here are some pics of my dad's friends car....... i want it....

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/170918gt40pir.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/604055gt40pir2.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/392835gt40pir3.jpg

COOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.fordfans1.homestead.com/FORDFAN1.html

I like it. Is it an original or a replica?

it's an origonal...
and it is smiling! :D



he drove it on the street when it was in the dealership... ('64)... and now he races it as a vintage car.

It's a mark 1 right? I though for a minute it had fuel injection, couldn't see the carbs.

What did he do to the Cobra pit headers? They're all... painted!

the velocity stacks? they are covered... i took this right after he finished racing... or do you mean the 180 degree headers?

and i think that it is a MKIII...

Forgot about the velocity stack for a minute. I thought the fuel lines looked like a rail for a minute too.

I meant the "Cobra Pit" headers, they were a custom fabrication by the Holman and Moody Nascar team, they got the nod as the factory team. They used a ceramic coating on them, and after the first lap or so, they would glow cherry red... After they had cooled, they had the most beautiful coppery colour.

hmmm..... not sure about the headers... all i know about the is that they go 180 degrees for scavenging purposes....

They were called "Cobra Pit" headers, and originals are worth something to the order of $2000 a piece. I was just offended because they were painted, not the beautiful coppery gold colour :D

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that is quite a list...

Well, that guy has ambition, thats for sure. I'll be happy with a Turbo 968. And a Cobra. And a GT-40 MK2. And a Lotus Elise. And a 959. I'm going to stop now, before I flood this forum.

I regret to say, you are gravely misinformed if you think Lamborghini can compete with Ferrari. If they could, they would be able to stay independant, and not be bought by Chrysler, and Audi.

guys, NOTHING can compete with Ferrari, it is the established power.

Yeah, but Ferraris are much lighter. They brake better, experience less fade, make better acceleration from 100-150 mph, are much easier to handle, and you really know when you're about to lose control in a Ferrari. Not so easy in a Lambo, and harder still to regain control.

The 550 Maranello is based off the older 456 GT. It is a luxury GT which has been tuned for high speed cruising. At 180 mph, you'd really rather be in a 550 than any Lamborghini.

ferrari won't scrap the F60, they have put too much into developing the car, but there is an F60 forum in the ferrari section... this is for the GT40...

Go take your love for Italian cars to the Italian Car forum, we're talking homegrown supercars here. No offense, but I've seen to many good threads die because of a topic change.

You can make really good power out of a 347 smallblock. Especially if it has a turbo. There are little tricks you can do also, like ECU management, and smaller headers, that just about eliminate turbo lag.

I think a 347 making 600 hp is more than enough power for a 2300 lb GT-40 replica.. There's a few companies that make these things, and they don't charge a lot.

Perhaps the headers were damaged, or removed. That way, when he races, he can get almost identical performance and not have to worry about the originals getting worn out and cracking. That way he gets enjoyment and keeps the value (both historically and $$$) up.
Either way, it is a very nice GT40, and the price is only going to go up with the 'new' one coming out.

I was joking about the headers :), they are original, it's just they are coated with a Jet Hot ceramic. Uncoated, they look like this
http://www.gt40club.clara.net/1122-5.jpg

I think I may build a replica, as business vehicle of course :roflmao:
http://www.gt40club.clara.net/jen4.jpg

An interesting note, Holman Moody, the same team that built and ran the GT-40 program in the 60s, is now building Mark IIs to original specifications.

http://www.holmanmoody.com/gt40/gt40home.htm

Wasnt that in Road and Track??

PS, I wonder if the New GT40 will see any LeMans duty. If it competed in GTS, that would be sweet.

I didn't see it in R&T... Then again, I've only had a subscription for 8 months...

I think the GT40 would rock in GTS.

damn!, that GT40 is one nice car... i saw one in action the other day at the muscle car shoot-out... very nice

I got to say that is a nice car but how much horsepower is under the hood of that car

I saw that same one at the Laguna Seca Vintage Grand Prix in August. Here is a pic of it, was yours taken at the same time?

pity i didn't talk to the owner of the car, but it didn't race that weekend either

2nd pic of the Jim Click GT40

This baby was in the showroom! I almost pissed my pants when i saw the real Mk IV that won in Le Mans!!!!!! this is by far my fav. GT-40, of all of them this was my fav.

no, mine wasn't taken in cali. Click is from az. his driver and my dad used to race, it is always out at PIR here, so i get to see it all the time. last time i talked with him, he said that it was running on 7 cly, or something to that extent. and that they had to rebuild the engine, i missed the historics this year... i'm still kinda upset about that... stupid work

Originally posted by SkYline911
I got to say that is a nice car but how much horsepower is under the hood of that car

Well, that would depend on whether it has the 289 or the 427. So that would be about 375hp and 450hp respectively. That's not half the story though, that's Ford V8 torque too!

much more than most of us can handle

This has got to be one of the sweetest looking cars of 2002 !!!

however, unknown to many the original GT40 concept that was unvieled @ the (i cannot remember what motor show), only had a top speed of 20mph ... i $hit you not !!!

in england =, there is a show called "Top Gear" ... & it looked amazing !!! :eek2: ahhhhhhhhhhh (drowling)

except this one is the old one... but agreed, the new one is amazing (minus the mustang influence) lol ;) and i agree, Top Gear is a great show!