GT 40 for sale Ebay question

Howard Jones · #1 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010, 03:41 PM

The motor is the biggest issue for me. I don't like iron heads, and I supose it is possible that the block is one of the new replacement boss 4 bolt blocks. The big questions are the solid lifter cam and what the seller says is a custom port job on the iron heads. Lots of questions here.

The first thing I would ask is what oil is in it? If I didn't hear a responce that included Zink additives I wouldn't consider the engine to be one I would want.

Too many flat cams nowadays with the new bad oils.

All in all a fair beginning asking price and a lot of questions, but it could be a very nice car for someone here in California.

gsharapa · #2 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010, 09:43 PM

I had a GTD GT40 about 7 years ago and the're actually a pretty neat little car. Lot's of aluminum panels and it handled extremely well. Pics in my gallery. As far as the one on Ebay...it looks like upgraded brakes, nice wheels and done pretty well for the price. The motor may be a Boss 302 as he says it has the screw in freeze plugs and if you look at the 2nd pic of the engine from the back those Holman and Moody valve covers are pretty wide and flat like the Boss 302 covers. I've had 3 Boss 302 and remember seeing some of those covers on a Boss before. Guess it could be the new Boss block from Ford also. Nothing wrong with steel heads as although they are heavier you actually can make better HP with them but I also prefer aluminum. Not a bad price for the car as I traded mine for an aluminum Kirkham FIA and ended up selling that for $70K....Blue RCR is very nice but pretty high price. Ron's #14 was an extremely nice RCRGT40 with big Yates motor and it took him some time to sell his in the mid $70s. If you're going to ask over $100K for one you are going to compete with Ford GTs as you can get in one of those for $ 120 if you look hard enough. The problem with GT40s is small universe of buyers out there vs Cobras.........

Historybuff · #3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2012, 05:11 PM

When you build prototypes that are worth $1 million up,
making a kit car is duck soup. So I reckon they are pretty good quality.
I know the price is high but if you are going to go 200 mph you don't want something that's going to fall apart on you.

Dwight · #4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2012, 06:21 PM

My original post was in Aug of 2010. I had been watching the GT 40 market for years but never thought I would be able to build one. But in Dec of 2010 I bought a RCR GT 40 that was suppose to be road worth, completed, titled and ready to drive car. When I received it, it would not run. Rims rubbing suspension arms, wiring problems, etc., etc. When I found a problem and fixed it, I would find two more, then eight more. The more I looked the more problems I found. After working on it for 5 months I had to stop and work on other cars. I started working on it again this week and hope to have in on the road in the next couple of months. It needs a paint job but I don't know if I will paint it now or wait till fall.
The RCR is a great kit. And this car has a lot of good parts. I look forward to some long road trips in this car. I retired in Jan so now I have the time to work on it. I'm going to add a Gurney bubble, tow bar and maybe build a 347 to go in it.
After a year of thinking about the paint color and asking everyone, I have chosen Black. Maybe white stripes. I ordered the meatballs and decals to make it look like a race car.
Yep it's going to be fun.

Dwight

eric johnson · #5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2012, 08:11 PM

Welcome to the GT40 club Dwight! Have you taken any pictures yet?

ALLEN ENGLISH · #6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2012, 08:17 PM

I spent a lot to have a car far more than I could normally afford. Maybe it is my expectations are too high, but for what I paid I didn't get what I expected. As you said there was always something not done right and even though I originally discussed a turnkey build at the end I was told that they didn't do those. I have email's that say different though. At any rate I think the RCR has potential to be a great product if built by the right person. In my case I know one person working for RCR started my build and half way through another person finished it and you could see the difference in the peoples work in several places. Again the car is a great product from RCR, I just recommend you build it and all should be well.

On another note I loved my RCR40, but it wasn't the kind of car I could really enjoy on the streets because you couldn't see out of it very well. These cars are meant to be raced and in my opinion are best suited for the track.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!