Hi to everyone. Yes its spread out between two sheds and the garage. I have owned the chassis and body for almost two years, during which time I have been collecting other parts. The plan is for a road going car capable of the occasional trackday. Chassis modifications are almost complete. I have been reading posts on here for some time and have taken many ideas and plenty of inspiration from them, so many thanks to the members. Hoping to catch some members at Oulton Park this weekend, more photographs required to answer the endless amount of technical queries. Best wishes from Liverpool
KVA GTD (C) 351W in bits in the shed
- Thread starter Lofty27
- Start date
Mike Pass
Supporter
Hi Patrick,
Having looked at your pics there are some significant differences between what you have and a KVA C type chassis. The rear uprights are not like a KVA and look more like GTD. The chassis front is completely different to a KVA. The KVA chassis is tapered in at the front and therefore the front wishbones have a short and a long side. I don't know if your car was always like this or if it has been radically modified. It may be that it is a car that was intermediate car built by GTD between the KVAs built by GTD and the first GTDs. To me your chassis is far more like GTD than a KVA C type. A bit more investigation may help. Is there a chassis number anywhere?
I will look up some KVA and GTD chassis pics for comparison purposes. I have way too many pics to post here so I have sent you a private mail via this forum. See left above.
Cheers
Mike
Having looked at your pics there are some significant differences between what you have and a KVA C type chassis. The rear uprights are not like a KVA and look more like GTD. The chassis front is completely different to a KVA. The KVA chassis is tapered in at the front and therefore the front wishbones have a short and a long side. I don't know if your car was always like this or if it has been radically modified. It may be that it is a car that was intermediate car built by GTD between the KVAs built by GTD and the first GTDs. To me your chassis is far more like GTD than a KVA C type. A bit more investigation may help. Is there a chassis number anywhere?
I will look up some KVA and GTD chassis pics for comparison purposes. I have way too many pics to post here so I have sent you a private mail via this forum. See left above.
Cheers
Mike
The way the rear suspension pick up points are just kind of hung out there. Behind the rear bulkhead looks pretty weak. Looks like they made the chassis too short & just had to tack them on behind. Just my 2 cents worth but I'd sure be looking at that.
Hi the photos are of the early KVA with GTD subframes welded on which was how GTD first started making GT40s. They did a bolt on front subframe as an alternative if you preferred. My car is built using GTD suspension mounted on my own subframes on the same early KVA. Hope this helps, Kev Farrington
Hi thank you for the replies and information, all taken note of. I will post some more pics and will continue to do so through the build process. Cheers
Bart Dirkx
Supporter
Hi Patrick, I have the exact same frame, which is also registered as KVA. I agree with the other posts that it looks more like GTD, but there are also differences with these frames, especially near the wind shield.
Do you happen to have any information on the build year of yours? This should be somewhere between 1992 and 1996. Any information would be useful.
Thanks, Bart
Do you happen to have any information on the build year of yours? This should be somewhere between 1992 and 1996. Any information would be useful.
Thanks, Bart
Last edited:
patrick,
I owned a GTD many years ago that I finished from the ground up . What you have there looks nothing like a GTD ,looks more like a home made chassis to me . You can look over my build log here if you like at Bob's GTD build there are lots of pictures and info from lots of members on it.
I owned a GTD many years ago that I finished from the ground up . What you have there looks nothing like a GTD ,looks more like a home made chassis to me . You can look over my build log here if you like at Bob's GTD build there are lots of pictures and info from lots of members on it.
Bart Dirkx
Supporter
Hi Kev, do you have photos of your subframe and suspension? That might help me identifying my chassis.
Bart Dirkx
Supporter
This is what I have. Looks very similar to me.
Attachments
Bart Dirkx
Supporter
Hi Bob, Patrick,
Newer GTD frames indeed look different. In the meantime I found out that this might be either an early GTD chassis, or a KVA chassis that was modified with GTD subframes.
There is a nice reply to my (similar) question posted by Paul Hendrikx where he explains this with an old article:
https://www.gt40s.com/threads/need-...is-manufacturer-and-version.59103/post-608239
