Recent content by Alf Flamin' Stewart

a glass of chianti

over a plateful of

that good sorts call

It was a flat outside rear tyre that casued that crash. There were a stack of hypotheses including suspension failure and the like, but there was a comprehensive report somewhere that reported tyre damage consistent with having run over debris, resulting in ultimately "explosive decompression"...

Cool! I always thought that the sill-mounted shifter was part of the '40's allure for me.

Forgive me if it's a blatantly obvious question (I trawled about using the "search" function, but couldn't find an answer).... How difficult is it to mount the shifter in the "authentic" RH sill position on the non-RF etc kits? Is the degree of difficulty the primary reason why so many go...

rockonsmile :D But respectful ones at that...

34, for a couple of months yet... act younger, feel older...

Naaah, that thing'd have worms the size of carpet snakes. You'd have to be pretty good to stop it with a .22!

Green With Envy!! COOL!! Would love to hear a comparison in as much excruciating detail as you can muster!

Thanks, Pete. I'll be sure to get down there one Saturday in the not-too-distant future... I'll have to make a pest of myself down there at some stage...

HI all, new member who couldn't be further away from building a kit... for the time being...I've been captivated by the GT40 since seeing my first pics in my first year of high school (the Ford bit was just a bonus for mine), and at some stage I'd like one.A couple of the recent threads piqued...