I thought I would start a thread based on my experience with buying and owning the MKII S/N P2120.
My car was ordered in February 2005 before the formal announcement. I paid 65,000 for the roller + 750 for sill stripes saying "GT40" + 800 for ceramic coated headers. Included in the price was delivery to Olthoff Racing in North Carolina for completion. To be sent with the car, but not installed by the factory were mirrors and an oil pan. The colors chosen were Indigo Blue and Viper Steel Grey. It is a left hand drive left hand shift car without Gurney Bubble.
I later asked for clear film to be added to the front of the car - this cost 650.
Between placing the order and receiving the car, Superformance was purchased by Lance Standler and was moved to within 10 minutes or so from my house.
The car arrived at Olthoff's in October of 2006.
The engine was purchased direct from Roush in July 2006 - it is their 427SR with a cam specified by Olthoff. This is a carbie motor. It came with the accessories, a clutch package, aluminum flywheel and the oil pan. It makes 505HP and 498 ft-lbs per the tag on the engine. Engine cost delivered was 15,450. The engine arrive at Olthoff Racing in October of 2006.
The ZF was ordered through Olthoff in July 2006. They spec'd the gearing. The trans was delivered to Olthoff in December 2006. The cost of the transwas abotu 10,000.
The car was installed and ready for shipment to me in Late February 2007. There were 158 miles put on the car by Olthoff.
The communication by Olthoff's company was acceptable. I made most of the contact. I put no time pressure on them. They answered all my questions.
In a few cases, Olthoff elected to do things to the car that I did not request - for example they made a lexan see through engine cover so that the engine could be viewed from the outside. I did not request this. They also supplied the original sheetmetal aluminum cover with the car. They elected to upgrade the cooling fans without asking. They supplied me the removed fans with the car. In all, the "unrequested upgrades" cost me 1,500 additional. The cost of the installation by Olthoff was under 7,000. Of this, 5,000 was labor and the balance was installation bit and machining charges.
The trucking company used was DeMoise Trk-ing and they provided excellent service. I was in touch with the driver at any time. The cost to ship the car to Medford Oregon was 1,800. The time frame was about 10 days as the driver had to drop off/pick up in Seattle and Portland.
The car as deliver had some issues:
1. The extra oil pan was not included (both SPF and Roush should have supplied one based on the original order). SPF no longer includes the oil pan as part of the purchase.
2. The mirrors were not supplied. Later calls with Superformance and Olthoff reveal that a new inside mirror was sourced and it on it's way to me. I will get the SPF outside mirrors supplied but I will not use them.
3. There is a fuel filler neck change that will need to be done to my car. The ones supplied on my car, and a few of the other early cars, have non-continuous weld and fuel fumes are present. This is at no cost to me.
4. The car as delivered was not set up to me height. I supplied Olthoff my height and inseam measurement. The pedals are too far forward to drive comfortably. I was told by Dennis that I have one more setting to adjust on the pedal and it requires 4 bolts to be removed. I will do this. I will probably also have to put foam behind the seat back. I am 5' 8".
5. The interior was scratched in several places - primarily in the sill area (fuel tanks) and the small switch cover behind the signal stalk. The interior did not look like it was protected during the install. Hand prints and scrathes are evident. A photo taken during install show thaty this is the case. There are also a couple of epoxy blobs on the sills. In talking to Olthoff, he say that I should spray them with a rattle can - semi gloss on the sills and flat on the switch plate. He states that he has had to paint the sills on his car 4 times and he has asked the factory for some better solution for paint adherence. on the sills. I am working with SPF to get some carpeted sill covers - they have them available - to protect this area.
6. The switches and indicators were not labeled and no diagram was given. I have since received a hand drawn sheet describing switch function. I have include a copy of this as an attachment.
7. No documentation was received with the car. I have no idea what fuse does what.
8. I noticed a small oil spot near the right rear of the trans. Dennis Olthoff said that in the upright position, these ZF boxes use 6 liters of oil. Inverted they use about 1.75 litrers. He fill them to 2 liters and they will percolate out what they don't need.
The exterior of the car was near flawless - to my eyes anyway. one small chip on the rear spoiler and some very minor ripples in a couple opf places in teh bodywork. The paintwork is extremely well done.
I will keep posting to this thread as my car gets finished and all issues get resolved.
I am very pleased with the car by the way.
Mike
My car was ordered in February 2005 before the formal announcement. I paid 65,000 for the roller + 750 for sill stripes saying "GT40" + 800 for ceramic coated headers. Included in the price was delivery to Olthoff Racing in North Carolina for completion. To be sent with the car, but not installed by the factory were mirrors and an oil pan. The colors chosen were Indigo Blue and Viper Steel Grey. It is a left hand drive left hand shift car without Gurney Bubble.
I later asked for clear film to be added to the front of the car - this cost 650.
Between placing the order and receiving the car, Superformance was purchased by Lance Standler and was moved to within 10 minutes or so from my house.
The car arrived at Olthoff's in October of 2006.
The engine was purchased direct from Roush in July 2006 - it is their 427SR with a cam specified by Olthoff. This is a carbie motor. It came with the accessories, a clutch package, aluminum flywheel and the oil pan. It makes 505HP and 498 ft-lbs per the tag on the engine. Engine cost delivered was 15,450. The engine arrive at Olthoff Racing in October of 2006.
The ZF was ordered through Olthoff in July 2006. They spec'd the gearing. The trans was delivered to Olthoff in December 2006. The cost of the transwas abotu 10,000.
The car was installed and ready for shipment to me in Late February 2007. There were 158 miles put on the car by Olthoff.
The communication by Olthoff's company was acceptable. I made most of the contact. I put no time pressure on them. They answered all my questions.
In a few cases, Olthoff elected to do things to the car that I did not request - for example they made a lexan see through engine cover so that the engine could be viewed from the outside. I did not request this. They also supplied the original sheetmetal aluminum cover with the car. They elected to upgrade the cooling fans without asking. They supplied me the removed fans with the car. In all, the "unrequested upgrades" cost me 1,500 additional. The cost of the installation by Olthoff was under 7,000. Of this, 5,000 was labor and the balance was installation bit and machining charges.
The trucking company used was DeMoise Trk-ing and they provided excellent service. I was in touch with the driver at any time. The cost to ship the car to Medford Oregon was 1,800. The time frame was about 10 days as the driver had to drop off/pick up in Seattle and Portland.
The car as deliver had some issues:
1. The extra oil pan was not included (both SPF and Roush should have supplied one based on the original order). SPF no longer includes the oil pan as part of the purchase.
2. The mirrors were not supplied. Later calls with Superformance and Olthoff reveal that a new inside mirror was sourced and it on it's way to me. I will get the SPF outside mirrors supplied but I will not use them.
3. There is a fuel filler neck change that will need to be done to my car. The ones supplied on my car, and a few of the other early cars, have non-continuous weld and fuel fumes are present. This is at no cost to me.
4. The car as delivered was not set up to me height. I supplied Olthoff my height and inseam measurement. The pedals are too far forward to drive comfortably. I was told by Dennis that I have one more setting to adjust on the pedal and it requires 4 bolts to be removed. I will do this. I will probably also have to put foam behind the seat back. I am 5' 8".
5. The interior was scratched in several places - primarily in the sill area (fuel tanks) and the small switch cover behind the signal stalk. The interior did not look like it was protected during the install. Hand prints and scrathes are evident. A photo taken during install show thaty this is the case. There are also a couple of epoxy blobs on the sills. In talking to Olthoff, he say that I should spray them with a rattle can - semi gloss on the sills and flat on the switch plate. He states that he has had to paint the sills on his car 4 times and he has asked the factory for some better solution for paint adherence. on the sills. I am working with SPF to get some carpeted sill covers - they have them available - to protect this area.
6. The switches and indicators were not labeled and no diagram was given. I have since received a hand drawn sheet describing switch function. I have include a copy of this as an attachment.
7. No documentation was received with the car. I have no idea what fuse does what.
8. I noticed a small oil spot near the right rear of the trans. Dennis Olthoff said that in the upright position, these ZF boxes use 6 liters of oil. Inverted they use about 1.75 litrers. He fill them to 2 liters and they will percolate out what they don't need.
The exterior of the car was near flawless - to my eyes anyway. one small chip on the rear spoiler and some very minor ripples in a couple opf places in teh bodywork. The paintwork is extremely well done.
I will keep posting to this thread as my car gets finished and all issues get resolved.
I am very pleased with the car by the way.
Mike
