[LM24] GT40 @ Hotel de France?

[sab]

I've picked up a rumour that a very special part of Le mans History could well be making a return to the Hotel de France @ La Chartre. John Wyre based his team at the Hotel from the 1950s - 1970s. It is rumoured that the winning car from 1968 &1969 will be at La Chartre on Friday 13th.

[Jim Craik]

Originally Posted by sab

I've picked up a rumour that a very special part of Le mans History could well be making a return to the Hotel de France @ La Chartre. John Wyre based his team at the Hotel from the 1950s - 1970s. It is rumoured that the winning car from 1968 &1969 will be at La Chartre on Friday 13th.

That is P/1075, a very special car!

[FIRE]

Some photos:
http://autosport.nl/klasse/nieuws/23...-sur-le-loir/1

[sweetchuk]

Originally Posted by sab

I've picked up a rumour that a very special part of Le mans History could well be making a return to the Hotel de France @ La Chartre. John Wyre based his team at the Hotel from the 1950s - 1970s. It is rumoured that the winning car from 1968 &1969 will be at La Chartre on Friday 13th.

Sorry to burst the bubble here, but if the post that FIRE put up in his link above represents the GT-40 in your rumour, then that is definitely not the Le Mans winning GT-40, chassis number 1075 from '68 & '69.

The car pictured is a road going GT-40 Mk1 (possibly converted from Mk1 race trim - still a gorgeous machine, don't get me wrong), but it is absolutely not the Gulf sponsored GT-40 MK1B that John Wyer ran in his Ford team which won LeMans twice in a row.

That car - 1075 - has never shed its Gulf colours and remains the most copied car in terms of its distinctive paint scheme and setup of all GT-40 owners, either genuine or replica.

[GT6]

We were there on Wednesday and had a great morning, hotel has been refurbished very nicely and the owner showed us his kenwood porsche and bentley, meet Derek Bell and had a good chat

[sab]

Noel Pasteau (former owner of Hotel de France) Martin Overington (new owner) and LeMans Legends, 1988 Kenwood Kremer Porsche 962 and Jacky Ickx Six times Le Mans winner.