- Jan 19, 2007
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Does anyone know how the racing numbers for the Heritage cars were chosen? Did all of these cars come with numbers inside the white circles or were they blank?
Racing # on the Heritage/Gulf cars?
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Spirit
Heritage GT Owner
They all came blank along with a sheet of numbers for owners to chose which numbers they wanted to put on to thier machine.
I chose to put the # 6 on to mine - as have quite a few others.
Fred
:cheers
- Jan 19, 2007
- 34
Fred, thank you for the info. Can the sheet of numbers be purchased through Ford parts? I wonder how difficult it is to remove the numbers if they are already stuck on :confused
Please excuse my ignornace but why the #6? Was that one of the LeMans winners?
Please excuse my ignornace but why the #6? Was that one of the LeMans winners?
FlorIdaho Chris
Yeah, I've got one.
Numbers come off pretty easily. A heat gun helps but be careful since the white roundel sticker could be damaged. You can buy the numbers set and the white roundel stickers from Ford parts.
The original #6 GT40 Gulf car has Lemans racing heritage thus the popularity of the number. I also liked using the #6 on my car since if I messed it up when I applied it I could use one of my spare #9s turned upside down as a replacement. In fact, the number you see on the side of my car in the signature below is actually one of those upside down nines...:frown
Spirit
Heritage GT Owner
Chris is right on the money in his explination to your questions.:thumbsup
Actually, I still have the original number sheet unused that came with the machine.:wink
Another option as far as the numbers go; is go to a sign and graphics shop and have the numbers made. I think the 4 numbers, for the car cost me $20.00; can't beat it.:biggrin
:cheers
Fred
ItsOnlyMoney
Heritage GT Owner
P1075 (The famous Gulf GT) won LeMans in 1968 ( wearing #9 ) and 1969 ( wearing #6 ). I chose to put 9 on my car. That's why you see these two numbers used most often.
David
427Aggie
GT Owner
Chris I did the same thing..I tried to put them on myself and screwed up the 6 so I resorted to a sign shop and number 9 upside down.
Don't let David Lie the reason he took 9 is because the more appropriate #6 was already on my car and he knew he couldn't live up to the reputation
(I can give him shit...he came with me to the rally and then bought the same car as me )
Matt
Don't let David Lie the reason he took 9 is because the more appropriate #6 was already on my car and he knew he couldn't live up to the reputation
(I can give him shit...he came with me to the rally and then bought the same car as me
)Matt