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GT40's can be built by a first timer but is this really what you want to do? How much are you going to have into ($$$) this vehicle when you are done? It is going to take you how many years to finish your project? You want to take this car on track? If you want a road race car why not buy a either an early Mustang or a fox body (1979-1993) Mustang all set up to go as a road race car? It would be a lot cheaper. You should be able to find a completed GT40 for $45,000 (US) easily if you do some looking. If you buy a completed car (Mustang or GT40) you can enjoy it NOW and not later. Build your own new GT40 might run you $50,000 - $65,000 or higher assuming you ever finish it. How big is your garage? If your wife is not parking in it now then she will not miss her garage space. Otherwise she will not see her garage space for a few years. The things you have to ask yourself is: What support will my family be? What are my mechanical skills to start and finish this project? What car geek/gear head friends or family do I have locally to support me? What tools will I be needing? What is my time worth and what items can I do myself and what will I need to farm out? You need to access things correctly or we just might see your ad here in three years on you selling an unfinished GT40 project. We all here at GT40.com will be here to give you moral support and advice but due to logistics we won't be able to come to your house and give you a hand. We really want you to succeed. But you or anyone else thinking of doing this need to give something like this a lot of serious thought. You might want put your plan, costs and time line down on paper and review if this is really what you want to commit yourself to?

Jim Seisser