Found this last night. Over a hundred photos both at CD & Australia.
Les Johnson's GT40 Recreation - TSCC
Les Johnson's GT40 Recreation - TSCC
Jac Mac, that is one of the best 40's I've ever seen, recreation or not. Thanks a stack for posting these pics.
Not to throw a curve at your thread but on another thread there has been some debate about the SPF originality (tool room copy?) versus other makes (CAV, RCR, Tornado, RF to name a few) so where does this car fit into the equation in your opinion?
I would put this car or any of Davids CD recent cars in with Gelscoe- Mirage / Jimmy Mac, Gox as being more original, then SPF followed by CAV/ERA, Then Tornado/RCR/ RF/ DRB/Southern/etc, that's simply an observation from a fairly wide interest on this forum and with no actual hands on viewing of overseas stuff.
I recall prior to my purchase of my CAV seeing some stunning GT40's being advertised for sale in Aus & NZ for BIG money but no where near "original" money. It told me pretty quickly these fabulous cars have a HUGE range of "value."
That's a fair observation, but as all are literally hand built both in the factory environment a well as by the builder each car should be judged and priced individually.
This car is of Gelscoe quality by the looks of things but what sort of value would be placed on a car like this. I would think anyone would love to own a 40 of this quality but just how much one might be willing to pay for it is the question. Valuations of the GT 40 is so subjective which is why I'm so fascinated about values placed on these cars by owners and company's selling them.
That's the 60 million $$ question and I don't have the answer, The FIA passport is worth a lot to those that need it, is not worth 2cents to me.
I am sure if you were to visit any of these places where the cars are built you would appreciate the amount of research and work going into them and that would quickly help you decide whether you had the ability to carry out the final detail work yourself or find the $$ to have it done for you. At a guess with Davids CD cars I would suggest that the final cost is a reflection of the actual work, plus the time spent researching/gathering parts and materials and how much if any you are able contribute to that parts/materials list. EG if you have gathered a stash of old 289's, ZF's/RBT's, Halibrands, mirrors, switchs, lights, etc over the years you would reduce the work load for him and cost for you in a big way.
Thanks again.
What a great car! Are those drgs from an original GT40 workshop manual Jac?
Just stunning.
Thanks for posting that. The drawings themselves are works of art.