12-04-2007, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Riverside CA,
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How my friend brought in a Safir Mk. V GT40 kit from UK
He bought it into California from the UK without the engine (302, easily found in the US) and without the transaxle (ZF, easily found at a Pantera shop) . Shipped it in as a chassis with body parts loosely attached (if they were firmly fitted it would look too much like a finished car. Then came the bad part, he had to wait two years until the guy he thought was qualified could get around toa ssembling it . Eventually tho it got put together and I have had several rides in it. I think it has doubled in value since he bought it, but then again without the engine and tranny he got it for 30,000 pounds and that was during that brief moment in time when one dollar equaled one Pound Sterling.
He registered it as whatever year the engine block is, probably '65 or so and I believe it says GT40 on the registration, which will confound historians if they ever try to track down GT40s in the DMV records.
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