Thanks for the info guys.
The GT40 has to be one of the greatest sportscar designs, it still looks fabulous to me. How the owners get around the supermarket car park I don't know, and where do they put their kids, golf clubs and prescription medicines?
It raises a question I've pondered on for a while; well, at least during moments of intense constipation. Moments, if only. When's a kit car not a kit car?
A few years ago a kit car was, to me at least, a synonym for lash up and/or death trap. I remember seeing "Cobras" based on Cortina chassis with XJ12 lumps and other variations. I recall giving a lift to a guy at Calais one year, his "Cobra" had stripped the diff and drive shafts when he tried a burn out...
As the market matured the term kit-car seemed to get phased out, and now we have 'replicas'. I think I take the line that unless something has been reproduced bolt for bolt then, by definition it's not a replica. A couple of the cars on that GTD40 site looked a little like 'replicas of kit cars' to me, and I don't think I'd be a comfortable passenger. But there's so much money and time put into replicas now, you've got to give them some respect, both for the dedication of their owners and the quality of the end result. There's no answer of course, but I got a -ponderin' when I saw an ad for a D-Type which looked like the donkeys undercarriage to me. The detailing was spot on, and it looked like a proper job. Mind you, it was on an ally back-bone chassis, so it probably handled a little different from the real thing. Probably better. I was seriously tempted but didn't go for it in the end, I think it was the thought of all those 'is it a real one mate' situations, but I'm used to getting those, in the Gents at least.
I can't help thinking though, that I probably missed out on a bit of memorable motoring ownership.
H
