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Yes, with some additional riveted strips for extra structural integrity (perhaps superfluous, but after Miles' death during J-car testing, nobody wanted to take any chances).

Re: Wanted: Gt40 replica Mark wasn't a manufacturer. He provided a building service. He also developed some aero kits such as a splitter, diffuser, etc. He primarily either purchased an ERA kit for a customer, or the customer provided the ERA kit, and Mark assembled it. Ian

Re: Wanted: Gt40 replica Sadly, and you wouldn't have any way of knowing, but poor choice of words. Mark LaVea passed away, hence XtremeClassics is no longer in business. He did post here quite frequently. His personal ERA was the development mule, and sold not too long ago for somewhere...

Re: Second Burning Volt. That was me, and your follow up article News from The Associated Press proves my point. The fires all started 7 days to 3 weeks later, and the batteries were not properly handled post crash. GM has also stated that when a Volt is involved in an accident, OnStar...

Re: Factory built RF For Sale I believe the build photos on the site are all RF1 cars. Ian

Turbo diesels suffer from the historical impression that they are extremely dirty. VW has done a great job promoting their TDI line, especially in their head to head with hybrid ads (TDI Jetta vs. Prius). The nearly 50 mpg numbers in addition to real world highway tests getting 60 - 70 mpg, new...

Re: Factory built RF For Sale When RF was reborn, one of the things they did was re-engineer the suspension some. I believe the original RF's can be retrofitted, but as one that came from the original run pre-RF2, yours has the original set up. Roaring Forties - Replica GT40s Ian

The environmental impact is being looked at, it just hasn't reached a fervor yet. Lithium batteries have been noted for fire issues for some time. However, they are currently one of the more successful battery technologies as far as performance, power, capacity, and overall packaging...

This I concur with heartily. With hybrids and full electric vehicles, people are ignoring those issues. The inefficiencies of electricity will probably go away as tech improves, but you still have to deal with all of the mining for ingredients, how to dispose of dead batteries and their...

Bob - did you actually read the articles? In the first, the NHTSA says "that based on available data, there’s no greater risk of fire with a Volt than a traditional gas-powered car". Also, "In June, GM and NHTSA both crashed a Volt and couldn’t replicate the May fire, said Greg Martin, a...

Which is exactly what I am talking about. The SOFA expires Dec 31, 2011, and the Iraqi government was not willing to extend it. Hence my position that withdrawal of troops due to no SOFA is the correct thing to do. Yes, this is true. Again, by not extending the SOFA, the Iraqis are using...

Yep - which is why not being able to guarantee immunity from prosecution was a major factor in the decision. Again, war crimes are war crimes, and justice should be served in those cases (though not necessarily where the crimes were committed since the guarantee of a fair trial and...

Hey Jim, It wasn't too bad of a shock, and there were plenty of pluses at the time - cheap housing (we bought our first house just off of Watt and 50 for $160K and sold it for $325K), I had an awesome job in the Bay Area (worked at LBL's supercomputer center NERSC - though the daily commute...

Hey Doug - meant to reply, but have been busy lately. Anyway, I get what you are saying, but as others have said - Jobs has been recognized for some time as a genius. Obviously, because of his death, we get to hear all about it at once as opposed to random snippets from time to time. Left...

I am pretty sure it was the main reason. Ian

Gene Simmons is actually a very conservative kind of guy. They have played at Camp Pendleton a few times - 2005, 2007, and I think one other time. The most recent KISS show at Pendleton was highly pushed on local San Diego radio. Ian

Also, Iraq would not guarantee that US troops would be protected from legal persecution after Dec 2011. While I am not advocating soldiers be protected from doing bad things, I also don't want soldiers being charged for war crimes if they were following orders. It is a tenuous situation, and by...

NASCAR (all series) use flat tappet solid lifters. No need for a rev kit. Ian

Isky makes sets for 351W 9.200 and 9.500 decks and Yates style heads (at least as of their 2010 catalog). Ian

Doug, If it were not for Steve Jobs, we would not be having this discussion on GT40s.com. Plain and simple - he and Woz were responsible for ushering in personal computing, GUI based OSes, and everything that resulted. He did not invent smart phones, but reinvented them and made them what...