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Looking at the forum history over the past ten or so years there have been several FAV style monocoque car started with only a few completed, and these were outfitted and finished by professional workshops. Build logs show that the hobbyist takes a long time - about 8-10 years. How many do...

This is a really long shot - but I'm trying to track down a GT 40 with the registration of K40 GT. It was Blue and first registered in 1971. It's not showing on the DVLA pages. However it was a little different in that it had the Gurney Bump (or similar!) It belonged to my partners Father for...

It has been 2+ years since I started and drove my Superformance GT40 MKII (standard Roush 427 single carb/RBT setup). Life had me focused in other areas. I have been storing it in a heated garage up on a lift. I think I put Stabil in the fuel system back then...not sure. I have had the...

Hi, well I scooped up a 351 Windsor that happened to be right down the road. It's a 2-barrel intake engine. I don't have a car to put it in yet, but hey that's a minor detail :rolleyes:. Anyway, I got it home and managed to clean all the sludge off of the engine to get the block ID. The guy...

i would like to know how many SPF GT40s, or any other GT40s, there are in Southern California. I live in Oxnard, Ventura County and would like to meet other '40 owners. i have seen a MK3 (owned by the Petersen Museum) at Willow Springs a number of years ago, a gennie MK1 at Willow owned by a...

Hi everyone, I’m thinking about getting into building a gt40. I have a line on an Active Power Cars frame and I may take a shot. I’ve restored muscle cars, built motors and I’ve owned Porsche’s and a Corvette. I’m not rich, but I’m also not in a hurry. I want a project. I’m 59 years old...

It was 73F today near Kansas City, Missouri so I drove out to my friend's in the country. If you're building one, get 'er done, 'cuz driving is the fun. I don't really talk like that but I'm still addicted to driving this car after 17 years. Mark C.

Hi Guys I've been off the forum for quite some time and I see personal messages from years past to me asking for VIN plates. I apologize for the no response but I've been out of the country for years. That said - YES, I still make VIN plates for GT40's. FAV, FoMoCo, JWE...all of them. It's...

Hi My name is Steve Rivett and live near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. My plan on retirement was to build a GT40 replica but I got caught by the Mazda FD3S RX7s. Owning 1 myself 380 bhp and rebuilding over 50 rotary engines over the past 6 years. Now 71 years old I left it too late...

The news isn't good today is it? RIP Tom, just 66 years young. He was a class act...

Hello Gents, as it has been a few years since selling off the race car I have not been on here much. However I have been cleaning around the shop and stumbled upon some things that maybe someone here can use. Here's the catch......I don't want anything for this stuff as I have gotten much...

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This time London. Van and knife attack. Three dead many injured. Wearing 'fake suicide belts. Cowardly wankers. As always, I sincerely hope no friends or relatives of gt40s members were involved and condolences to those families who have suffered bereavements...:worried: I have no...

Besides my Lotus build. I've decided to get back on track with my 56 Chevy pickup resto/mod. I've had it for over 20 years & had repainted the cab & front. But then got stalled by life (raising 3 boys etc). A couple of years ago I started to disassemble it again. For restoration but again got...

Hello, More bad news I'm afraid, John passed away last month. I don't think anyone has mentioned it on here, apologies if they have & I missed it. John, as I'm sure most of you will know, was part of the GT40 story in the early years & as well as testing, raced the early cars, including...

Hello, I started my journey over ten years ago to build a mid engine kit car. I looked at the GT40, Ultima, SLC and GTM. Ultimately, I ended up getting a great deal on a partially completed GTM. That was back in 2008. Now, almost 10 years later I've finally given up. The car was really too...

Hi I have been at this forum a while (2006) but never introduced myself. For me it started because I wanted a AC Cobra. So I followed clubcobra.com some years when a saw the GT. I knew then I had to get one someday. I live in Norway so both the tax and the rules for replica cars make this...

I've been thinking for some time about my next project after the '40 and a car I've always longed for is the air-cooled Porsche 911. The dilemma is which one. I love the look of the early Euro pre-impact bumper cars (think 1969-73 "long hood" models) but know little as to their ease of...

Hi guys, Have had the misfortune of knocking some teeth off third gear in my 016. If anyone has a damaged gearbox but with a good third gear please let me know. It is an AAZ ratio box with all the upgrades and has lasted well over the last 14 years behind a 347 windsor. As much as an...