917 was a take-no-prisoners machine that was extreme even among prototypes. Not an easy car to control. I particularly liked the oil routed to the coolers through the frame itself. I doubt any replica would have THAT feature...
Don't have a '40, but the cobra draws a lot of attention. That was rather hard to get used to, but unless they are obvious jerks, I have learned to loosen up and tell them all about the car
Those pictures of a Mercedes doing back flips 30 feet in the air from Le Mans a couple years ago on the Mulsanne straight should serve as a warning to anyone about what happens when good aerodynamics suddenly go very very bad...
J6,
You certainly got that right! Way too many manufacturers chasing far too few willing & able customers (and I say that more for Cobras than GT40s, but it applies to both).
I haven't built a GT40 yet, but I have built a Cobra. Things mechanical always have appealed to me. When I was a kid I would go around the house and take all the clocks apart (I'm 50 so these were NOT electronic pieces) and I would ususally put them back together eventually. BTW, I'm a...
Blackjack,
Very beautiful car. I've heard that driving a true 40" GT40 in any sort of traffic gets tricky because the car is so low to the ground. Comments?
I have never been to Pebble Beach for the car show either (been there quite few times otherwise).
Is viewing open to the public, or are the spectators also by invitation only?
When I was going to school in Santa Barbara, I worked for a company that shared a building (actually an aircraft hanger) with Clenet and company. Been a long time since I've seen one of those...