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Hi Steve, be glad to buy them, please let me know how you want to arrange it, Thanks Ian

Hi Markus, Glad to hear only the car got killed. Your concerns are quite legitimate given that a car fire is nothing to take lightly. Anything that would be routine maintenance on modern production car (condition of all hoses, belts, couplings, fluid levels, fittings, bearings, balljoints...

Hi Paul, welcome aboard, thanks for posting pics, great looking car. Cheers Ian

Hi Martyn, thanks for posting the picture of this mother of all FE intake manifolds. Somebody knows something... Looking forward to your book. Cheers Ian

Hi Graham, thanks for the additional information. These were very much hand built cars with many variables. Much appreciated. Cheers Ian

Thanks Martyn for posting the magazine cover. Would love to find a hard copy someday! Cheers Ian

I suspect the Mk111s' equipped as in the quote have KVA sourced front body panels. Over the years some Mk111s were seen fitted with Mk1 front and rear clips. Then as the value of these cars climbed it made sense to restore them back to Mk111 configuration. If the original panels were lost or...

It's a curious car for sure, could be the start of a build project. Call it an "alphabet car" parts of KVA GTD CAV DRB DAX and Roaring Forties in the mix. Would be a mystery solved and heck of a story told to reveal how this kit came to be... There will be major glasswork involved in truing...

Hi James, great photo, love seeing these cars with contemporary track cars. What are you running for wheels and tires? Thanks for posting, more pics please! Cheers Ian

It's worth spending some time getting to know the feel of the car as presently configured. Notice how the car responds to steering, throttle and brake inputs. That's important to have for dialing in the cars suspension and brakes, more so than testing the limits as-is. We had a CAV GT40 with...

Wonderful first driving experiences! Ok, I'm a bit biased but nothing in my mind compares to the GT40 in looks, sound, driving experience or drawing a crowd. There's a bias adjuster under the dash that might help with brake lock up, or it could have been road conditions. A little dust or...

Hi Jim, the tires work fine on the road. Like all wide tires they are sensitive to ruts in the road from heavy vehicles. Being a bias ply tire they will flat spot if left stationary on the car for months at a time. The Dunlop CR65s were apparently E marked for Europe a few years ago. You'll...

Hi Jim, the Dunlop CR65s are bias ply, non belted, treaded tires. They are four ply, have the correct vintage tread pattern, FIA recognized for vintage racing (in some series the mandated tire). They are not DOT rated, if that's an absolute, sorry... good enough for LeMans but not to the...

The Dunlop CR65's are hard to beat. They are much lighter than modern than steel belt radials, have a compound that doesn't heat cycle like some track day DOT tires plus they are period correct. CR65s on a good friends car. Mixed use, mostly street with some lapping days. Cheers Ian

Thanks for posting the pictures. You may find the clutch discs are glazed and flywheel heat pocked, hence no bite. Something else to take a close look before at final assembly is the pinion bearing or bushing in the end of the crankshaft. When the pilot bearing is not fully seated or actually...

Jamie, you'll have to verify proper function of all components, hoses and fittings in the clutch circuit. On its' own a defective clutch master cylinder would not hold your clutch open so the car will not move as you described. A borescope might be able to show what's going on inside the...

Seems like multiple problems simultaneously. We have not experienced a failure of McLeod HTOB with Street Twin Clutch Lit with matching aluminum flywheel ( six installations 450-550hp ) however there were other problems caused by excessive runout in the cast bellhousing supplied with early CAV...

There is no simple solution however a remote surge tank fed by a crossover from both fuel cells via a single lift pump will get you going... If your car has the aluminum fuel tanks vs the bladder tanks the task will be simpler and safer. There are many threads dealing with the topic on the...

Can you post some pictures please, there were mid production run changes. Cheers Ian

Did you require the left or right side? Is your CAV GT pre s/n 100 or later? Also check the hub bearings. All parts are available from various sources. Cheers Ian