http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/ en Fri, 24 May 2013 11:58:22 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/ http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/gt40-ford-gt/18260-dean-jeffries-rip.html Wed, 08 May 2013 19:23:26 GMT Dean Jeffries, 80, died on the 5th of May. He was a famous Hollywood customizer, one of the original grtoup from the '50s that included Cushenberry, Barris, Gene Winfield, etc.
He is most famous for his Mantaray show car using a Maserati frame , his own hand formed body and a Cobra engine given to him by Shelby, for whom he painted the first Cobra several times (to make people think Shelby was just churnin' out Cobras).
He was also given a GT40 roadster by Ford in the hopes that he would put it in the movie as he was not only customizing cars for the movies but driving the cars. He even broke his back filming a stunt in Romancing the Stone.
When I last visited his shop a couple years ago he was still finalizing the transplant of a four cam Ford Indy engine into his GT40, determined to show this is how Ford should have built the GT40. You could say his restoration of the car was one of the longest in history.
His life is profiled in a book by Tom Cotter that is $25 on Amazon.com ]]> bitzman http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/gt40-ford-gt/18260-dean-jeffries-rip.html http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/gt40-ford-gt/18251-mk-iv-wind-tunnel-found-website-picture-i-think-thats-rem.html Tue, 07 May 2013 21:31:34 GMT I think Rem was sent from Shelby to Ford to re-do the car after the J car crash. I liked the J-car better... http://www.thevrl.com/photo/ford-j-car-in-the-wind-tunnel?context=featured http://api.ning.com/files/3Gs40plUa2Nx5LG-gU2nDCSb0zzmtqxAhoE*dmNycSRE3P6F8gyUb55qEO0UF0iNjrHQQ7pOy8pwpEWwLg3qfZLwUg4imEbj/Z152KodachromeRacer6.jpg I think Rem was sent from Shelby to Ford to re-do the car after the J car crash.
I liked the J-car better...

http://www.thevrl.com/photo/ford-j-c...ntext=featured


http://api.ning.com/files/3Gs40plUa2...romeRacer6.jpg ]]> bitzman http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/gt40-ford-gt/18251-mk-iv-wind-tunnel-found-website-picture-i-think-thats-rem.html http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/gt40-ford-gt/18223-ford-gt-110-saw-picture-second-chassis-today-more-complete.html Sun, 05 May 2013 22:18:47 GMT I can't remember if it had suspension pieces but it was a complete tub. The guy who had the xerox copy of the photo said that one went to McLaren to make the open race car, the second to Holman & Moody. So did Holman & Moody ever dispense of it? I think since it was built in period (the sixties) it could be built out as a legitimate Ford GT lightweight. But the guy who showed me the xerox photo said neither car had a SN plate, but I think one raced at Mosport in Canada, Here's the reference. As a open race car in USRRC it had the '65 GT40 long nose.

GP Canada Mosport 1965 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars
Photo Gallery from race GP Canada Mosport 1965 on Racing Sports Cars website ... Ford GT-X1 #GT/110 - Ford A 427 V8 7000 cc N/A: Bruce McLaren Racing Ltd. (GB)
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...965-09-25.html - Cached

so inorder to cross the border I would think they (customs) would check your SN if they thought you might be importing the cars to sell (at least it was the other way around when I bought a gullwing in Canada). Or maybe if you were a big league race tem they just waved you through like you are celebrities. But I don't think Ford could have exported it to Europe to race without the cars bearing SN plates (chassis plates).
Anyway I heard one of the mechanics that stripped the first chassis of bodywork, engine , trans, etc. also kept the chassis plate as a souvenir so if that's true one had a chassis plate, so why wouldn't the other? ]]> bitzman http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/gt40-ford-gt/18223-ford-gt-110-saw-picture-second-chassis-today-more-complete.html