[Lance]

BODY

• I’ve always liked the look of the wide rear body, but this wasn’t an option when I purchased my car. I’m widening the body to suit the 335 Pirellis and black Simmons FZ17 wheels and it looks great. The photos don’t do the wheels justice. The most common word used is: "Stunning".
• The front clip vents will all be used. The wing vents feed fresh air into an under dash plenum which supplies the cockpit and AC / heater system. The central vent will feed cool air into the area under the front clip to stop heat build up.
• I’m going with a single nostril front vent. It will incorporate a shroud to seal behind the radiator and fans.
• I like the look of the cars with the full size round driving lights. The biggest I could fit into mine were 135mm diameter. I note that other cars have used 150mm diameter driving lights. In true GT40 fashion, they must all have different sized nacelles, because this size wouldn’t come close in mine.
• I’ve used side indicator repeaters for front indicators and have replaced the globe holders with 21W types. It’s amazing how nice they look in your hand and how small they look on the car. I don’t know if I’ll get them passed, but nothing bigger (that was the right shape), would fit so I’ll see how I go.
• The supercharger front pulley sits between your shoulders. I’m installing a Perspex window in the alloy bulkhead so that it can be seen from inside the cabin, noise permitting. Seeing the engine spin up so close to their shoulder should stir up the passengers .
• I wanted a particular look for the wing mirrors. They had to be door mounted and with good vision past the wide rear guards. I also wanted them to be rectangular with rounded corners. After much research I am using the mirrors from a Porsche 911SC of around 1980 vintage. They are visually a bit chunkier than I had in mind due to the rubber surrounds, but this won’t ‘read’ with the burgundy body colour I’m using. They’re alloy, designed for high speeds, electric and heated for those of you from cold climes. Note that they come in right and left hand drive versions.
• The motor is too lovely to hide, so I’m looking at opening up the clip area under the rear window, so that it’s on display a bit more. This will be sealed off to help keep cool air at the air filters as far as possible.