Here are a few photos of 47-GT-3 at various stage in its life.
http://www.vhrr.com/forum/album.php?albumid=1&pictureid=9I have collected quite a lot of period photos, but most of them are copyright. I must be careful with what I post on the internet!
The car is pretty much as I bought it in 2009.
The body has been restored and is in primer. The original chassis centre tunnel has been retained, and new front box section, and rear fork fitted. This is fitted into the shell. The original font and rear chassis sections were supplied with car, so I intend to restore those so the car has as much of the original chassis as possible.
Most of the suspension arms were supplied with the car, but no rear uprights, shocks/springs or wheel spinners, no rear hubs. All the expensive bits!
I have a really nice 701M block, and a clean early "half moon" head. I will fit a later head, because these early ones are quite small in the intake runners.
The car came with a brand new set of discs, and rims, excellent gauges, doors, a windscreen, and rear lights from the Lancia Berlina. The light housings need to be cut done.
Most importantly it has its original chassis ID plate, and a continuous list of owners and past registration papers. As a bones, I got a whole car thrown in with it 460047, which I treasure just as much as the 47.
In my years of ownership, I have collected parts for it such as
- brake calipers Girlign 16/3 in alloy
- spinners
- springs/shocks
- correct 2 bolt FT200 with parts for the alternator drive
- rear uprights
- rear hubs
- gear shift linkage
- oil catch tank
- fuel tanks
- fuel Filler
- side windows
The list goes on.
I will start the restoration when my Elan 26/4101 is finished. I will not attempt to restore 2 different car at the same time. The 47 will require a big injection of time and money to complete, and it deserves to be done properly and sympathetically.
See below for the trombone motif. It makes me smile.
