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Scott, I won't inflame the old monocoque vs. space frame debate, but when I did my research 5 years ago, I was interested in many of the things you mentioned. For me, there had to be some practicality in the car. It is the last one I will build and it is sure the most involved one. Most of my...

I spent all yesterday working with just one of the seats. DRB's use the corregated floors, and with the seat in full tilt, it matches the rear firewall and the leg room is perfect. Good thigh support and slight bend of the knee. That is the good news. The bad news is that it sits a little high...

It was an early start on Saturday morning, out of bed at 4am,down to the factory to load the car on trailer before the 3hr trip north to Winton Raceway. Arrived at 8:30am and the weather good.After signing on I checked the programme to find there was only 5 cars entered for our Marque sports...

...start thinking of rebuilding somewhere beyond the 40K mile range. Cost run from as low as $1500 to who knows how much. Be sure you have someone who REALLY knows the 930. I thought my local Porsche shop forman did and it cost me almost 2 years to get the trans back(See DRB#5 on saga of 930)...

Anyone wanting pics which have somehow disapeared, just let me know and I can send them as attachments. I know some of the DRB#5 photos disapeared also. Just have a lot of mailbox space for them to be recieved. Bill

While waiting for the brakes to be sorted out, I have made some good inroads with DRB#5. The dash was sent to Jeff Henderson who does most of the upholstery work for Year One. Jeff does exceptional work, and doesn't stop til he is satisfied. With this at home finally, the electrics can be hooked...

Gary, I just moved to Phoenix from Portland but had the luck to check out C&G Automotive before I left. Cary is the West Coast distributor for DRB and had two on site- one he's building for a customer and the other for himself. I'd recommend paying him a visit. He's in Canby, just south of...

Hi Bill, [ QUOTE ] it seems the one blade would put more stress on one side of the suspension than the other. [/ QUOTE ] Not possible, look at the extreme position with one bar totally disconnected.There are no loads anywhere in the system. Not as you might think one side totally...

Hi Bill, Have you tried "Vette Brakes & Products" in Florida ? Other possible sources for C4 brake upgrades could be : Ecklers Mid America Corvette America I don't think that there was any difference in the front hubs pre/post 87/88, except that the later ones had the toothed ring for...

It is hard to believe that it has been so long since an update. I have come to the realization that those who can do all the work themselves, are able to get things done on their own schedule, more than those of us that have to get a few shops involved to finish the project. You work on their...

Greg, do you have the original DRB hanging pedals ? I have these & have had a devil of a time setting things up for the "sideways" heel & toe that Chris L describes. I had to change to a smaller accel cable pulley on the throttle body capstan, & make up a much longer lever arm to pull the...

I have done a search for these seats and came across one person who went with RaceTech in New Zeland, and have sent him a note. Is there anyone who has some info on these seats. They have two that I am looking at. The 4009W-meaning the seat area is 16" wide compared to the regular which is only...

Big weekend(7-8/5/05) at Morgan Park Super Sprints where Gary in his flying yellow DRB GT40 will need to pull out all stops to head off Stewy in the Gold DRB Cobra---and it could rain, to make things really interesting

Since this summer not too much being done to the road car(finally gertting to work on DRB#5). We are now turning our interest to fixing the things that are minor but still need fixing. The owner was able to get a new selector switch made to the exact specifications of the old. In taking the old...

Bill, Here are 3 for you to enjoy. The first is DRB #44 from the thread DRB GT40#44 This is the ass end of a 1966 GT40 Road Car without flares. The tag as been blocked out by request of the owner. And last of all here is mine, DRB #5 that had a license plate recess added Are you...

Bill ( DRB #5 ) You have an e-mail

...and don't add them up until you drive if for the first time. I planned to finish mine in 6 months(bought it second hand and incomplete, see DRB#5 in builders thread). Had the money in the bank to finish. Then life's little surprises jumped up and bit me in the a**. Kids, college, kids bad...

Looking really good Tim. I've seen a DRB GT40 completed with 4.6lt and it turned out quite nice. Yeah, you need those throttle bodies. I've seen the effort DRB put into passing their GT40's up here and it's a massive undertaking. Although maybe not as massive as yours. Even though...

...do mine all on my own. I always wanted to do this ever since I was a teenager. Never had done more than a engine rebuild. So It can be done(see DRB#5). Mine has taken me a lot longer than I anticipated due to life's little inconviences. I had to fabricate a ot of stuff that ordinarily isn't...

Welcome back to the ongoing saga of DRB#5.I didn’t realize it had been so long since posting something about the car. I have really been busy with the car and not on vacation. Most of the work done since January revolved around outfitting some decent brakes for the front end. What I found was...