shelby GR-1 replica

[Jac Mac]

Originally Posted by Bernica

Great idea all around, but Cashburn has a good point!

C'mon guys, we all know what he wants to say but cant or wont!

[Tom Kirkham]

The Shelby GR-1 was a car I wanted to very much build. I could never get to the right person at Ford to get a license to build the car. The car is stunning in person, even better than the photos.

The doors on the Shelby GR-1 are known as butterfly doors. The Porsche 917, and McLaren M6GT had butterfly doors. In the 917 and M6GT, the pivots are just two rod ends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_doors

[Buzz]

Please don't give up,Tom - a polished (Polish? ) Kirkham GR1 would be a thing of beauty indeed!

Edit: Sell it as the Kirkham Mongoose (an ode to its fraternal grandfather, the Detomaso Mangusta) and supply body/chassis to Shelby to be sold as the Shelby GR1. I bet there's a lot of people who'd love to see this happen!

[Blue66]

What a beautiful car !

[mullen2]

Mr. Kirkham,

Please continue to work on licensing. You have to build that car. Put me down for #1. We all know if you build it it will be full of original billet parts. I bet the butterfly door hinges will be a work of art. A no nonsense vintage aircraft style cockpit would be a nice fit vs the interior in the show car Ford built.

[gn_n_60_shelby]

hello the car will be a one off and yes I plan to let friends, customers and my wife drive the car. its an attention getter