[Mark Worthington]

I took four days off of work in July 2003 to work on my GT40. Hershal Byrd was kind enough to accept my invitation to come out from Phoenix to help me with the fitment of the body panels. I can't say enough great things about Hershal...he is truly an amazing guy. My wife was reluctant that I had invited a "stranger" into our home, but she absolutely adores Hershal now, and we all look forward to when we can visit with him again (February 2004 in Arizona). Hersh is a true class act and his help probably saved me three or four months of head scratchin', cussin', and bein' pissed off at this body work stuff. Hersh is so knowledgable about so many things, especially cars, and especially body work.

The next picture shows the rear-clip-to-spyder-to-door relationship of the various body pieces. It doesn't look too bad in this pic, but there are minor misalignments that need to be fixed with filler and my new DA sander. I have to be careful not to drive myself nuts trying to get the body panel gaps to look like a Lexus. The original cars were actually pretty damn rough. I've decided to paint the car a bright white with blue stripes. I like the stripe scheme that Hershal used and will copy it verbatim, only in Daytona Blue (A Nissan color on the new 350Z). I think the white color will really bring out all the gorgeous lines of a GT40, but it will also highlight any flaws in the panel fitment.