Ford GT  |  Spotted in Gloucester, United Kingdom

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Ford GT spotted in Gloucester, United Kingdom

Details on This Ford GT:

  • Location
    Gloucester, United Kingdom
  • Description
    This is the first ever GT40 delivered in the UK (March 1966, Chassis no. 1034), parked up at my late father-in-law's father's car repair business (T. S. Lawrance in Gloucester) who knew James Fielding - the original owner of this car. (The GT40 was not in for repair btw!) Found this on a slide while reminiscing, as it is my late father-in-law's birthday today. He loved cars and owned several exotic classics in his time, RIP Paul Lawrance, we miss you. Fantastic car, went on to race around the world.
  • Spotted by
    tobster_911
  • Date spotted
    01/08/69
  • Tags
    gt40   hfh67d   gloucester   tslawrance  
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Worth quite a bit now it seems...
http://www.bornrich.com/ultra-rare-1965-ford-gt40-estimated-fetch-3-million-rms-arizona-auction.html
...dam I bet he wishes he'd held on to it!
Posted:  07/18/2014 09:00:37
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Cross said:
What an amazing photo from way back! OIART and I recently saw one of the original 6 prototype cars, 2 amazing recreations, and another original undergoing a second restoration all at one shop. We got to see many original pieces of the car in several bins waiting for prep work. Those cars are amazing!
Posted:  07/18/2014 01:17:58
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DjShift said:
Oh, then i think it's probably the oldest spot on the site.

And I didn't even know there was color back then.
Posted:  07/17/2014 20:51:18
 
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Yes, it was really spotted in 1969 - couldn't post it then though, neither I nor the modern day internet was born :-)
Found it on a slide from my late father-in-law that has been stashed away for decades. The slides were all date stamped. Hoping for some more gems like this to be found yet as I go through them!
Posted:  07/17/2014 17:39:14
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thanks for sharing this historic photo! epic car, and some old goodies in the bg, too!
Posted:  07/17/2014 02:18:26
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DjShift said:
Great spot!!!

Was it really spotted in 1969 though?
Posted:  07/17/2014 00:02:30
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DerekSong said:
what a beauty! there's too many replicas and not enough real GT40s sadly
Posted:  07/16/2014 23:02:54
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OIART said:
I saw that GT40 at Legendary too, it's so beautiful. They always have amazing inventory, the Zonda R is insane!
Posted:  07/16/2014 19:18:22
 
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When I was at Legendary Motorcars in Milton, Ontario they started up their Ford GT40 Mk 1 and it sounded amazing! They are amazing cars, nice shot!
Posted:  07/16/2014 18:35:43
 
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The thing I like about GT40s is that they are all one color, no stripes. Some of the 05/06 GTs are stripeless though.
Posted:  07/16/2014 18:23:11
 
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