Driving down the road on my way back from lunch, I allowed a Ford GT to pass me (it was not a highway, so it was by choice). I am keenly aware that if that guy wanted to, it would not have been up to me.
Screw the gt40, all a real man needs is a F350 4x4 diesel(or for a less
manly man it's van counterpart) NOBODY ever been scared by a tailgating sports car, pretty sure the same can't be said of the people in the fast lane that didn't relize they were in the wrong pratice.
timmmy...i'll probably bring it round....then i can wind up with 2 cars a truck and a boat all in the same place....you might have to drive one back to my house
thats ok ill keep my wifes GT 500 SHELBY ...half the cost and almost just as fast.speed limits are only 65 but i can get it there in about 2 seconds...
The original GT40 was 40" tall, the repop a little taller. The new height makes it a little easier for a non race car driver with a fat wallet to get into.
You guys might like the GTTT. It has twin turbos and makes over 1000hp. Found some video of it online awhile back and it is very impressive. Makes my 500 hp 306 look like a toy. Someday I will dump the centrifigal blower and go with twin turbo. Going to need another job to afford it though.
its not just the height.....the whole car is scaled up......vivid memory from the sixties...a street ford gt parked in front of the elementary school around the corner from my house....i think they were around 25K....later saw a few at the bridge (bridgehampton race track)....great car
The original gt40's show up at some of the vintage races like the Jefferson 500 @ Summit Point Raceway. Pretty awesome to look thru the back window down at all those vellocity stacks on the intake. The originals were very cool.
I grew up to be the person my parent's warned me about.
Drove an original at VIR or Summit Point in the 60's. Of all the racing machines I have driven over the years that is undoubtedly the sexiest. Just this discussioin gives me the old Johnson salute. Whew!
Scuse me, I'll be right back . . .
Mikey
3/18/1963 - -31-327 factory hardtop express, the only one left.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
-Albert Einstein
come on, I could pull those motors, repower the proffs 20 on LI, repower my new 20, that I've taken for the yard bill owed on storage by the previous owner, thake the hyena boat and add to the artificial reef program of 31 berts(that the tubb may soon join)
Tim,
Got some good pics of the hyena during the tournament. They were taken from my buddies 48 hatt as I crossed over his bow wake and passed him while heading to the fishing grounds. I can send them to you:)
