Chassis with notification “P” indicates that this is a Production Series chassis. The fabrication of the “1000”series started in march 1965.
It was originaly a test car. P1000 was the first chassis built and was used at first as a frame for tailoring the body panels for the first GT40s. It was finally completed a year later partly with the savaged parts of the wreck of P 1006.
On loan to the Canadian team Comstock Racing for Bob McLean and Jean Quelelt (#18) for the 12 hours of Sebring in 1966, the car had the front opening of the radiator enlarged. During the race, McLean suddenly veered to the right as he exited the esses, headed towards the hairpin. The car traveled across a grassy area at speed, before making contact with a communications pole. As the car had full fuel tanks, it burst into flames. Sadly, McLean perished in the fire. There was never an official cause given for the crash. One would suspect that the sudden change of direction must have been the result of a mechanical failure of some sort. The car was totally destroyed. The wreck?
There are those who believe the bare, burned out shell of the GT-40 was buried somewhere outside Sebring, not at the actual track. The other camp believes that the car was brought back to Comstock’s shop in Scarborough and dismantled there.
According to a reliable Sebring Raceway source the car was buried on the Raceway property giving rise to "The Legend of the Ghost GT40 of Sebring."
