Article: Perks Of The Job

[Jac Mac]

Steve,
That is a really neat set of photos.
I work at Moss Motors which is less than a mile from the site of that first legal drag race at the Goleta airstrip.

BTW. Were all original GT 40s built as RHD ?


(Ken Hyndman )

Yes, due to the 'tunnel' for coolant tubes being offset ~3" from centerline and the drivers side seat, pedal area and front bulkhead using that extra space it would have reqd a considerable amount of mirror engineering of the mono chassis to make them LHD.
That coolant tunnel is an integral part of the chassis, however some later cars and rebuilt race cars had parts of that tunnel removed for a cross feed tube for the fuel tanks, IIRC some MKII FE powered cars had the coolant tubes fitted against the LH sponson, but that might have been more for removing the heat away from driver for Le Mans etc.