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Willment was a British racing team owned by John Willment and financed by his Ford dealership which was the largest in the UK at the time. The team had very close links to Ford, winning the 1963 BSCC with a Ford Galaxie driven by Jack Sears and also being entrusted by Ford with the race development of the Ford Cortina 1500GT. In 1967 John Willment and John Wyer formed JW Automotive Engineering Ltd winning the World Sportscar title in 1968 and the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1968 and 1969.
The chassis is 427 Cobra CSX3055 and the body is a Ghia Supersonic designed by Giovanni Savonuzzi. John Willment found a Ghia Supersonic bodied Fiat 8V in a scrapyard (presumably in the days when classic cars were almost worthless) and having a spare 427 Cobra race chassis he decided to marry the two together. The engine was a Holman Moody prepared 427 fitted with twin four barrel carbs. Willment lost interest in the project before it was completely finished, but based on the modern looking photos the car has recently been completed.
Apologies if this has been posted already - I tried a search.
It would be nice to have one of the beautiful Ghia Supersonic bodies in the game - they also made ones with Fiat, Jaguar and Aston Martin mechanicals, but this being based on a 427 Cobra must be the version with the greatest performance of all.
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