Cliff W

Amen - Sorely needed! I would be in for a couple.

Excellent craftsmanship Pierre! I love the way it turned out. Your transformation of the basic kit is amazing!

Tremendous job, Pierre! I've been following without much comment but I'm enjoying everything you are doing! As an aside, I have discovered the purpose of the black tank on the firewall! Rather than an oil tank, it is for fuel. The car (and many others of the time) still uses gravity to feed the fuel to the carburetors. Many cars of the time had the fuel tank under the cowl for this purpose. (a la Ford Model A) The "Autovac" system was developed to provide a reservoir to feed the engine while having the main fuel tank located on the chassis. This provides more fuel capacity than otherwise might be available. Engine vacuum is plumbed to the top of the tank which draws fuel in. There are various check valve and floats to control how much is captured. The fuel is allowed to flow out the bottom to the carbs. Once again, I am enjoying your build immensely - you are a true craftsman! Cliff Pic and link below: AutoVac

Hi Pierre, Here is an interesting cutaway I found. Not sure of the provenance but it seems to be in period. Based on the internal drawing maybe the device mounted on the cowl could be an oil cooler. Seems an odd place to put it but it could be using engine coolant rather than air. What do you think? Definitely a mystery! Cliff

Great work so far, Pierre! Perhaps that device might be a chassis oiling system. An email to Revs might be in order, they can be quite helpful. Keep up the good work! Cliff

The Revs website also has great photos. https://museum.revsinstitute.org/the-collection/ Hope this will help, I’m really looking forward to watching this one! Cliff

And the other side!

Happy to help, Pierre! Here you go -

Looking forward to this! I will be very interested in seeing how you modify the fenders. I’m a fan of the Dorothy Paget SSK at Revs Institute which has bobbed fenders as well as storage bins for running boards. Good luck on your project! Cliff p.s. I do have some “hoods open” pics of that car if you are interested.

Hi Ron, Yep, that’s what I was thinking. I agree that will up the authenticity as well as adding a lot of visual interest. keep up the good work! CliFf

Love the reman engine idea! A little alpine green to break up all that yellow. the details you’ve added look great! Will you be painting the “take off” parts and accessories in their original Cat colors?

Nice job! I had one back in the day. Not as well built as yours, of course! Looks very close to the Revs Institute SSK.

You hit this one out of the park! Terrific build of an iconic car!

Great looking car! Color choice is very realistic to the era!

Another vote for the “magazine is in the mail” post. With the print schedule the way it is (not complaining) I like the heads up.

Most likely seasonal but it would be nice to have them year round.

How many tail lights on the Nomad? If I recall correctly, the original tool had three on each side which was incorrect. (Should be two) Hoping that they fixed that rather than cloning the same error.

FYI Opening day is October 22nd - Cars and Coffee on November 9th. Revs Institute - Preserving the Future of the Past

You are correct, sir! At least for the ‘66. Might be a bit of a trick putting them in the daytime position.

Which caster or printer will step up to make these parts?

For your browsing and research pleasure - Dave Friedman was the official Shelby photographer as well as covering many types of racing through the years. Racing pictures from 1958 through 1972. Mostly sports car racing with some Trans Am, Indy, F1 and a little NASCAR thrown in. There's a whole section devoted to Shelby American with behind the scenes type pictures. The collection of photos is organized by year and broken down by event. Inside each event, though, the photos seem rather random. www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/collections/72157628488413505/ I believe this collection has been referenced in different build threads but thought it might be handy to have in this section. Enjoy! Cliff

Hi Phil I’m glad you’ve found Friedman’s photos useful. It is a treasure trove of information from that era. It’s also quite easy to get lost in!! I wouldn’t jump too hard on the aluminum bulkhead yet. After looking at the picture in your first post it could be plain white. Certainly a light color but maybe not raw metal. What ever way you go I look forward to your final results! Best to you, Cliff

Looks Great! I don't know what you're using for resources on this car but there are ton of period photos here - The Dave Friedman collection at The Henry Ford Museum. www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/collections/72157628488413505/ It's organized by year and event but not internally so you'll have to scroll through all the photos to find anything useful. Be careful! You could spend hours on this site!! I found these of your car at Daytona (Screen shots from my phone) Looks like raw aluminum for the back panel - definitely no passenger seat. Cliff p.s. I hope you don't mind my jumping in again. This is the sort of thing that I love to dig into!

Looks like you're well on your way, Phil. Now that your pointed it out, I had never noticed the missing passenger seat on the Revs car. It also lacks the ventilated driver's seat that is so typical of GT40s. This car was given to Ford of France and ran several races after Le Mans. Most likely the second seat wasn't required at those venues and the French drivers preferred a different type seat. The car itself was acquired in a very original condition and has had minimal restoration. By the way, you didn't miss anything on the Revs site, the garage shot was my own. I do have more detail photos, let me know if you need any particular view and I'll check my files. Keep up the good work! Cliff

Good start! Here is a link to the Revs Institute MkII-B - scroll down to the bottom for a 360 degree view of the interior. I think you can see the roll bar configuration there. Looks to me like one central bar running from front to rear. 1966-67 Ford GT40 MK II-B - Revs Institute You are correct in that the passenger side roof section was permanently attached - here is a picture with the modified door opened. Hope this helps!