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Awaiting signal to leave Virginia International Raceway (VIR) south course pits to scrub in new AVON tires.

Watching this almost makes me cry. I had a two-seater, hatchback, 90" wheelbase car on the boards while at Ford in 1967. The platform was based on the RS Escort you'll see in the video. The high-paid geniuses in Ford's Product Planning said there was no market for the car! The 240Z Datsun came...

Fran: About turbine wheels, since they are directional and the front and rear are different sizes you'll have to have four different wheels for one car. That out'a make for a "healthy" price.

Mike: If you're shopping in the Charlotte area, I'd call a few engine builders in North Carolina. Three very good ones I can recommend are Allan Powell of Powell Motorsports, Ken Troutman at KT Engine Development or Mark Cline at C & C Motorsports. Their tel. nos. are 828-256-6606 (Powell)...

This proves it, people of "normal" height own GT40s.

Your wife sees the UPS truck pulling up and she says, "What did you buy for your car now?"

About oil--fluids--through the frame rails, the M1B McLaren routed engine coolant through the frame, too. We had to be careful not to lift ourselves out of the seat by pushing up on the frame tube when the engine was hot. Ouch! You could argue . . . surely not . . . doing such a thing isn't...

This ought to blow all of your minds. The original MkIV tub as tested at the Ford testing facility showed a torsional rigidty of 7,500 ft-lb/degree. I don't remember what the bending figures were. Bare weight was 75 pounds. We used a honeycomb sheet as a main part of the structure, which was...

Looks like the #1 car, but is the #3 car repaired and repainted to look like the Foyt/Gurney car for PR purposes. Note white FORD below C-stripe and lack of Gurney bubble.

The first surprise when towing was we were when returning from Wendover, UT to Tucson after running at Bonneville in Sept 1980. We were merrily cruising the backroads of Utah when I noticed smoke and flames coming from the right side of the trailer. A wheel bearing on one of the trailer wheels...

In paddock at 2007 Gold Cup VIR

Lee: I'm probably too late to help with your problem, but I show the fix for the exact rocker-arm stand-to-stud/bolt interence problem you "had." I hope you didn't space the stand up, which can cause rocker-arm geometry problems. As you may guess, one component supplier doesn't consider all the...

Paul: Thanks for the information. I suspected as such, so I guess I'll stick with the old mufflers.

Lola T70 with Ford power. Notice distributor relocated to rear.

ERA GT40, Ford GT, Lotus Elise

Use coarse threads for threading into aluminum. Bolt strength is not the issue, it's the cross section of the tapped hole after threading, which is greater with a coarse thread than with a fine thread of the same size. Now,when talking bolt strength, the bolt with the fine thread is the...

Anyone ever use SuperTrapp mufflers to quiet an open exhaust system? This would allow the use of original-style racing exhaust for track use, then install SuperTrapps for the street.

Jason: ERA installs these as standard equipment, either as louvered or the nine flanged-hole versions you prefer. Problem is they may not sell to non-ERA builders. Check out their web site: Era Replica Automobiles' ERA GT, a Ford GT Replica in kit or turn-key Tom