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Some minor progress after a lot of time away working on the house... Bulkhead panel beaded and cut out for engine access panel. I used the home made rolling tool again to recess the lip so the engine cover will sit flush. Hopefully back up to full speed soon!
Hi DuncanI’ve finally gotten round to starting a build thread! After over a year of research into GT40’s (and several years of looking into other projects before that…) I’ve finally started on the GT40 build. I’ve gone with the chassis tube kit from GT-Forte which I’ve had for a few weeks - though progress has been fairly slow due to work commitments
The current plan is to keep things fairly simple and follow the well trodden path where possible. I figure a GT40 build is tough enough without making things even harder for myself! To that end I’m going Ford small block and 01E. I’ll be dropping the floor pans and bolting the seat direct to the floor to gain some head height, other than that not much has been decided. I still can’t decide Mk1 or Mk2 - availability of the correct Corvair lamps for the MK2 is a concern with that one. The build isn’t going to be particularly quick, I’m probably looking at 5 years or so.
Couple of pictures attached of current progress – The main “core” of the chassis has been tacked together, though progress is slowing as I’m still waiting for a lot of parts from GT-Forte. The chassis kit does go together very well though, and with the laser cut parts it’s possible to work to a high level of precision. Would like to thank some of the other GT-Forte builders for their help so far, it's really appreciated - especially Nick, David, Andrew, Darrin, Jayson and Lee.
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Hi Ryan,Duncan, what have you done to stop the block rusting?
I'm probably going to have to find something to use in my chassis to build around, just concerned about it sitting there unused for so long and it rusting up.
loving the rest of it though bloke.
Ryan
Hi Duncan, I am looking at your steering column mounts which look similar to mine but given the angle I cannot judge there positioning within the drivers cockpit. Have you offered up the dashboard to see if the column aligns as the positions were out on my chassis. I will have to move them. I'm not sure if your chassis revision is later or earlier than mine.
Lastly, could you take a pic of the mounts and provide a measurement as to how far along the horizontal top square tube they are from some reference point ?
Thanks.
Nick.