Superformance gt40 s are built for the street and feature air conditioning standard just like the original gt40 street car p 1028.
How high is the roof of a gt 40.
Roof pitch or slope is a measure of vertical rise to horizontal run expressed in inches per foot.
The 40 represented its height of 40 inches 1 02 m measured at the windshield the maximum allowed.
Sometimes pitch is also expressed in.
The production began and the subsequent cars.
The mki mkii mkiii and mkiv were numbered gt40p 1000 through gt40p 1145 and thus officially gt40s.
Pitch is thus the ratio of the rise in inches to a 12 inch run and is often expressed using a semicolon for example 6 12.
Nose data from wind tunnel testing of the mk ii cars lead to the nose of the mk ii a vehicle being shortened by nine inches saving 19 lbs.
The name gt40 is derived from its concept name of gt coupled with a roof height of only 40.
The superformance gt40 also boasts a pressed steel roof and beautifully finished body available in wide body 1968 and extra wide body 1969 configurations as well as both right and left hand drive.
The lack of a roof proved annoying.
We ll let you read yates s impressions of the gt40 for yourself but one conclusion deserves a callout here.
The first 12 prototype vehicles carried serial numbers gt 101 to gt 112.
Along with the modern gt models ford s supercar has continued to evolve for more than five decades.