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To be honest (purely my opinion) the 6 speed doesn't offer anything you can't achieve with the 5 speed can't achieve, basically the same ratios are available and adding a tall 5th gear in the 5 speed is the same as the 6th gear, the rpm drop between gears isn't great enough to warrant 6 gears...

A few options available from Vintage Wheels, if they don't have what you need call Bob and he can usually customize. https://vintagewheelsus.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3

Many organizations use the basic broomstick test between front fender and roll hoop, where the top of your helmet must be clear under that line. Also I don't know many organizations that permit open cars to run without arm restraints these days. As a Time Trials Tech Inspector it amazed me what...

Man, wish I'd know I have a manifold just like that on the shelf with a set of 48 IDF's mounted too!

I'm pretty sure Haynes do a workshop manual for the GT40 (1964 onwards) and with SPF being 90% interchange with an original wouldn't that have most (say 90%) of the required information? Maybe a few owners get together and write up some technical bulletins / supplements for the SPF specific stuff?

I did a little digging on some of the European sites I am familiar with and all seem to offer fairly standard AN fittings, which by definition are SAE threads. One question that may also need answering is do you have metric hose sizes or SAE? The BAT Inc. link I posted previously listed metric...

Doesn't that mean you are actually just looking for the adapter fittings from 37 degree flare AN to metric, which seemed readily available.

If the eBay one is an original they were cast and are prone to break, Maserati Source has forged replacements, not cheap but peace of mind; http://maseratisource.com/detomaso-pantera-clutch-shift-lever-mechanism-forged/

Mesa, Try British American Transfer (BAT Inc.) MOCAL dealers in Sarasota FL; https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/e112be6e/files/uploaded/ahosend.pdf

My 2 cents; a Gelscoe or Safir would be more highly prized and valued than any of the other 'replicas', Safir Spares had the forethought to register the GT40 trademark and now license it to SPF, for that SPF owners pay a premium and often consider their cars more original. Laughably many of them...

I have a '74 in that green. Was this Pantera for sale out of Reno some years ago?

Yes, it's an ERA Mk1

Can you define 'perfect'? I think any used car is likely to have some degree of wear and evidence of use. RHD or LHD? Budget?

The early ERA seats are a complete seat and frame on sliders, you could remove them and throw in the SPF style pads, I actually did that with my first GT40 (a KVA) and fabricated an adjustable Tilton pedals set. Or maybe convert to the later style ERA which are very similar to SPF...

Apologies I misread the thread! The early ERA seats are on sliders like any normal car seat, my handles are on the right side under the seat. The later chassis went to an oem style fixed webbing affixed to the chassis I believe. Those cars had an adjustable pedal box as a means to compensate for...

I am 6' and fit well for street driving in my ERA (1993 with the mounted seats), my driver seat is not completely to it's rearmost position. That said a friend of equal stature owned a CAV and he could run on track with a helmet no issues, whereas I would not be comfortable in the ERA with a...

Agreed, I assumed it had to be 8.2" given how far off the collector pipes are, switching to Cleveland heads on a Windsor 9.5" deck height should not have resulted in that degree of mismatch.

When you say Windsor I assume you mean a 302 8.2" deck height patternvs. the 9.5" for the 351W (Clevor base)? The crossover pipes appear to be farther apart than the distance between the heads, not sure they'd meet at a common collector even if the heads were butted together?

And the price of entry for that is?

First you need to understand the difference between "DOT Legal" and "DOT Approved", the latter is often still marked "Not for Highway use" e.g. a Hoosier R6 tire is "DOT Approved" and not for highway use.