What the ...

[Gary]

I was looking at the Lone Star Classics site and saw the price of their GT40 replica. Not a bad price for a deluxe kit. $17,000. But, is that a 4 cylinder in back? http://www.lonestarclassics.com/
Something just doesn't look right.

 

[Lynn Larsen]

Yeah, it appears they take a Ford Focus FWD drive train and put it in ths back, thereby making a midengine drive train out of it. This is much the same as a Fiero or a MR2. This can be done with most any front wheel drive train as only the rear uprights need to be changed.

Regards,
Lynn

 

One extreme to the next.

 

[Phil]

Hey Guys
I looked at the site and it seems that they have done a lot of engineering to fit a powertrain that IMHO just doesen't have the look or punch of a V-8. Looks like the chassis is setup to take struts, and what about that rear decklid cutout to clear the transverse motor configuration? I guess to each his own as they say, but give me the original setup, the look the, sound, and the performance and I think there would be more interest in the vehicle. Also, I may be seeing things but the body looks longer than a GT to me.
Regards
Phil

 

[Brett James-McCall]

Lest we all forget Mr Atwell which only had a 1.3 CVH on the first...

Brett

 

For the guy that wont's a good copy and can pay the price this would not be the car for them. But if you wont the look and a hall ass motor whit lots of tech support. Have you seen the rally car run?