Power Engineering of Uxbridge have offered the use of their rolling road to club members at an attractive fee. The proposed date is Saturday 2nd October 2010. If there are enough participants the cost would be £30.00 and it will be available all day. Also depending on numbers they have indicated that they would provide a BBQ.
There are a lot of fancy figures and hot air about our GT40s BHP. This is an opportunity to discover the truth and separate fact from fiction at a modest cost.
If you are interested in this unique offer please contact Desmond Finnan by e-mail at desmond@finnan.plus.com or by phone on 01483 285455 to be assured of a place. This should prove an interesting club first.
Andrew and his wife Debbie Komosa, invite all GT40 Club members and Lotus Club members to a picnic on Saturday 4th September 2010 in the grounds of Meadowbank House, Weare Street, Ockley, Surrey, RH5 5NH. The aim is for drivers & wives to fetch their own sandwiches and swimming costumes, and the GT40 Enthusiasts Club Chairman and his wife shall provide soft drinks, puddings and an indoor heated pool.
Please note this event has been moved from Sunday 5th of September, in order not to conflict with Chelsea Auto Legends, London. However, attendees may wish to fetch camping equipment and stay overnight in the grounds of Meadowbank, making a terrific two-day weekend.
Please let Andrew know either by e-mail on a.komosa@btopenworld.com or by telephone on 01306628320 if you intend to come along.
Tony Hunt is planning to repeat the very successful montage of Le Mans Classic pictures that was published in the September 2008 issue of Fortyfication. So, if you take any interesting or striking pictures at the 2010 Le Mans Classic, please send them to Tony Hunt at huntsen*ukonline.co.uk (replace * with @). If the pics describe an event or dialogue, please include details, so an appropriate caption can be included. Pictures of lots of Club GT40s during the track laps session will be of particular interest. Bigger, higher resolution pictures stand a better chance of making the front cover!
This year's AutoGlym Award for the furthest travelled to Le Mans Classic in a GT40 was given to Ian Cowan from Ireby, Carnforth, which is just south of the
Scottish border. Ian and Jacquie travelled a distance of 577 miles via the Portsmouth Caen ferry to le Mans in his
Southern GT40 (click here). They have certainly earned the award.
We have upgraded this web site to a new more current format. As such we have tested the new web site using the newest versions of available web browsers, such as Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and Chrome. We have also tested the new web site using a number of older browsers known to be still in use.
In the process I am aware that 25% of our members are still using Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers version 6 with a few still are on 5 and 5.5. Microsoft has available on-line free upgrades to IE browser version 8.
Those who are in this position will still be able to view the new site, but I would encourage you to upgrade to the newest version to be able take full advantage of today's technology.
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Starlight is a charity which assists terminally ill children. Every year they hold an event at Popham airfield where they organize trips in airplanes, helicopters and sportscars.
OF Racing invited the GT40 Enthusiasts Club to send along GT40s.
Attached to this is a photo of two of our members Dave Hensley and Paul Brameld who turned up August 19th with
their magnificent cars to take children for rides on the grass.
Featured in Septempber edition are a GT40 in Gulf colours, a 289 Cobra and a Lotus 11 which were the subject of a photo shoot for Complete Kit Car.
They will be featured on the front cover and each car and its driver photoed and interviewed. The club is mentioned in the feature and it is nice to be given the press coverage.
GT40 Supercars who offer the superb CAV GT, has recently launched their stripped-out race version called the GTR.
Powered by a Ford V8 available in ‘strengths’ from 350-650bhp with an Audi transaxle. If the customer prefers, GM LS is also available including the supercharged
LS9 that delivers a cool 639bhp out-of-the-box!
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As a dedicated track version of the GT, much of the luxuries are dispensed with but you do get a rollcage as standard and uprated driveshafts and CV joints, uprated brakes with six-pot calipers, a race fuel cell, Rose-jointed suspension and lightweight bodywork which features separate front and rear sections.
Prices for the GTR start at £99,875 inc VAT with more details available from 01507 522 225 or www.gt40supercars.com (click here).
A very successful event for the club, we had 56 entries. Nearly everyone made the trip successfully. There were a few cases of overheating motors in
crawling French traffic. The location (#49) couldn’t have been better as it was close the Grandstand (#17) and in the Village. Everything went off pretty well on Ian Anderson's
schedule, Dr. John gave us all a rather sober briefing prior to the club track session on Friday evening, we signed away our lives, we were on the track at 9 pm and
most of us lasted for 7 laps on the 13.6 km Circuit de la Sarthe. Yours truly was thrilled to get a ride with Adrian Wynn. Here we are crossing the finish line.
The next day for the Classic we had excellent seats in the Grandstand in front of the start/finish line which was especially important for the classic races to see the flag starts.
Dr. John has a picture collage on his web site and the club also has pictures from the successful luncheon hosted by Grandstand Motor Sports.
To see more click here.
I would like to mention that Claude Nahum of our club was in the Classic Event, Grid No. 5 (No. 63) in his Mark II and although he started 28th he finished the 1st session in 18th place. This was a notable achievement given the competition and day's temperature. I understand he didn't compete in the next 2 required rounds because of mechanical problems.
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Andrew Komosa, our Chairman has written a very interesting article on how starting small to eventually building a GT40 over a period of years can be both challenging and rewarding. This is a must read for any GT40 enthusiasts. To read this article click here.
There is a new style of Events listing for 2010.
This is more structured and allows for detail to be added at a second level. It also enables other people apart from myself, as webmaster, to post events; currently this is restricted to certain committee members e.g. Dave Hensley (Events organiser).