[Leica] More GT-40 shots

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

Actually, Didier, that's not Phil Hill. I don't know who he is. Hill
was there in a driving suit chatting with the working press.

I don't have a rear view of this car beyond the one posted but I
clearly remember the tail was quite similiar to the coupe's with that
little flip-up and the exhaust leaving the middle.

I don't know what the orange formula car is beside the E-Type.

The orange-ish rounded fender is, I think, the front of a Shelby 427
Cobra. Later I got to walk through the Shelby factory that was down in
LA beside the airport. Neat stuff. There was a gentleman named Dante
Cardone (I think) who walked me through.

Best regards,

Adam

On 5/3/06, Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote:
> Adam
>
> Again, many, many thanks for these pictures. This roadster is supposedly 
> one of the estimated 6 or 7 preproduction GT prototypes. John S. Allen 
> mentions in his GT40 book that there is only one such intact prototype 
> example with the '65 nose left, the GT/108 (who has now two black stripes 
> - not shure if original). One GT got a new nose and wheels, others were 
> dismantled, cut up, rebuilt as coup? or used as spare parts donator, and 
> one is said to "be lost" (ehm, Mr. Shelby, could we search your back yard 
> shed???)
>
> If you have a better picture of his back I might find out whether this one 
> is the famous "108" white elefant, as he was the only one with a low tail 
> section.
>
> The Phil Hill portrait is nice. With this rockabilly haircut he could fit 
> a Cad' convertible even better...
>
> Didier
>
>
>
> >Digging around in my basic shoe box, I found these prints from August
> >1965. They were taken in Candlestick Park's parking lot set up for a
> >road race, the last ever held there.
> >
> >The interior of the roadster GT40. Check out the size of that wheel!
> ><http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/GT40002.jpg>
> >
> >Note the shift is over on the right-side by the gas tank assembly. I
> >remember that in the original version of the car there was ducting to
> >push air through the seats to make them cooler, but later evaluation
> >revealed they were using precious horsepower to keep the driver
> >comfortable.
> >
> >I was greatly disappointed that I only got to see the roadster as it
> >was the Lola-derived coupe that I really loved. Somewhere I have a
> >model of it, or did although it may not have survived a move or two.
> >
> >And three exterior shots:
> >
> >A Shelby GT-350 flanks the GT-40:
> ><http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/GT40003.jpg>
> >
> >Note the wire wheels
> ><http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/GT40004.jpg>
> ><http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/GT40005.jpg>
> >
> >The 17-year-old version of me. Things were a bit more formal in those
> >days, especially in the Bay Area. I was there looking at colleges.
> >Later I would fly to LA to go to the Claremont Group colleges. On the
> >way home I flew over the smoking Watts which was in full riot. I
> >hadn't had a clue it was happening until the woman in the seat beside
> >me explained.
> ><http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/GT40001.jpg>
> >My shot of Phil Hill has vanished. <frown>
> >Adam
>
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