Ford rebuilds GT Mark II #1032 - Motor Trend Classic magazine Winter 2012

[Ed Sims]

The magazine was $14.99 + tax so if anyone enjoys reading it use the money you saved to buy me & Dr Frank a beer at the next Rally!

Ed

 

[Ed Sims]

page 3 & 4

 

[Ed Sims]

pg 5 & 6

 

[Ed Sims]

pg 7 & 8

 

[Ed Sims]

Ok, we need someone to paint/wrap their car like this!

Ed

 

[Ed Sims]

I tired to duplicate the wheel color but now we need some tires like look like that!

Ed

 

[Superfly]

That was a great read. Thanks for sharing. Here's one for you, from this month's Octane Magazine (link is to my dropbox account since the file is too large to post)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gwxoft9rts6ckzw/GT40 Octane Jan 2013.pdf

 

[Ed Sims]

Thanks Superfly. Cool story. I saw an original road going GT40 at the Petersen Museum during Rally II but a few of my books say more than 20 were built (50 was the goal). The article states only 7 were made.

Ed

 

[Luke Warmwater]

That is a great read Ed thanks. I bought two copies which BTW are very nice. I''l be on the lookout for the Octane issue as well!

 

[RALPHIE]

Thanks Superfly. Cool story. I saw an original road going GT40 at the Petersen Museum during Rally II but a few of my books say more than 20 were built (50 was the goal). The article states only 7 were made.

Ed

Ed -

I believe that over 20 Mark I's and II's were built as road going models, but only 7 Mark III's (the designated road-only design) were fabricated.

I did see one error in the article, when they referred to Wyer's Mirage-based Gulf Mark I as a Mark IV.

 

[SteveA]

:agree: Only 7 MKIII's.

 

[Jim]

A bunch of us Ford guys did the restoration as a volunteer project. Parked next to my 2005 GT it is amazingly small! It is really the most original Mark IIA in existance. Most were modified to Mark IIB specs.
It's a thrill to hear run and drive! We delivered it back to the Indy Museum and Todd Lassa from motor Trend did the article. Great photos I thought!