Hi all. I'm fighting a losing battle with toy envy. I've been in love with the CanAm and endurance racers of th 60's and early 70's. The GT40's, the McLarens, the T70's, P3's and P4's..... You know the disease.
My biggest problem is $$$$$$. I can not afford the real thing nor really one of the beauties from RCR. What I do have is time, fabrication, body work and mechanical skills. And the guidance of a man who built and crewed for CanAm, Indy and endurance racing.
I've narrowed my choices down to the following (in order of preference) T70 Mk III B, McLaren M6B GT, T70 Spyder, McLaren M6 or M8. I've also thought about a coupe version of the M8 (a never was version of the M6B GT (that for all practical purposes never was)). My all time favorites are the GT40 Mk II and Mk IV but their construction methods seem to be a little more than I want to jump into. For one I don't want to have to build a stamping die for the Mk II roof.
At any rate, what I looking for is blueprints or possibly templates so that I can build a tub to start my project.
I realize that this is a huge undertaking but doing it myself will allow me to (among other things) spread the cost out over a longer period of time while I search for original bits and pieces. Can anyone here point me in the right direction?
Comments, criticisims, guffaws etc. are appreciated and encouraged.
Thanks,
Andy
My biggest problem is $$$$$$. I can not afford the real thing nor really one of the beauties from RCR. What I do have is time, fabrication, body work and mechanical skills. And the guidance of a man who built and crewed for CanAm, Indy and endurance racing.
I've narrowed my choices down to the following (in order of preference) T70 Mk III B, McLaren M6B GT, T70 Spyder, McLaren M6 or M8. I've also thought about a coupe version of the M8 (a never was version of the M6B GT (that for all practical purposes never was)). My all time favorites are the GT40 Mk II and Mk IV but their construction methods seem to be a little more than I want to jump into. For one I don't want to have to build a stamping die for the Mk II roof.
At any rate, what I looking for is blueprints or possibly templates so that I can build a tub to start my project.
I realize that this is a huge undertaking but doing it myself will allow me to (among other things) spread the cost out over a longer period of time while I search for original bits and pieces. Can anyone here point me in the right direction?
Comments, criticisims, guffaws etc. are appreciated and encouraged.
Thanks,
Andy