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10-11-06, 02:23 PM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator 
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Rep Power: 57  | First SPF MKI Pictures I received these from SPF and thought I'd post them on the forum. Car looks good (except for that color, what is up with that!  ) and is reported to be the first SPF MKI, destined for England for Nigel Hulme, their importer I believe. |
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10-11-06, 02:25 PM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator 
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Rep Power: 57  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures And here are the rest of them... |
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10-11-06, 02:44 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: 8  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Is that a single car or two different cars? I see an oval air cleaner on some of the photos and 8 individual air cleaners on some others.
Just curious--enquiring minds want to know.
Doug
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10-11-06, 03:04 PM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator 
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Rep Power: 57  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Oh, one of the pictures is from a MKII, also going to England.
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10-11-06, 03:51 PM
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| | kenshiro8 I Have No Life 
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milano,Italy GT40: Fujimi 1/24
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Rep Power: 28  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Ron,
do u know what is the price for a spf mk1?
..impressive car...
Paolo
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10-11-06, 04:18 PM
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| | wealdenengineer 10 tenths 
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: East Sussex, UK
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Rep Power: 0  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Will not pass SVA/get road registered like that, will need a lot of mods to pass if to be used on the road. What a shame it has central shift ! |
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10-11-06, 04:59 PM
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| | p thompson Administrator 
Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milland, West S GT40: None
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| Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Quote: |
Originally Posted by wealdenengineer Will not pass SVA/get road registered like that, will need a lot of mods to pass if to be used on the road. What a shame it has central shift ! | Where there's a will, there's a way Frank  - let's not deride another manufacturer of what, from the photos, looks like a quality build.
I'm sure that a side shift could be designed if required (is it an option?) and in general, I think the pictures show it in a good light. Will be good to view one in the flesh so to speak at some future time - any idea of ETA into the UK Ron?
One thing though - do the multi-filter arrangements flow enough air for single venturi fitment?
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10-11-06, 05:54 PM
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| | chuck 1 7 Tenths 
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: greenville,SC GT40: CAV
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Rep Power: 11  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures very nice |
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10-11-06, 06:55 PM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator 
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Rep Power: 57  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures They have side shift available for the cars. This is the first MKI and this does not show bearly all the options that are available, as far as I know. I'm sure they will get it registered for the road - what would be the point of producing such a pretty car and bringing it to England?
Paolo, not cheap but I'm not a SPF rep and am just basing this off the cuff and from what little I know about pricing. The roller would be $70k USD here. Then add AC, and some of the options to do with paint, sprites, etc. it'd be around $80k or a little more. Then throw in a Rousch motor at about $12k, transaxle around $10k, and you are looking at a $100k plus complete.
The funny thing will be when it gets to England - many times the dollar amount goes straight to English Pounds and I never understood how that worked. I remember the Superformance Coupes were like that, X dollars went straight to X pounds, even though the car was exactly the same. Hope that doesn't happen here.
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10-11-06, 08:26 PM
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| | Mark IV 9 Tenths 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: W. New York GT40: Formerly P1116
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Rep Power: 17  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Ron,
The Air Con is standard.
Must walk funny now, pictures have caused all blood to leave brain......
But gotta have ANYTHING other than that "Gulf blue"!!!!!!
Having driven P1116 at the 1989 Glen GT 40 reunion, I have had the honor of selecting a gear two ratios too low as I passed the front straight grandstand....they thought I was downshifting for turn one when in fact I had just F'd up royal! I wanna do it again with a SPF MK I in white with a blue stripe.......or maybe silver like the Avengers car.....
RHD with RH shift.....something around 347 CID and 8 stack injection would do the trick. Faster than I can handle but enough to keep me trying!
Rick
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10-12-06, 08:12 AM
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| | John W 6 Tenths 
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Surrey, England GT40: lots of bits but not bolted together yet...
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Rep Power: 11  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures It does look superb, and I'd say more than one pic is of the mkII car.
Cill shifter is offered if required from what I recall.
Ron's prices are about right, and his guess about $ to £ is unfortunately not far off the truth, but its not quite the 1 to 1 just yet (lets see what happens as orders flood in).
The demo car was being offered last year at a price of £45k, plus engine & trans at the NEC classic car show.
I can't wait for it to come to the UK and the opportunity to have a good look over it (assuming the salesman / owner will allow this). |
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10-12-06, 08:25 AM
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| | Mark Worthington Bronze Supporter 
Join Date: Dec 2001 GT40: Massachusetts
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Rep Power: 24  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Maybe you blokes in the UK should source your SPFs through the US.
They did a damn nice job with that car. Damn nice.
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10-12-06, 08:32 AM
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| | CliffBeer CURRENTLY BANNED 
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Seattle, Washington GT40: CAV mono
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Rep Power: 0  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Car looks great. Obviously, some very nice period-correct touches like the oil cooler and the dash/instrumentation/knobs.
However, I think SPF has its work cut out for it with its dealer network. To be more specific, the Seattle dealer (Park Place) had no clue about the competition (CAV, RCR, etc.) nor GT40 history - the rep there said they expect their first car in December and it's an "absolute carbon copy of the 1971 LeMans winning car." Huh? 1971? I just walked away.... |
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10-12-06, 09:45 AM
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| | JCoop 2 Tenths 
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, USA GT40: CAVMONO29
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Rep Power: 5  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures I tried to source the oil cooler when I was going to install one in my CAV.
I found only rebuilt ones for the Çontinental aircraft engines application, $600 each, and required a core. obviously, I didn't have a core so that project went flat.
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10-12-06, 12:56 PM
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| | Mark Worthington Bronze Supporter 
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Rep Power: 24  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Ray, someone (I'm sorry, but I forget who) posted a recommendation that recip aircraft oil coolers can be had cheap on ebay.
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RF Chassis No. 36 still under construction
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10-12-06, 01:11 PM
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| | MikeDD 10 tenths 
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Rep Power: 21  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Maybe Lynn ?
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10-12-06, 01:39 PM
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| | Mark IV 9 Tenths 
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Rep Power: 17  | Re: First SPF MKI Pictures Quote: |
Originally Posted by Mark Worthington Maybe you blokes in the UK should source your SPFs through the US.
| Keep in mind that the SPFs in the UK are sold as complete SVA approved cars, not as rollers. The Brock coupe there comes with a Roush engine package in the UK so the price difference is more understandable.
Rick
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10-12-06, 02:08 PM
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