My apologies to folks who want to see lots of pictures, but I'm a bit
reluctant to put up detailed pictures. The 47D is a unique car,
and I wish it to remain unique. I don't wish to help
people who might use the photos to make replicas of the 47D.
I will put up more pictures, when I find the time to sort through them.
Despite being 30 years-old the body was in good shape. So minimal fiberglass work was needed.
The original paint for the 47D was a metallic blue/green colour (if view from one angle it looks blue, another it looks green). Later it was painted British Racing Green (BRG). A thorough search of the Heritage Motor Centre archives failed to turn up a standard production car colour that matched the descriptions of the car. So the original paint formula was probably a custom formula. Fortunately, a small sample of the original paint was found on the inside of one of the doors. So the body was repainted to match the original colour.
Here are two pictures of the rebuilt engine being dyno tested
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And here is a graph of the dyno run of the newly restored 4.4 litre GKN-Rover engine.
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