Ford GT40 spotted

[288 GTO]

Hey Guys I was at Oulton Park racetrack on Monday when I came across this beautiful Ford GT40 in the Car park. This baby is so beautiful in the flesh and is definatly my dream car. :D

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v76/al123/Picture_036.jpg

more pics later ;)

[RS6]

Christ! That is one beautiful car. :)

[288 GTO]

It sure is :D
I've seen two altogether. such a rare beauty :)

[Sweeney921]

soooo nice. ive seen one alaso, in fact, i WASHED IT. My school had this huge car wash last summer, and we had the pleasure of washing this beast (not this exact one, ours was red). it was sooo sweet

[Matra et Alpine]

Hey Guys I was at Oulton Park racetrack on Monday when I came across this beautiful Ford GT40 in the Car park. This baby is so beautiful in the flesh and is definatly my dream car. :D
Sorry to check, but do you know it was a real GT40 ?
There are some superb kits made over the years.
The usual give-away is that ONLY the original GT40 is actually 40 uinches high. All the kits I know of are 1 to 1 1/2" taller to give some headroom.

[whiteballz]

ive heard that they werent 40 inches high. ive heard the mark 1 was 39.8 mark 2 was 40.1 and the mark three was 40.9 i could be wrong

[288 GTO]

Sorry to check, but do you know it was a real GT40 ?
There are some superb kits made over the years.
The usual give-away is that ONLY the original GT40 is actually 40 uinches high. All the kits I know of are 1 to 1 1/2" taller to give some headroom.

You know I have been thinking that, Matra et Alpine ;)

If it is a kit, then it is one of the best i have ever seen. the only thing that doesn't seem quite right are the two scopes at the back. Everything else including the cockpit looked right. :)

[SHAKER]

Geez how people change, A V8 Ford -Matras favourite car?.......nooooooooooooooooo, say it aint so lol, hehe well i guess i was wrong, I thought people like Matra would never look at a V8 twice, I mean its the same thing as me going out and buying a 4 cylinder or a rotary LLOoOoLLL, oh Hang on , thats right i just bought ann rx7, oh and i also own a nissan Pulsar too eheh oops! =-P

[SHAKER]

Dang i should really go to bed, it wasnt Matras post at all, sheeesh, ahwell goodnight lol

[Falcon500]

Well their is a NZ company that make as close as you can get to exact replicas...and they are suprisngly cheap too...and are availble in lhd...they mesure the same 40 inches as the car...
Also ehre at wakefield park there was a guy in a GT40 replica who was attempting to break the terminal speed record of wakefield park....i dont think he got it but he did get the best time there and decimated the subaru WRX a skyline and a whole shit load of shelby cobra replicas and other GT40s...there was even a Datsun Stanza with a SR20DET engine in it....

[fordfan2]

Yep i reckon there the next best thing after a ferrari or a lamborghini, Love the style, i heard it goes pretty quick too.

[Coventrysucks]

I saw a Red GT40 replica when I was walking to work at 10 to 6 in the morning last summer.
Probably the only time I have been glad to be up that early :D

I was a bit dissapointed that he didn't give it any stick coming out of a slow corner onto a straight, empty road, I don't think I could be that restrained ;)

[Suka]

The biggest give away is if you take a look at the tax disc! I have seen so many Ferrari's that say Toyota MR2 on the tax disc.

[288 GTO]

Thats the first thing my dad and i did ;)

It said GT40 so i'm not sure :confused:

[ZerK]

It's so... beautiful...



That image looks like it's been resized (badly :p). Do you have a bigger version? :cool:

[Matra et Alpine]

At Knockhill this weekend, this one is a kit.
Still a stonking 5 litre V8 mind :)

Sounded great.
Even the exhaust is a copy of the Mark1.
Dials, wheels, louvres and everything on this kit are replicas of the original. EXCEPT the height is 41 1/2" :)http://www.iwsconsultants.com/cars/knockhill/gt404.jpg

[288 GTO]

wow still looks great :D

and take a look behind!!! why its a Lamborghini Diablo :eek:

[Matra et Alpine]

wow still looks great :D

and take a look behind!!! why its a Lamborghini Diablo :eek:
On the day there were .....

2 racing Ferrari 360 GTs from Scuderia Ecosse. One out on track a few times :)
2 Diablos, one RWD, one 4WD
10-12 TVRs, Cerbera, Griffith, SPeed6
MG F's, SZ etc AND the POWER SV on track !!!
Vauxhall had the full range on track but the VX220 and Monario being driven HARD :)
8-10 Elises, couple of Exige
Ferrari 305 and a couple of others - I never remember their numbers :)
AUDI Quattro coupe and RS4s and a few others
close to 20 Subarus !!
10-12 Porsches ( I think one of everything except 959 )
half a dozen Supras etc including the Veil show car from Tokyo last year.
Clan Crusader, MGB GT, Escort Mexico, RS2000 'classics'
QUantuum, Lotus 7'alikes, Cobra'lkes and GT40 kits
Honda NSX, Civic type R
Maserati ( not sure current model names )
Chrysler Crossfire ( but the owner didn't venture on track :( )
1990 BTCC chamopionship winning Nissan - he was really pushing it :)
Plus LOTS and LOTS of other cars on and off the track.

If we can find 1Gb on-line I'll gladly post all the pictures and video I took :) :)
I'll post some of the best as we go - here's the rest of the GT40.

[288 GTO]

I think my heart just stopped :eek:

All i can say is that you are a lucky fellow :D

[Matra et Alpine]

I think my heart just stopped :eek:

All i can say is that you are a lucky fellow :D
Not the best, but I get 3 people happy with the one clip.
GT40 leads Monaro and VX220 round the hairpin at knockhill
.......
click to see 1.5Mb video (http://www.iwsconsultants.com/cars/knockhill/GT40%20Monaro%20VX220%20at%20Knockhill%20hairpin%2 018-4-2004t.avi)

[Matra et Alpine]

I think my heart just stopped :eek:

All i can say is that you are a lucky fellow :D

So would it be cruel of me to show me in the Radical SR3 driven by professional driver and isntructor Ian Forrest ?? Ity would ??? TOUGH :)
The blue helmet is me :) If you look close you can see the video camera. Once we find enough space or a streaming video server I'll put the Radical in-car shots up for everyone to enjoy.http://www.iwsconsultants.com/cars/knockhill/rad1.jpg

[Matra et Alpine]

On the day there were ......
Can't believe I forgot the Noble :)
http://ssr.phpwebhosting.com/img/events/162_040418185332.jpg
One of the biggest problems on the day was deciding who to go out on track with :)

[fpv_gtho]

Sorry to check, but do you know it was a real GT40 ?
There are some superb kits made over the years.
The usual give-away is that ONLY the original GT40 is actually 40 uinches high. All the kits I know of are 1 to 1 1/2" taller to give some headroom.


a local company here called Roaring Fourties is regarded as building the best quality GT40 replica's in the world. i dont know if they keep to the original 40.5 odd inches height the originals had or go for something closer to the 44 inches the new Ford GT has

[Matra et Alpine]

Can't believe I forgot the Noble :)
---- missing link to pic ----
One of the biggest problems on the day was deciding who to go out on track with :)
Sorry about that link not working, they've got a block on the SS-R site stopping links working.

So here it is.

[Sweeney921]

that is a very good day

[camaros]

Whats your fav. cars? :cool:

[Falcon500]

The biggest give away is if you take a look at the tax disc! I have seen so many Ferrari's that say Toyota MR2 on the tax disc.
it is common to see dino replicas on volkwagen chassis' called condor kits as wellas corallas based ferrari 308 kits...

[Wouter Melissen]

The GT40 in the first post looks like a replica to me. The intakes and the nose clips are not correct. The wheels/tires look odd and the dimensions seem off as well; the nose is too long.

[sandwich]

Two things I see:

The wheels. If it were real, it would probably have knockoffs. I may be wrong, but it's a guess.

Two, the air scoops in the rear are reminiscent of the MKII, with the 427, which was definately not street legal. The only one that was was the MKIII, and that one had a higher front end to make sure the headlights were at the legal limit. It humps a little, but I think the real thing is more pronounced.

Lastly, it was in a parking lot! Real GT40's sell for more than 250K easily, and such a fine example could quite easily see more than that.

[288 GTO]

Two things I see:

The wheels. If it were real, it would probably have knockoffs. I may be wrong, but it's a guess.

Two, the air scoops in the rear are reminiscent of the MKII, with the 427, which was definately not street legal. The only one that was was the MKIII, and that one had a higher front end to make sure the headlights were at the legal limit. It humps a little, but I think the real thing is more pronounced.

Lastly, it was in a parking lot! Real GT40's sell for more than 250K easily, and such a fine example could quite easily see more than that.

Well, It was in a Racetrack paddock, and the owner was nearby. Not a parking lot ;)

[sandwich]

I see...well, I saw a roaring forties GT somewhere today, and the hood scoop pattern is identical...but who cares...the replicas are so nice. I saw two gt40's at watkin's glen a year ago...great looking car, one was a gold mk2 i think, the other a racing mk1.

[NAZCA C2]

U sure thats not a CAV GT40?

http://www.cavgt.com/

[robcooper]

At the Goodwood Revival 05 there were 8 in one race but they were only 289s (4.7litre) not 427s (7litre) but still, they were absolutely rapid. And the noise they made....!

[henk4]

Hey Guys I was at Oulton Park racetrack on Monday when I came across this beautiful Ford GT40 in the Car park. This baby is so beautiful in the flesh and is definatly my dream car. :D

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v76/al123/Picture_036.jpg

more pics later ;)

this at least is a real one

[greg.harvey]

I saw one racing at Donnington in a Classics race a few years ago. I assumed it was a replica, as they're so rare and the guy was driving it, well, very badly. I can't imagine the owner of a real GT40 would allow it to be thrown around like this guy was throwing it around. (He kept losing it on the long right-hander at the end of the start/finish straight ... EVERY LAP!! - yup - he's in the gravel again ... *yawn* ;))

[henk4]

there were five at the last Silverstone Classic, one driven by Jackie Oliver, one by Adrian Newey (his own car) the blue one posted driven by John Hugenholtz, five times winner of the modern Tour Auto, also with this car, and two more...

[D'ARTOIS]

It is a kit car - the wheels are not original, but definately a top manufactured one!! IMHO.