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Yesterday took a drive in the vette and stopped by Fastlane Classic cars for a look see. Heard this serious motor coming down the road and was able to click off a couple of quick pics. GT40 which is one of my favorite cars. He did a u-turn and screamed back up the road. There's a number of car shops along the road. It "appears" to be the real deal.
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Love the GT40's. Thats the MKI body. It's hard to tell the real from the kits unless you get up close. There were several kit makers. The real ones were modified so many times during the race years as well as even new right from the factory that each car is identified and referred to by the chassis number. Great cars. Nice to see one of the road, real or kit who cares.
There is a very well done red GT40 replica that goes to the C&C. It always draws a crowd whether parked or running even though it's surrounded by exotics.
Fast n Loud tv show last night finished a wrecked one...air bag suspension...bigger Whipple...painted it black (was red)...as bought (wrecked front end) paid $130 or 40 thousand....!
It certainly sounded nice. I heard him coming, he did a u-turn and was gone.
I wish I had been able to swing getting one of the Ford GT's when they were being made a few years back.
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Originally Posted by Mako72
It certainly sounded nice. I heard him coming, he did a u-turn and was gone.
I wish I had been able to swing getting one of the Ford GT's when they were being made a few years back.
FYI, there's a very low-mileage one with the Gulf paint scheme coming up for auction at Mecum in Austin this December, but judging from Chicago this past weekend it'll take at least $250K to play.
The chances of it not being a kit are so absurdly low, it isn't even worth thinking about.
But...there are kit cars and there are kit cars. This appears to be the latter. Sexy beast that is very well done.
It would take a great deal of spare money to convince myself I needed to start working on that level of complicated, though.
The companies that make these as kits are all well into the 6 figures. I am talking about the "real" kit companies. More like replica companies. Scratch built chassis and such. Not some Fiero rebody. As for complicated? They are probably easier to work on then any Corvette. It's a ford small block. Simple low tech. The MKII kits had the big block.
Also there is a real MKIV that runs around NYC owned by the same guy that drives a real Ferrari 330P4 on the street. The P4 is chassis 0846 and the MKiV is the yellow car that wore #2 at Lemans in 1967. Both are registered and street legal. You never know. I've seen pictures of them crossing the bridges in Manhattan. I'm sure they are on google.
Fast n Loud tv show last night finished a wrecked one...air bag suspension...bigger Whipple...painted it black (was red)...as bought (wrecked front end) paid $130 or 40 thousand....!
I've only seen the first episode. So far its a hack job they're doing on it. Should have replaced the frame, instead they're patching it together. I feel sorry for the poor sucker that buys that hunk of crap. They're doing it just like they hacked together that Ferrari a season or two ago.
I live about three miles from that store so I figured I'd run down there and snap a few pics of the GT. As you can see the showroom is packed and it was difficult get a good shot. Included are some pics of some of their very pricey toys.
That car is owned by David (the owner of Fastlane Classic Cars). It's a highly modified Superformance GT40. It's a very special car to be sure. The "R" version of their GT40 replica. I've driven that car. It is a beast.
GT40 sighting yesterday
