Ford announced a "67 Heritage Edition" of the GT for 2018! It will have the Foyt/Gurney colours. The number of cars is not yet known, but the price is: € 530.000.-. Sorry, not for me! Would go
for a TAGHeuer limited edition instead...

 

That looks great. A GT40 is one of my dream cars, I was very upset to discover I don't fit!

 

I found I did fit when a local Ford dealer had one on display for a week. They made the mistake of not locking the door and of course I was straight in there! While I was sitting dreaming two younger boys came up and looked inside. This was a genuine racing car and had no speedometer of course (nor door-locks I wonder?). One of the boys looked at the rev-counter and said "Oh, it only does 70." The other looked the water temperature gauge and said "No it will do 250."

More speedo tales: my mother was always a nervous passenger and not capable of judging speed except by looking at the speedometer so when I bought a Mini Cooper "S" I pulled the speedo out and turned the needle down by 20mph -- a very easy operation on 1960's Minis. My next road car (two racers inbetween) was a Lotus Elite which had a kph only speedo. I had left the parental embrace by then and had not thought of the effect on her of seeing the needle at 130 when cruising calmly along. She was terrified the first and only time she rode in it!



My Lotus Elite and house-mate's Mini Cooper in 1975.

 

You are not alone! There might be a huge community!

 

Fascinating tales and always a Lotus thrown in for good measure-that must be Mike Causer?

Steve

 

Dammit, I've been outed!

Have another Lotus....

..... in fact why not have three?


FTAOD I was not there in 1956, I was flying the Fairey Delta 2 to the world speed record at the time. In a mocked-up cockpit on my parents' dining-room floor.

 

Awesome photos. I like what how they designed the truck parts. That would definitely make Lightning McQueen proud.