If you're looking for a old-style track tire (not DOT approved), Goodyear Cobra bias-ply tires are still available for 15" wheels,
https://sascosports.com/tires_search_results.asp?tire_manufacturer=Goodyear
26.5x8.0-15
26.5x10.0-15
A local guy who used to build Caterham Sevens for customers was asked to build one that matched the car from The Prisoner TV show. He grew up watching the show on a black and white TV, so he had it done with a black with a white nose (instead of green and yellow)...
I haven't noticed any differences with the pedal arrangement between LHD and RHD cars.
I've had four RHD cars in the US. Driving the GT40 (RHD) with the shifter on the right is much easier than driving a RHD car with the shifter in the center because shifting with your right hand is what...
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/chrome-plating-ban/
"According to this California Air Resources Board (CARB) item summary, the state is considering tightening chrome plating regulations, specifically phasing out hexavalent chromium, the chemical compound that gives chrome its mirror-like finish. "
I'm curious about the origins of this. Does anyone know if this is an original GT40 coin-op kiddie ride? Or did they do put a GT40 go-cart body on top of a random coin-op ride?
1017 was in New England in the mid-90s. The owner lived in Maine. I met the car while it was being restored by Paul Russell and Co(*).
(I have the latch from a Hartwell fastener from it on my car. The owner wanted a shiny new set on the car).
Octane Magazine had an article about the car...
Someone wrote a story about a bored human with a screwdriver on an alien space craft. Except for the aliens, it's not too far from the truth.
https://www.tumblr.com/injuries-in-dust/185290161126/injuries-in-dust-give-a-bored-human-a
I just noticed the first message in the thread. If by "original" you mean as found in an original GT40, wouldn't the original part be from a Ford, not a Rover?
Working on the design of an early Lotus race car, Frank Costin has that topped.
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-2003/79/x-ray-spec-lotus-mkix
The narrator of that story is his brother Mike Costin, the "Cos" of Cosworth.