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The transmission you describe is more than likely the Audi 016 type box. What you now need to determin is which model of that box you have because each model has different gearing some being better than others. There is no one answer to your question as to what box is best, is it which is best...

Dan, At the moment the project has lost momentum for all the good reasons. The past hurricane season left me with a number of projects around my and my parents house that put the GT on the back burner. Then I got hit with my oldest son deciding to take a wife which will occur this weekend. that...

Since no has mentioned it let me be the first to congratulate both Chuck and Hershal for the article in KIT CAR. Peter

OK, my turn at this love fest. Yes Ron without a doubt you are the creater of one of the greatest sites on the web. I lurked for sometime before joining when I purchased my RF. As I move along with my build the information and people here have been an intergal part of the task and without the...

See this post. http://www.gt40s.com/ubbthreads/showflat...=true#Post48062 Peter

Mark, When I first started lurking on this forum you posts were among the first I followed and more than likely had an impact on my spending thousands of dollars, bleeding gallons of blood and crying a thousand tears in starting my own project. It now seems stange to hear your story because I'm...

Jim, I'm also using the 7 (15-610). Peter

You hit it Ron, that is his car. I saw it in person about a year ago when he was doing somw powdercoating for me. At that time his intention was to complete the car but I guess that did not work out. Peter

Keith, You are correct it is a 120, I realized my mistake after I had posted but did not get around to correcting the post. The kit was produced by Antiges and Collectables.

Jimmy, I struggled with the fuel pump question for several months before settling on two Carter LP pumps feeding the Pollack 6 way valve and the valve feeding the FI surge tank. Then using a EFI pump to the fuel rails. I for one have no problem with the plastic body of the Pollack valve. The...

You are correct about the differance between the two wheels but I have come to grips with how authentic the car will be . I'm building a replicar that pays homage to the original but is far from a duplicate. Heck for originality I would have had to stay with the 15" wheels and run full race...

Soon we will be able to have our own Florida GT40 party, I'll host. Peter

The set of four wheels with adapters, pins, knockoffs and hammer was $1,895 USD from Vintage Wheels. I first had gone with the 15" size but because of a lip on the inside of the wheel it would not fit over my brake calipers. Bob at Vintage was very kind and shipped me the new 17" wheels as soon...

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Wheels have arrived, these are the new 17" wheels from Bob Vintage Wheels along with a couple of shots of his adapters.

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Although this forum is based on the GT40 I felt that the guys here would like to see a job well done. This is my neighbers Antiques and Collectables Jaguar XK150. The kit was a gift from his wife over 12 years ago. Back then a kit was not anthing like we see today, this one was just a body and...

Dan and Andrew, Thanks for the information, Just what I needed a new reason to buy more tools . How many out there figured the cost of new tools into the build budget? Peter

I want to clean the powder coating out of the threads on the door hing mounting plate, does anyone know what size tap is needed? Peter