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04-05-03, 08:29 PM
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| | Rookie 
Join Date: Jan 2003 GT40: tacoma, WA
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Rep Power: 6  | how old were you when you bought your 40??
odd question, but one that some of us young guys wonder about. | 
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04-05-03, 08:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 1969
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52 years young
Lloyd
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04-05-03, 09:02 PM
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| | 4 Tenths
Join Date: Sep 2001 GT40: Phoenix
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28 years old
This is an intresting question I've often wondered myself.
John | |
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04-05-03, 09:51 PM
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| | Fatal Attraction Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lewes, Delaware, USA GT40: Ex-DRB #35
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46 years old. Rapidly approaching 48. | |
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04-05-03, 10:33 PM
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| | daveharris 3 Tenths
Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rohnert Park ca GT40: Northern Ca,
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Rep Power: 10 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
51 years old and still have not grown up! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] | |
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04-05-03, 10:33 PM
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| | Alain V 2 Tenths
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Kansas (middle of nowhere) GT40: sold them both!
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Rep Power: 10 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
I was 34 when I ordered my GT40,,,,,,,
it should be shipping from NZ soon and I just turned 35. | |
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04-05-03, 11:11 PM
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| | Mark Clapp 4 Tenths
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kansas City, Missouri USA GT40: Mark I (South Africa)
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Rep Power: 12 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
I was 37, so it does not qualify as a mid-life crisis car. I just needed it. | |
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04-06-03, 05:01 AM
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| | David Morton Lifetime Premier Supporter 
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Marlow, England GT40: The Jewel on th
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45 yrs young and now I'm 55 and I haven't finished it yet. Excuses in abundence.
If I had finished it I would have loads of mundane domestic chores to do to keep the peace. | |
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04-06-03, 06:03 AM
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| | Fred/GT40 8 Tenths 
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brussels/Belgium GT40: GTD40
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Rep Power: 16 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
18 years and 31 years experience....today 2 years younger thanks to my GTD40 | |
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04-06-03, 07:15 AM
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Join Date: Dec 1969
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I promised myself I would start on my GT40 project before I turned 50, and I managed to.... just. I hope I finish it before I'm too old to enjoy it. | |
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04-06-03, 10:00 AM
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| | Rookie 
Join Date: Oct 2002 GT40: Ontario Canada
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Rep Power: 7 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
started it when I was 39, finished it 7 years later. We had twins (sons) a year after I started the project which tended to slow the rate of build for a couple of years, plus building a monocoque from scratch is more labour intensive than I expected. Has been on the road for nearly 6 years. | |
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04-06-03, 12:19 PM
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| | 4 Tenths 
Join Date: Jan 2002 GT40: Gibraltar
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Rep Power: 11 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
I was 36 years old when I bought mine (already made). [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] | |
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04-06-03, 02:25 PM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Rep Power: 57  | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
Well, I was 33 when I bought it but I'll be 35 when I finish it. Not good is it, to think about it in those terms? | |
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04-06-03, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003 GT40: Burlington, Ontario Canada
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Rep Power: 8 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
I was 40 when I ordered it. I should still be 40 by the time it's on the road.
frknfast Gulf GT40 | |
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04-06-03, 05:35 PM
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| | 4 Tenths
Join Date: May 2002 GT40: Hertfordshire, UK
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I was 47 when I bought it and 50 when drove it around Goodwood )registered but unpainted), 52 when I drove it (painted) around Le Mans at the Classic event and I will hopefully live to drive around Spa in Belgium (I will delete the tobacco advertising) [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] | |
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04-06-03, 07:02 PM
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| | Mark Worthington 10 tenths
Join Date: Dec 2001 GT40: Massachusetts
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Rep Power: 24 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
I was 41 when I bought mine. I intend to drive it next year when I'm 43. | |
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04-06-03, 10:25 PM
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| | wbmusarra 10 tenths
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Snellville, Ga. GT40: DRB#5
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Well Damn, I guess I am the "Old Man" around here.( 57 ). But I plan to be 57 when I finish it!!!!! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
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04-06-03, 11:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 1969
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: how old were you when you bought your 40??
Not quite, Bill. I was 29 when I saw my first GT40 running at Sebring in 1967 and and was 60 and planning retirement when my wife made the mistake of asking what I was going to do with my free time. I purchased the GTD the following week and effectively completed it last month at age 65. Not getting older, just better!!! Note bottom of signature block below.
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04-07-03, 01:38 AM
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| | Gold Supporter
Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South Coast, En
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Hi Guys, I was a bit lucky. I was 25 when I bought my first GTD40 as a kit. I was even luckier when at 33 I owned two. But even luckier still when I started MDA at 28. I get to drive GT's all the time! Seriously though, Like any job, it does get a little tiresome... I dont go racing like many do for two reasons, one i spend all day and half the night with GT40s. the second is I dont have time. And a third reason would be I have a great local test track, its called the A30!!!
Best regards
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04-07-03, 01:49 AM
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| | 10 tenths
Join Date: Jun 2002 GT40: San Francisco Bay Area California USA
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47 and I hope to complete it next year at age 51. Well at least phase 1 that is. | |
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