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Here is a photograph of the new front wheel. Before you all tell me that the wheel is on the left hand side and there is a right hand disc under it, I know. The wheel is yet to be machined and polished and is for us to approve. I do not know about you but I APPROVE for one. They look great and...

Al, You have a pm regarding the Gulf wheels. Best wishes, Robert

Oliver, The UK cars are before the USA cars because they are KITS and the USA cars are TURN KEY. This means that if started together the kits are finished FIRST therefore they would be shipped first. There is NO other reason. Regarding the first UK cars or that matter any of the UK cars on the...

Mike, The changiong of a gearbox RATIOS or a Diff ratio or wheel size all would change the revs for the tested speed. Both Holden (Chev) and Ford in Australia have over the last four years or so introduced a six speed manual gearbox and five speed automatic gearboxes. This has been specifically...

Tim, Well I have just come off the phone with my staff and previous to that I was on the phone with Tim. It is just after SEVEN in the morning in Cape Town. My staff have assured me that the car WILL be finished by Christmas. Regarding the tests at Toyota and a lack of a test certificate...

Well, good progress over the last week. The first FIFTY wheels have been cast and photographs hopefully will be included. The first two are being sent to me , fully machined, for my comments and approval in the next few days and I will post photographs of them also. The first body pieces are...

Craig, Many thanks for the kind words and the support. Regarding business and businessmen in this industry, I COMPLETELY concur with your observation but it is, as you rightly say, not all of them. The cottage industry of motor car manufacturers has been littered with stories of companies...

Rob, I can not understand where you are getting your information regarding build times and therefore delivery dates. I think that your use of the word "indefinate" and "more than a year" are without a doubt, at the least, very misleading. Please LOOK at my latest post regarding the delivery /...

Peter, Steve told me that he was going to paint his car again. She looks fantastic. Steve has great application and an excellent eye. He was a great help with our workshop manual and is one of those 'good guys'. Best wishes, Robert

Chapter 3. In conclusion, I think that the South African project has been a great deal harder than I ever expected and I had started Roaring Forties in Australia from scratch. I supose that age dims the reality of just how hard that Australian project was and that I am enjoying the Roaring...

Chapter 2. So with a new company and a manager working with great assistance on all the planning where are we and what are the expected deliveries of our cara. I made a full infentory of all the parts in hand, the parts fitted to cars, the parts ordered and therefore the parts that need to be...

Well here goes again. I spent over three hours trying to get ALL I wanted to pass on to all our customers yesterday morning and then the computer shit itsself and nothing. I spoke with Rick close to midday, SA time, and I was involved with meetings till after eight last evening (business...

Peter, Please let me know where and when the next one is as I will try and make it. The cars look great and I am sure were a huge hit where ever they stopped. Best wishes frome Cape Town, Robert

Three hours bar a few minutes wasted. I will try again but will split it down to a series of small posts if I can not retreiv my work. Best wishes, Robert.

Well I am just a little pissed off as they say. I have just spent the WHOLE time from the last post I made giving a FULKL update as to where we are etc and I have just lost the lot. I will start again and get the thing finished but this sort of s***t does not happen on MY computer in Australia...

Ben, We are online together and I am just reading the same thread to give a detailed update, I go to logon and come back to your thread. A detailed sitrep follows: (next thread) Best wishes, Robert

John, Well lets hope this one gets through as I have already spent over an hour trying to respond to this thread. Firstly let me say that this forum was set up by Ron, Hershal and myself all those years ago to help all our GT40 family to get GOOD information and part of that was to "ask the...

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David, I am in South Africa as I write this. It is almost evening on a Sunday and Rob and myself are finalising the workloads for Rob's staff for the next week. I have gone over the first set of body moulds which we took delivery of only two days ago and they are fantastic. I am here to keep...

Alan, it is good to see you on this site. There is a wealth of knowledge to be shared. Keep up the hard work. Best Wishes Sam