1966 Ford GT 40 ex Alan Mann 'Lightweight' MkI [AM GT-2]

1966 Ford GT 40 MkI [AM GT-2] in Matrimonios separados, Movie, 1969

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
fred1969 ◊ 2024-04-13 19:24	GT40
dsl ◊ 2024-04-13 20:23	Any clue if a real event??
993cc ◊ 2024-04-14 02:55	Is this Spain? Seems like some kind of road race or even a hill climb.
Gongora ◊ 2024-04-15 19:35	dsl wrote Any clue if a real event?? in agreement with Antonio P @rqeologiamotor and the @RFEdeA yearbook it could be the Morcuera climb of 11 July 1969. Or it could also be the ascent to Canencia, on the same date.
dsl ◊ 2024-04-15 20:43	Juncadella had 1966 GT40 [AM GT-2] for a couple of years (possibly 69 & 70) under his "Escuderia Montjuich". "This was the second of a batch of five chassis picked up directly from Abbey Panels by Alan Mann. The first two (AM GT-1 and AM GT-2) were completed with the standard '289' engine and the other three (XGT-1, XGT-2 and XGT-3) were sent to Shelby for completion as Mk IIs. AM GT-2 was however by no means a regular GT40 as it featured aluminium body panels. Further weight was shed by the removing the sill covers altogether. Another distinct feature was the use of the brake-cooling scoops usually only seen on the larger engined Mk IIs." from here. Its previous owner - Paul Hawkins in 67-68 - seems to have been responsible for the odd bonnet hump seen in main - fitting it sometime during 68
Gongora ◊ 2024-04-16 00:19	wow, nice research