Replica isn't really a good term for this vehicle. To me it implies
something less than the best effort - cutting corners etc. This vehicle is
probably the best that can be privately build today without a large
corporation behind you footing the bill. I'd be concerned if the 'copy' were
to attempt a 24 hour race.
But you have to admire the skill & drive of these guys to attempt to
accurately reproduce this vehicle.
Thanks for looking Bob.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Sullivan" <rf.sulli...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: PESO - What I did over the weekend
Thanks Ken,
Its a beautiful car, even if a only replica.
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Ken Waller<kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
I Attended the Kohler International Challenge (vintage races) the weekend
of
7/17-19 @ Road America in
Elkhart Lake Wisconsin.
The featured Marquee was the Ford GT 40. These were popular road race
cars
in the mid 60's when I started my career @ Ford Motor in Dearborn,
Michigan,
and while I
never got to work directly on these (not that I didn't try), I became
good
friends with several of the engineers that did. Together, we raced other
Ford vehicles over the years as independents.
I hooked up with several of these ex GT engineers for this trip to
Elkhart Lake. It was an enjoyable time spent viewing the GT 40s &
Ford Mark IVs that were on site (less than 50 in total, authentic GT40s &
Mark IV GTs) with around a thousand other vehicles entered for this
racing weekend and have my friends recall their adventures with these
vehicles.
One of my pals recalled his transporting of replacement windshields
from the Paris airport to the LeMans race course, after it was discovered
there was a 'flaw' in the original windshields at 215 mph down the
Mulsanne
straight!
The MkIV GT shown here
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html is not an
original, but a well done replica by a group of private individuals.
Hope the car nuts on the pdml enjoy this !
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
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