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09-01-06, 01:55 AM
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| | llarsen Admin 
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC GT40: Sabre
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Rep Power: 29  | There was a '89 Porsche 930 Slantnose with 681 miles on it that was in pristine condition on eBay, but my wife would have literally killed me if I bought an $86K car. I had a hard time grasping that the factory Slantnose option cost almost $30K back in '89. It even had BBS wheels like the compomotive on my GT40! '89 930
Regards,
Lynn
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09-01-06, 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Fred/GT40 Porche 917K
Fred |
AHHH! Is that the deck with the copper colored varnish??
Hahaha its a joke mate.
TVR Sagaris for me! | |
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09-01-06, 04:05 AM
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| | graham inchley A Tenth 
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hampshire, UK GT40: SOUTHERN GT 006, Chris Melia Bodyshell, 289, R21.
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Rep Power: 6 | Lola Mk6 GT
My old Lotus 7
Batmobile - with firing match sticks!
I thank yow.
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09-01-06, 07:59 AM
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| | Brian McCarthy Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Up in the sticks GT40: GTD
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Rep Power: 12 | She Who Must Be Obeyed has her eyes on a 1989 Ferrari 328GTS........
I suppose I could accomodate her, after all I won't be wasting any "manpoints" to put it in the garage.
Brian
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09-01-06, 12:50 PM
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| | ahirsbrunner Administrator
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago, IL USA GT40: RCR-40 #24
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Based on what's hanging around my basement, definately the "bread wagon": | |
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09-01-06, 02:57 PM
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| | petek A Tenth
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: KCMO GT40: Not yet...
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Rep Power: 9 | It almost sounds like an echo in here...
Porsche 917K
Ferrari P3/4
Lola T70 Mk3
We need a new thread... what three cars, that you could remotely afford if you weren't working a GT40, would you want?
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09-01-06, 03:27 PM
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| | gt40fran Sponsoring Vendor
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Manufacturer of GT40: Michigan,USA
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You guys are killing me ......
you all want a car we already build....
so why not have two or more project cars.....just give RCR a call.........hehehehehehe
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RCR-40..Mk1, 2 and Mk4
RCR-70 Mk3b
RCR-70 Spider
RCR-P4
Superlite Coupe
Superlite Roadster...including Electrolite
RCR917
XJ13 for SCF www.RACECARREPLICAS.COM www.superlitecars.com
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09-01-06, 03:56 PM
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| | danimal A Tenth
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD, USA GT40: none yet... :(
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Good point Fran!!!!
Here's my list.....
Datona coupe
Lotus 7
P3/4
(or maybe just the keys to Jim G's garage, even though J-6 wouldn't be there) | |
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09-01-06, 05:43 PM
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| | Charlie Farley 2 Tenths
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK:East Anglia GT40: The 'Baby' has
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BRM 16 Cylinder F1 car, there aint nothing that approaches the noise !!! Except my last choice.
Ex Alan Mann Lotus/Ford Cortina MK 1
The ' Spruce Goose ' or The 24 cylinder supercharged 27 litre Merlin engined Dodd road car RR http://www.superjohn.f9.co.uk/thebeast.htm
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09-01-06, 05:46 PM
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| | Ron Earp Retiree
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: NC, USA
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Originally Posted by gt40fran You guys are killing me ......
you all want a car we already build....
so why not have two or more project cars.....just give RCR a call.........hehehehehehe | Ok. Then put me down for a XJ13 for 2007. :p
And, since you've got ALL that spare time, I'm sure you'll be building the Vanwall GPRV12 with a ally mono chassis that I'm fond of, so, I'll have one of those for 2008. 
I'll set it up so that my paycheck simply goes directly into your account each month.
I mean, damn, these GT40s are so common nowadays they're like Cobras or something!  | |
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09-01-06, 06:39 PM
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| | YerDugliness Lifetime Premier Supporter
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: near Houston TX GT40: Yellow Wix MKII
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Rep Power: 9 |  Oh, yeah!!!
[quote=Ron EarpAnd, since you've got ALL that spare time, I'm sure you'll be building the Vanwall GPRV12 with a ally mono chassis that I'm fond of, so, I'll have one of those for 2008.
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That GPRV12 is way cool looking, but how would you get out of it? It looks like it would take a skyhook to exit the thing without burning the flesh off your thighs.
Still, it might be worth it (at least once--what is that saying, "Drive it like you stole it"?). V12 power in a 1000 pound car?
Yee--haw!!
Doug
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09-01-06, 06:54 PM
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| | jac mac 10 tenths 
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gore N.Z.
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Originally Posted by gt40fran You guys are killing me ......
you all want a car we already build....
so why not have two or more project cars.....just give RCR a call.........hehehehehehe |
Thats why I picked my three. Don't have to pay the "FRAN"chise. More money for ME!! Tee Hee.
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09-01-06, 07:16 PM
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| | gt40fran Sponsoring Vendor
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Manufacturer of GT40: Michigan,USA
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Jac Mac......OUCH!!!!!
Bloody funny though....
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RCR-40..Mk1, 2 and Mk4
RCR-70 Mk3b
RCR-70 Spider
RCR-P4
Superlite Coupe
Superlite Roadster...including Electrolite
RCR917
XJ13 for SCF www.RACECARREPLICAS.COM www.superlitecars.com | |
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09-01-06, 07:43 PM
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| | roclery 3 Tenths 
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Rep Power: 7 | AMS LS2-T (the prototype I'm building-you'll have to wait for some pics).
Lola T70 MkIII (not the 'B' jobbie) Joe T's bodyshell on Fran's chassis would do the trick nicely.
Ferrari 288GTO replica.
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09-01-06, 08:42 PM
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| | llarsen Admin
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC GT40: Sabre
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Rep Power: 29 | Since everyone is picking several cars:
This Koenigsegg CCR will do: 
But I can't decide between the Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 (and I am not talking about the 512BB, although if anyone has one they want to give away, I would give it a good home. lol)
Regards,
Lynn
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09-01-06, 09:27 PM
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| | ckouba 6 Tenths
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA GT40: RCR40-31
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Rep Power: 11 | Hopefully I'm playing by the rules here- cars I'd love to call mine, in random order:
962 (yep, that thing again), the sexy long-tailed endurance racing version: 
WRC Escort circa 1999 
And one of our own has created something VERY lustworthy:  | |
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09-02-06, 11:53 AM
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| | llarsen Admin
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC GT40: Sabre
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Rep Power: 29 | Well, it just so happens that for all you 962 fans, there is one available:  1986 Porsche 962C, 4th place at Le Mans 1987
It's being sold on eBay by Monte Shelton Jaguar of Portland, OR. There are 5 days left in the auction and bidding stands at just a shade of $82K.
Regards,
Lynn
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09-02-06, 01:42 PM
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| | 2124 6 Tenths
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Rescue, CA GT40: Rescue, CA
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Rep Power: 11 | I have to be able to afford it, right?
An ERA 427 Cobra
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LolaT332
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Porsche 993 Coupe
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09-02-06, 02:17 PM
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| | Jean Phi 30
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: So far in the USA ... MA GT40: GMP 1075 1/18, hope a real one soon
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Rep Power: 3 | If I wasn't going to visit Fran's RCR the next 15th of September to plan buying his great RCR 40 in the coming months 
Then it could be :
Lotus Exige
Noble M12
Lambo Miura
If I can break the rule ... I also love the Ferrari Dino 
Regards
Jean-Phi | |
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09-02-06, 03:40 PM
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| | Doc Watson 5 Tenths
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Devon, UK GT40: Replica Mk I
Posts: 519
Rep Power: 10 | The Dark Side.....
I have been feeling a shift to the dark side and this is what I would go for....
Height could be an issue as I would put a 365 F101 engine in it (V12) and would lose 4" of already cramped cabin space if I went with the NF Developments (Nobel) kit. These kits are a few inches higher than original and use a box section frame. I would want a tubular steel frame chassis as per original. Buy the engine, bodywork and windscreen, and go from there.
Hey Fran.... do you sell just the bodywork and windscreen?
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