GT40 at Ford Fair - Silverstone

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

Hi all -

I was up at the Ford Fair today at Silverstone, when I came across this in one of the Vendor Stalls.

On the TilePlans stand for garage flooring, was this 40 from South Africa.

It is a CAV with LS1 fitted and looked very nice from what I could see.

I've mentioned the forum to the new importer, so hopefully he'll be along at some point to introduce himself and answer any questions you might have..

[Frank Catt]

Each to his own opinion, but I think that the only link between that and a GT40 is the similarity in body shape, other than that - ughh!

[John W]

Frank,
surely that 'only' similarity is true of pretty much all 'kit cars', or spaceframe replicas...

Many don't have the same brakes, steering, or even the same ZF transaxle, and a lot have different engines too. Sure, its not correct for the purist, but the CAV looks every bit as good as any of the other spaceframe cars on the market. The engine choice isn't to my taste either, but it wouldn't stop me considering the car if I were looking.

Maybe I've missed the point. Is the chassis flawed in some way, does it handle/go/stop like a bag of sh!t, or something else thats not obvious from the pictures ?

I think the floor looks superb, and the car would have almost certainly helped to draw people in. I'd be happy to have either in my garage

[HENRYZM]

Everything looks great on the car, but the dash.

[chuck smith]

CAVs are Monos

[Brian Magee]

Early CAV's were spaceframes.

Brian.

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

Stainless mono this one..

[CW]

Hi Paul,
Many thanks for visiting us at the show and your introduction to the forum.

If any forum members and visitors would like further information on the range of GT road cars or the GTR race ready cars, shown in the images attached here please send full details on the email to cw@thelegendlives.co.uk

James, Andrew and I we will be happy to hear from you.

We are next on show this weekend at Tatton Park, Cheshire on 16th-17th. August.
Details at : http://www.cheshireautopromotions.co.uk/vintage.php
Tatton Park is signposted on and from the M6 junction 19 and M56 junction 7.

May I say many thanks to Millers Oils for arranging the stand at the Silverstone show. For further details on Miller’s range you can contact them on 01484 713201 www.millersoils.co.uk

Also thanks to Tile Plans for the garage flooring.
Details of garage flooring at www.tileplans.com or send your floor size to info@tileplans.com for 10% off when mentioning GT40s forum.

Regards
Colin