Ford GT40

[henk4]

Not yet included in this section is the GT40. Yet i am curious about one car I saw a couple of years ago during the Pebble Beach Tour, it was a yellow one, with the Califarnia License plate MAS GT40. The plate gave away its greatest asset, as through the rear window, in stead of the standard pushrod engine, a thoroughbred 4-cam V8 Maserati engine could be spotted.
I greatly suspect that is a replica car (and a sacrilege for the US pushrodders ), but in case somebody did convert a historic chassis, which one could it be?
I got pics of the car in case somebody is interested.

I don't know whether this is the correct place for the thread, otherwise it could be moved to a more approrpiate location. Nevertheless, a good thread on the GT40s and the ones currently racing would be nice.

[John Turner]

It shouldn't really be here, but having said that I'm not sure where to put it. However, if some one would like to develop a GT40 chassis thread (as well as answering Henk's question), then that would be excellent.

[henk4]

Originally Posted by John Turner

It shouldn't really be here, but having said that I'm not sure where to put it. However, if some one would like to develop a GT40 chassis thread (as well as answering Henk's question), then that would be excellent.

Thanks, I am currently reading John Horsman's book "Racing in the Rain" which could be a good start for a chassis database, at least for the official racing cars (the three digit chassis numbers). I have several pictures and info of production cars (the four digit numbers) currently racing, so I'll start to build a list.

[henk4]

I got the answer about the Maserati engined car. It is a CAV (replica). (wow, first time noticed that I do not need to go to image shack anymore....will open a host of possibilities....)

[John Turner]

Well when someone starts on the racing GT40s, that'll be great but I really think this should be in the Classic car forum, where I am moving it to.