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Yeah, but also the camera angle and colour scheme don't do it any favours either... What happened? If we're talking about closed Le Mans type sports racecars, as the photos would suggest, then regs have changed, minimum cockpit and other dimensions vary over the years, and at the end of the...

Jeez Pete, I hope it all works out for you and everyone else caught up in this disaster. Insurance is fine but its the things you lose that are special or irreplaceable. That is the biggest loss. My thoughts and best wishes for a good outcome are with you Pete, and all my other Aussie...

Josh, Wrong thread really. Try a B16 thread. Try this search on Google:- b16 site:gt40s.com Brings up over 100 B16 results on GT40s forum. Take your pick......

Anyone who has been reading http://www.gt40s.com/forum/race-track/30372-scratchbuilt-kiwi-40-goes-racing.html will know things did not go well at the Levels 14 Nov meeting. I have been somewhat lethargic since and not really up to posting much. However before that meeting I had done a few mods...

Damn, a major spanner in the works at present. I have been told I cannot get a medical clearance before the end of Feb. That stuffs any chance of doing SFOS this year. :furious: The Spinal Unit in a recent letter to my doctor started off "Mr Noble does not really think he has hurt his neck...

Absolutely stunning work Leon. I can't wait to see this car in the flesh. BTW, you didn't feel a need to box in the last (front) side of the brake pedal? The side flanges are in compression and IMO could relatively easily distort and fold up particularly if subjected to a little bit of a...

All rear suspension arms are 1" Ø x .062 WT. Heim joints on rear of trailing arms are 3/8" shank, front of trailing arms are 7/16" shank. I know there are many who opined that the tube this car is built from was too light and that many had reservations about the use of nickel silver bronzing...

Ah, 22! That was 1969 when I rolled my first singleseater at Teretonga. Youthful exuberance and stupidity, 6 weeks in hospital. :( ... 41 years later geriatric exuberance and bad luck, 1 day in hospital. I think things must be improving...... I could be interested in one of your cores at a...

As promised some pics the car. 2nd to last pic is damage to the roof spider caused by my helmet (and neck). Thank goodness I was obsessed with lightness as thicker fibreglass may well have not broken and caused more serious injuries. As it was, helmet was split. Well, the A Team of Lim and...

Thanks guys. Basically OK. Broken neck but not serious. Not allowed to do much though. Am at home so all good. Was very lucky car went in backwards. Speed at time would have been in excess of 150mph. Impact would have been at least 100. Levels back straight closely adjoins the boundary with a...

Thanks Steve. Yeah it was a good day! Club Day 2 at Ruapuna last Sunday was even better! And saw me entering in the Unrestricted Club Saloons class which sported some frequently raced and well sorted cars. I was up against Porsche GT2 and GT3 cars and a gaggle of RX7 Batmans, the quickest of...

Dave, I understood how you were looking at it, I just think you are making it way more complicated than it is. I'm a lazy bugger, I don't like doing things the hard way when I think there is an easy solution. So I'd take out the excess clearance and make sure the front face of the dongle is...

Dave, I have just taken my 'dongle' out and had a look at it. ;) It is quite a bit smaller than the yoke that it engages in. What is happening because the dongle/yoke clearance is excessive is that the 1/2 shaft is not being pushed far enough back to engage the neutral detent before the...

Non hypoid pinion. Thats the gearshaft spacing Ron. 77mm.

Jeff, you should have come over and said gidday. Jimmy, I'd never even thought of that. Any ideas on E85? Dalton, there have been a few 5ish magnitude aftershocks lately. They are actually causing quite a lot of additional damage. All my stuff is good and we are just carrying on as normal...

Well I think Jac Macs said it all. Basically spreadeagled the Classic field starting from the back of the grid. No real issues although with the better rubber I can brake harder and deeper into the corners so the softer pads that I had fitted towards the end of last season were starting to go...

Sort of Ian. Thanks for the thought. The lever is in a different position to how I had it last season.This is the root cause, and was only just engaging. After a few laps the change rod which runs underneath the exhausts and only a couple of mm from them picked up enough heat that the thermal...

First race of the new season tomorroow. Kiwi 40 is already out at the track as we had a test session today. Lots of mods from last season, which I will go into more detail on in my build log later. Further flared the arches to accomodate the F5000 slicks that I am now using. Top hinged...

Looking good Leon!

Bloody hell, Jeff! The mechanical mods will be a piece of wees compared to all that rust removal! I think I would have been beginning to wonder when it would ever end.... Full marks for stickability in what turned into a fairly major undertaking. And good to see your skills getting honed as...