Gulf Ford GT40

[Gramps46]

Looking at my GT40 collection it was obvious there were duplicates of the very successful Gulf sponsored GT40 chassis P1075 which won Le Mans in 1968 and 1969.

I decided to do some decal work and change two of them to the race liveries of other races which it won using number decals I made in MS Word.

1968 Le Mans 

1968 Spa

1969 Le Mans 

1969 Sebring

Bingo!, dilemma solved.  In order:  Le Mans Miniatures, Majorette, Thunder Valley, Hachette 

P 1075 also won 1968 Brands Hatch (#4) and 1968 Watkins Glen (#5) 

Share your photos of P 1075 if you like and thanks for looking.

 

 

[Hoffman]

Great idea, Gary! ? P 1075 is like the Hero car for every other GT40 to look up to. I remember reading the story about it in the June 1987 issue of Road & Track. Very impressive history for that car.

[magicmustang]

Love them all. Here's my rebuild of an IMC kit from years ago.

[1959scudetto]

5 hours ago, Hoffman said:

Great idea, Gary! ? P 1075 is like the Hero car for every other GT40 to look up to. I remember reading the story about it in the June 1987 issue of Road & Track. Very impressive history for that car.

It certainly is one of the -( if not THE ) most succesful sports-racers ever.

[Rich Chernosky]

Very creative Gary...a nice way to spruce up your collectionl.

[Dave B]

That's a great collection Gary, there can't be too many sports/gt racing fans of the 60's that haven't built 1075.

Dave B

[spencer1984]

Great looking group, nice use of the duplicates!

[afx]

Nice work Gary.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Those are great! Paint's right and details are nicely done. Really nice work.

[Phildaupho]

Love GT40's. I bought the Thunder Valley kit 25 years ago but was always intimidated to start it. It is finally now on my build list for 2024. As much as I am a fan of the Gulf livery I plan to build the Canadian Comstock Team GT40.

[vamach1]

10 hours ago, Phildaupho said:

Love GT40's. I bought the Thunder Valley kit 25 years ago but was always intimidated to start it. It is finally now on my build list for 2024. As much as I am a fan of the Gulf livery I plan to build the Canadian Comstock Team GT40.

I packed my Thunder Valley GT40 for the ACME show so I’ll post some pictures by Sunday.

[slusher]

Great build!

[Sledsel]

Very nice collection and great idea!