Lot details Registration No: KYC649D Chassis No: GTD4011588 Mot Expiry: Sept 2006
Once the most respected manufacturer of replica Ford GT40 kits in the world, GT Developments rose to prominence in the mid 1980s when they began producing a spaceframe chassis that not only aped the original's all-round double-wishbone independent suspension layout but also proved capable of handling serious V8 power. Operating from premises in Poole, Dorset under the guidance of Ray Christopher their reproduction glassfibre bodywork was also praised for its accuracy / authenticity.
Finished in red with black upholstery, this particular right-hand drive GTD 40 replica is described by the vendor as being in very good overall condition. Apparently built in 1989 with "no expense spared" to "sprint / track day specification", it is powered by a Ford 4.8 litre V8 engine mated to a five-speed transaxle. Equipped with "double-pumper Holley carburetion, track Spax shocks, aeroquip brake lines, plumbed-in 'Fireater' system, harness belts, quick release and twin facet fuel pumps etc", it is reported to have been "used sparingly as a toy". Benefiting from air-conditioning, its nicely detailed cockpit houses a "200mph speedo, twin fuel gauges and individual tank / fan controls". Said to have been "correctly registered and fitted with a period D plate (1966)", it is believed to have covered just 6,000 miles since completion (a claim supposedly substantiated by "its old MOTs"). A highly convincing recreation of one of the greatest ever sports racers (the Ford GT40 reined supreme at Le Mans from 1966 to 1969 inclusive); this "exhilarating" GTD40 is anticipated to possess a new MOT certificate by the time of sale
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