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Another application of Murphys Law. We've changed our throttle cable housings from PTFE lined to spiral wound steel. This seems to be the most resistant to heat and is a better fit with the stainless steel cable on our side pull throttle kits. Throttle springs on the carb and pedal are very...

Hi Mark, Thanks for posting the info. Looks like a Sabre or Integrity/KVA. No doubt it will find a good home soon. I hope the new owner joins the Forum too, the more the merrier! Cheers

I agree with the mild cam, more cubes, high flow heads. I struggle with stroke/con rod/piston deck height lengths/ratios as there's a case for every configuration. External imbalance or zero internal balance hasn't been a concern, since the few and short occassions these engines see 6000 rpm...

Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride! Cheers

Thanks Jay, is it true there will be few more Mirage built? You're going to run out of trick 351s! Cheers

Well Harley Cluxton and the chaps at Gelsco will definatively know about the sole surviving M1. The car in the Piston Heads link looks a bit too strait and early spec to jive as being THE ACTUAL MIRAGE. I'll go a out on a limb here and say it's a private commision car newly built to very...

Another "plane" if you accept hovercraft, the Tupolev AS2, apparently still in production.

Bob, gotta agree with you on that if we're talking impact protection. I do recall something about the roadsters not working out as well as hoped at Targa Floria because of reduced stiffness in the chassis. If that was the case an original chassis (without the roof) would flex under...

Wow, if I was a potential customer reading this it would be like, man I've got into this group. Fair and honest advise throughout. Also quite rightly mentioned, this forum is full of members who will support you regardless of brand. Really a great bunch of folks. Jimbo, your description...

Thanks Jim, that recharged my rose colored glasses! There were some butt ugly curvy cars back then too, of course how could we forget beauties like the Matras? Also some looked good at the time but haven't aged well like say Rondeau and Aston Martin Nimrod. Unless it becomes fashionable...

I wonder about the variance in chassis rigidity between original cars. Alan Mann had a couple of aluminium tubs, yes? The Mk11s had firewall mods to make room for the big mill, the X1 Roadsters had no roof, late JWAs and Mirage had light roofs and cowl revisions, Mk111s had no central tunnel...

My first car was a boat, a land yacht, a batmobile wannabe. 1960 Cadillac Series 62 convertable. Black with a black leather interior and white top. She's was later reincarnated as four Honda Civics. Had a 390V8 with a four speed automatic. That car was seriously quick from 0 to 30>40mph...

Good points, cars like the Sauber C9-C11, Porsche 956-962, Mazda 737 had quite flat surfaces yet still looked fabulous. Then again, Gordon Murry did the McLaren F1 3 seater, no aurgument the man knows how to create shapely cars. Are we expected to accept ugly as effeicient? Popularity of...

Hi Jimmy, I'd be happy to ship you some snow my friend! Over the years I've had broaden my idea of what a GT40 replica should be. Although the majority of my parts are brand specific to the CAV GT, parts are made for other makes. We have a lot of original GT40 parts on hand and access to...

Hey Jim, Years ago I saw a photo of the plane, thought wow that's wild, then filed it in the way back drawer. Just came across the plane online and found the link to the guys recreating the plane. It's a daunting project for sure. Just figuring out the genius behind the way it was built...

Hi guys, if you scroll down to the my posting for CAV Series 100 Performance Parts, oh here's the link; http://www.gt40s.com/forum/vendor-manufacturer-announcements/27323-cav-series-100-performance-parts.html you'll see we have a discount price on our fabricated steel uprights. We now have these...

Assuming the purists have left the building, I have to say fantastic work! About the windows, hide a philips screw driver somewhere, worst comes to worst you remove the window. Not getting out of the car won't be a problem unless it's upside down, so don't let David Letterman drive it, ok. Cheers

Hi Frank, here's a plane for you, the Bugatti P100. The picture is a rendering but the plane exists. Very interesting story: The Bugatti 100p Project - An ambitious project created to build and fly a replica of a magnificent aeroplane Arguably the most advanced airplane of 1939 in the...

Back in the sixties, pure two seater race cars thinly disguised as road cars ruled endurance racing. There was plenty of style because the manufacturers wanted an identifiable car, race on Sunday - sell on Monday kind of thing. Of course this was before "equalization" and balancing technolgical...

Looks like BW is in the lead at the moment... think I'll put the old episodes of Route 66 on, old 'vettes look better on black and white too. Cool pics Eric, thanks for posting. Are there more forum member cars in BW? Hop on the thread, be great to see your cars! Cheers