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FRPGUY · 03-03-06, 07:51 AM

Brian & Chris, The GTM sure has come a long way from when I was involved with FFR. I saw the first attempts of puting some ideas down on the floor. They really started with some large round steel tube on the floor and some T-Bird suspension parts proped up to start the process.
I think the proplem with the body design is that they used a GT40 windshield. When you pick a windshield design like that, you have to design the whole body around the windshield. When I shaped out the Daytona Coupe for FFR, the windshield they chose to use for the Daytona, it dictated the whole shape of the body back to the tail.
I must say seeing the car in person is a lot different than seeing pictures of it. The shape kind of grows on you with time.
It can not be that bad, they have sold one hundred of them so far!

03-03-06, 07:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
FRPGUY FRPGUY 3 Tenths Join Date: Jan 2006 GT40: Norwell, Mass. USA Posts: 374 Rep Power: 6	Re: Factory Five GTM-200 Brian & Chris, The GTM sure has come a long way from when I was involved with FFR. I saw the first attempts of puting some ideas down on the floor. They really started with some large round steel tube on the floor and some T-Bird suspension parts proped up to start the process. I think the proplem with the body design is that they used a GT40 windshield. When you pick a windshield design like that, you have to design the whole body around the windshield. When I shaped out the Daytona Coupe for FFR, the windshield they chose to use for the Daytona, it dictated the whole shape of the body back to the tail. I must say seeing the car in person is a lot different than seeing pictures of it. The shape kind of grows on you with time. It can not be that bad, they have sold one hundred of them so far!