This is where the Gtd club died, they wanted to bring in other makes ( mates ! ) cars and the gt40 membership walked .
Typical 'Sledgehammer Remark' made without due thought. Car clubs are about people enthusiastic about cars and making them elitist for only one marque shows a totally blinkered, opinionated approach to things. Let's not forget that the COH Baines trophy died as it was made eligible ONLY to GTD40s, NO other GT40s, despite their obvious quality and performance...(STUPID)
Un-f***ing-believable!! :shocked: :furious: :thumbsdown:
GT40 E.C. :rifle:
Glenn
Spot on Glenn and I agree, G's 917 is awesome and would make a positive impact to the interest of any stand. Also, the demise of the GTD40 club had nothing to do with the involvement of other vehicle types, the club was in its latter stages primarily supported (not solely) on enthusiasts who focussed on the competitive element of vehicle ownership, leaving much of the shows etc for other clubs, including the very well subscribed GT40 Enthusiasts Club. IF I had actually owned and been less into competing then I would most likely have joined the Enthusiasts Club too. As GTDs were no longer being produced the club was on a route to nowhere if it tried to stay single marque and when people started selling cars and were no longer competing, or submitting editorial, then unfortunately the writing was on the wall with the nails in the coffin being sledged into place en-route.
I enjoyed my time with the Club and the events that many members of both clubs attended, together with the editorial content we received from all quarters. I still have good memories of fun at events, track days and even AGMs for that matter and I will not cloud those happy memories with the bollocks that inevitably comes from club politics.
RIP GTD40 CLUB and LONG LIVE the GT40 ENTHUSIASTS CLUB..
Oh, and
LONG LIVE GT40s.com - A forum that goes from strength to strength and does so supporting ALL forms of vehicle if there is a combined interest. Yes, it focusses on GT40s but who on here ONLY reads the GT40 related posts and ignores all others...? I even read about cars over 100 years old......