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Re: Which cars use cf first?
The GT40 used carbon fibre but not as we think of it today. Rather it used carbon fibre strands to reinforce fibreglass panels, making them thinner and lighter. We're only talking about the JWA built "Gulf Spec" cars, of which only a handful were built (or rebuilt, depending which theory you subscribe to), regular GT40s were pure fibreglass. The carbon reinforced panels looked nothing like the carbon fibre we see today. It just looked like black painted fibreglass.
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