,” Johnny Cash sings about assembling a Cadillac–one piece at a time–from parts taken off the assembly line over several years. The end product, however, ends up being a Frankenstein’s monster of a car, comprised of parts from multiple different …
Seeing as a GT40 can easily set you back millions of dollars, this could be a more affordable entry into GT40 ownership.
Given the level of honesty, research, vetting and documentation of the construction of this car, it would be surprising if it does not significantly appreciate in the future. It would also be nice to see it participate in some vintage racing events. Our machine shop fabricates unobtainium parts and networks with many vintage racers. They care about the continuous history and their logbooks and less about some of the television auction antics which are more subject to fashion and financial bubbles. They also recognize the value of keeping a car on the track. Our shop campaigns a 1924 BSA Trials preservation class car with history in the U.K, Belgium and here in the States. It gets attention, because where are you going to find one? It's important to keep these cars going and participating so that future generations can see them, hear them and smell them on the track.
Dr. Paul Lynn
Hochkraeusen Racing Team
Braceville, Ohio
Is this the ESSEX WIRE GT 40 that Skip Scott/ Peter Revson drove at Sebring, 1966?
John Jamison
johnnyj47 said:Is this the ESSEX WIRE GT 40 that Skip Scott/ Peter Revson drove at Sebring, 1966?
John Jamison
From my brief research, it appears to be the car that DNF-ed in the event that was driven by Jochen Neerpasch and Jacky Ickx.
In reply to J.A. Ackley :
And I'll add it's just the body from that car, not the chassis, engine, etc.
Not to be a stickler on the description, but a 289 was a Windsor block. I don't believe ford ever made a Cleveland block that size. And it wasn't until later that some astute machinist made the Clevor( Windsor block, Cleveland heads). At least that's the best of my meager recollection. Still an amazing car, then and now
Hooligan61 said:Not to be a stickler on the description, but a 289 was a Windsor block. I don't believe ford ever made a Cleveland block that size. And it wasn't until later that some astute machinist made the Clevor( Windsor block, Cleveland heads). At least that's the best of my meager recollection. Still an amazing car, then and now
That's correct. The Cleveland engine didn't debut until the 1970 model year. The listing says a Cleveland, but that doesn't seem to be the case. We'll correct our story, though. Thanks for pointing that out!
I was partially right about the astute machinist creating the Clevor. It was Ford in 68 creating the Boss 302 with its own Windsor style block, but 4 bolt mains that they stuck developemental Cleveland 351 canted valve heads on to create the Boss 302. Installed in 1969 Boss 302 Mustangs. Credit where credit is due.
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