Search results

It's not a GT40, but I had the chance to buy an Indian 4 when I was a senior in high school, for $50. Cash I didn't have and my Dad, ever so determined to detour my automotive/motorcyle interest, refused. "That's and old piece of Junk". I spent the last 40 years in that business, don't regret a...

That's a perpetual discussion on Club Cobra, you might look into some of their responses. Sometimes the question is " Is that real ", some, I have seen post,respond with "Can you toch it??, Must be real". I know that avoids the premise of the question, but much like Cobras, few no anything...

In all honesty, I didn't post the comment earlier on because I initially thought Healey. But the bumpers seemed to cry out XK120-150 to me. I have an XK120 Doepke model I got as a child from my mom's mom. And that seems pretty similar. The point of origination is the only explanation why my dad...

Nice old Jag in the background.

I may have misunderstood some of the posts, but it seems as if Jay has identified the driver of the vehicle posted as someone other than the OPs brother, which is what was stated. That seems to be a hard one to do, the picture is pretty clear on my PC. I don't know either of the names mentioned...

I'll have to second that. I hardly use it anymore except for around the house when I practice, it seems to make my neck and back hurt...and I'm not that petite( not a large boy either). I haven't played one in a while, but I recall the Strat being as heavy or at least feeling like it, so that...

A close friend is a musician and guitar collector (has over 500), I'll ask him today. From the prices he's paid they sound "reasonable".

Thanks for the info about the MN. shop. That was, of course, a curious reference because of Kar Kraft in Michigan that we are all familiar with ( or most I suspect). I believe that there are more than a few confused memories involved. I had a guy in the shop about a year ago that claimed that...

Without some more "authentication", I would say you are opposing someone very knowledgable in GT40s. He is a supplier of parts/pieces and would have reason to know the lineage as well as current owner. I'd say the weight would be in his favor. Did he ever have the car out?? I have lived in...

Re: Correction: 1965 Mark 1 Roadster #108 is alive. Not to embarrass you more, or myself, but it's my understanding they were 4 speeds...not 5.

Can't weigh in on originality, but the guy is nuts if he thinks that's a Minnesota plate. It clearly reads MICHIGAN. That of course raises some questions about the "reality" he seems to be under. I do not have an original GT40, or a replica....so I am at least a little more honest than this...

I can only speak from experiences in the bike industry where spray coated cylinders have been in use for decades. They are not really, user friendly, if you will. They don't take much abuse that is a common by-product of the average consumer. They require special low tension plasma rings to not...

I recall seeing this somewhere before, I thought it was based on the Doug Nash tranny , but an earlier post said Tremec. The case reminded me of a Doug Nash, so I'll ask, was it a Tremec or Doug Nash? If you decide to do it will you use Tremec gears if it was a Doug Nash that was previously used.

I've run both and the two you are comparing is really not a straight across comparison. With the build you state, the 650 is probably a better carb cfm wise than the larger one. The DP is probably the better choice for the smaller engine with a manual gearbox. the VS is a little more forgiving...

Missed this in my previous post. Ported ring systems employ small holes drilled from the crown of the piston down to the top ring land. as compression and combustion pressures move through the ports( drilled holes) they pressurize the rings against the walls. This, however, increases...

Not at all, it was either Sealed Power of Perfect Circle that created the item. I would be willing to bet that a read of the Patent would reference whichever one it was. The only difference I have seen in them and the others if they are designed to fit in an unaltered ring land as opposed to...

Jim, I'm sorry if it seemed I was directing at anyone, I wasn't. If someone is building parts, that is far different than someone that is sitting on the prints...just so they can say they do. There are people like that, I wouldn't neccesarily call them any kind of enthusiast. Someone that...

I was thnik that it was just the terminology that was different and that they were talking about Total seal. It's kind of funny, because when I was a machinist in the early seventies we used to cut the top ring land on pistons that had loose grooves and install a stainless "spacer" ring above...

Makes a nice place for my glasses to rest. Much more marvelous than a monical...although, maybe not as stylish.

Not to belabor the point...But I believe, if you wanted, you could get blueprints of both these. The Empire State building had to have blueprints submitted for the construction, so they are most likely in the public domain and I would not ne surprised that Boeing 707 blueprints are also...