Hi all
As many of you will know I've been building my GT40 for a couple of years now and am really enjoying the whole experience and have met some very cool and extremely talented people along the way.
I've been thinking for a while about another project which is to design and build my own mid engine sports car. I don't pretend to have the engineering skills to do this alone so would be drafting in experts and companies to help but the first question really is where is the best place to start?
I've got two options that I can see. The first option is to look at repurposing a road car, so new body, interior and mechanical improvements on a donor much like Evanta are doing with the DB7 to DB4 conversions. The other option is to go down the route of starting with a blank sheet of paper and designing from the ground up like RCR have done with the SLC or Superformance with the Perana.
My current thoughts are that starting with a good donor car would be the easiest and most cost effective way to go as the manufacturer will have done much of the hard work for you but I'd really appreciate some thoughts from you guys on how you'd approach a similar project.
As many of you will know I've been building my GT40 for a couple of years now and am really enjoying the whole experience and have met some very cool and extremely talented people along the way.
I've been thinking for a while about another project which is to design and build my own mid engine sports car. I don't pretend to have the engineering skills to do this alone so would be drafting in experts and companies to help but the first question really is where is the best place to start?
I've got two options that I can see. The first option is to look at repurposing a road car, so new body, interior and mechanical improvements on a donor much like Evanta are doing with the DB7 to DB4 conversions. The other option is to go down the route of starting with a blank sheet of paper and designing from the ground up like RCR have done with the SLC or Superformance with the Perana.
My current thoughts are that starting with a good donor car would be the easiest and most cost effective way to go as the manufacturer will have done much of the hard work for you but I'd really appreciate some thoughts from you guys on how you'd approach a similar project.