I did understand it was on the road and that you were able to solve quite some of the technical issues that the previous owner seemed to have.
A car needs to be a little challenge to be fun, a GT40 certainly delivers the challenge.
Let me know if you go to a meeting or something in Luxembourg...
Do you have more info on what they these cars are exactly, build, rebuild, engines, etc...
Found this already:
DE BAER Guy Ford GT 40 4942cc 1974
DE WEERDT Emiel Ford GT 40 KVA 4942cc 1964
Practical experience this weekend: I meet up with someone met on an internet forum to go watch some races (24h Zolder). The person is born somewhere just before 1990.
When I ask if he saw something of the classic race that was going on just before we met, the only reaction was:
Yeh, I did not...
I was born after the glory days of the GT40.
My first encounter was in a book about cars, probably even a replica and fell in love with the lines. It must have been years later I found out about the power the car has and even a lot later before the racing history became clear.
The current...
No it was in the garage at closing time, did not have the time to really go around. The wife :heart: was impatient :furious: to go away as extra pressure!
Strange to find that question, where can you see the 1075?
2 years in a row (2010, 2011) I have seen it at Wengler Racing here in Luxembourg during the Luxembourg AutoFestival. It was almost unprotected and I still can not believe that they showed it like this. (I was very worried when kids...