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Hi guys, I still make the headlight and running light covers (over 20 years now) out of crack proof plastic. I've made them for all replica makes and some original cars such as prototype GT103. Email me at: [email protected] so I can send photos and details. Also, feel free to call...

Hi Rick, I'd be glad to make you a set out of crack proof plastic as in the photo above (post #3). Email me at: [email protected] for photos and details and feel free to call anytime at: 816-286-6982. Thanks, Mark Clapp

Hi Grzegorz, it depends on the depth of your recessed mounting flanges. The covers I make are 1/8" thickness. Thanks, Mark Clapp

Neil is correct about using Lexan for the cockpit or engine cover windows if plastic is used. It is the only plastic that will take the heat of the engine and not deform. Hard-coated lexan (MR10 or Mar-Guard) is worth the extra cost for scratch resistance.

When you use helicoils, the expanded coil (once threaded into the body) must be shorter than the body thickness. If any coils extend below the body, they will not be threaded and expanded within the body. This will cause the screws to bind. I used 0.207 inch coils. Also, once you have the...

Chuck, sorry for the back-track, you might consider having your rear window/engine cover wrapped with an acrylic clear bra type wrap. I've even heard of ceramic wraps. Something that could be replaced more easily than the window plastic.

Maybe some of you guys saw the 2017 Heritage Edition Ford GT (black No. 2 after 1966 Le Mans winner) sold for 1.4M plus fees. Very shrewd for the owner to double his money after the 2-year no sale contract with Ford was up. This makes me sad as I feel the application/vetting process by Ford...

Hi Guys, Dan (a machinist by trade) had plans to build moncoque GT40 replicas. I made several sets of light covers for him as he was stocking up on parts. I gave him the tip that my replica's windshield was from Pilkington in South Africa. Turns out they still made/make? them and were not...

Kansas City, Missouri U.S.A.

Just comes down to seat time. I've known guys that spent 5-7 years building a GT40 and then sold it a few months later as driving was too nerve-racking for them. I've had mine since 2000 and was also nervous at first. It is RHD and I just have two small original-style bullet mirrors. I am...

At my friend's country home.

Hi Terry, not at all. Here are a few articles from a Google search I just did: https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/collections/geological-collections/fossils-from-the-antarctic/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/ancient-fossil-forest-found-antarctica-gondwana-spd/...

Do a search and you will find articles of fossils found recently in Antarctica that show it was a forest during the age of dinosaurs. This shows to me once again that we don't have a clue about climate change and all the money in the world can't buy off mother nature.

Sorry if this has already been covered. I tried to go to the Racing Icons website and it does not come up. Are they still in business?

Hi Michael, I'm betting the lower light covers were left off since the body was cut to expose the large spot lights, which I've not seen on other roadsters.

Ron, thanks for posting your photos. When I was there over ten years ago I got chased away from taking a pic of MKII P1015 with my throw away camera. Almost as cool as the cars are the original molds and parts along the walls. It's especially fun for me to see the great shots you took of...

Hi Nick, I've often suggested to new GT40 drivers to get a fair amount of seat time at first to get used to the rear engine and small mirrors. I've heard stories on here of guys spending years building one, nailed it first time out, and nearly lost it and themselves. Others sold theirs after...

I have not seen the vent windows with a recessed opening on the main window on any originals. Are these possibly Superformance replacements?

How were they able to offer a 2017? I thought the selected buyers had to sign a contract with Ford that they could not sell for two years.

I'm pretty sure that is GT105 as well. I think it was restored back to prototype configuration by Gelscoe. I rode in GT105 in 1994 when it was in the U.S.