kj
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 12:32 PM |
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Dutton GT40 ?
What about this on the Dutton forum.
http://www.godspeed.me/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2617320&sid=9851bda620a143f0e5553269ee546f90.
Think about it, think about it again and then do it.
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MK9R
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 12:40 PM |
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horrid!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 12:42 PM |
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x2
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 12:44 PM |
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is the back made from plywood?
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blakep82
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 01:00 PM |
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soften up the back a bit, don't claim its a gt40 and it could be a bit better
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blakep82
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 01:08 PM |
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doesn't look so bad from the side
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mookaloid
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 01:09 PM |
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Bet that never passed an SVA either
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 01:38 PM |
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Looks a little tall for 40" too
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Guinness
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 01:54 PM |
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I just don't get it.
Do people who make these replicas not take a look at the original car or do they just do it from memory??
It's like the TR7 / F40 Ferrari or the Fiero / Enzo horrors that crop up now and again on ebay.
Why, oh why oh why.
I love the shape of the GT40 and would love to build an accurate replica, and no doubt the owner has put a lot of time, effort and pride into it, but
honestly, spend a little more on a proper kit in the first place and the end result will be worth so much more.
Mike
P.S.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 02:44 PM |
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has to be said though, even if its ugly the build quality looks very good
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zilspeed
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 04:16 PM |
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You know,
It looks very little like a GT40 and probably goes even less like one.
But it reminds me of an era when a man in a shed decided to build something from phuque all.
Everybody probably told him he couldn't do it / it would never work.
But he didn't care, he had his shed, a handfull of crap tools and a half baked idea. At that point he just got on with it.
To me, he's a hero.
He's the type of bloke I look up to.
Much more than these why buy success / street cred / peer acceptance.
Having said all of that, he's having a laugh with his price.
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StevieB
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| posted on 27/8/09 at 06:01 PM |
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's exactly what I plan to do when I sell my Indy (sraight after I get it registered  ).
I shall hang a union flag in my garage and do the very Brtitish thing of building a steel ladder to which I should nail and engine, a seat and some
wheels.
I shall then call it a single seater, paint it BRG and go hillclimbing 
[Edited on 27/8/09 by StevieB]
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kj
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 06:51 AM |
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I bet a lot of other chassis have had totaly new hand made bodys fitted.
Yep good for him to have the bottle to try it, rather than spend thousands on some bad kit which were made in the 70s & 80s.
Think about it, think about it again and then do it.
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