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Bernie and this other gentleman I don't expect a peep out of either you since you're both done. |
No nannies. I give up too. Hope the op sorts through the chaffe.
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Oy vey, if there is anyone in this thread who has actually driven a GT40 on the edge, I'm all ears. The rest of this is the chaff...
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Perhaps the OP just wants something he can tinker with in his own back yard with simple tools, a couple of mates over a few beers.
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Ya, sure his GT40 replica is really nice, but I just cannot fathom painting it the color of my refrigerator and installing a 302/4bbl like what came installed from the factory in '68 Mustang. Where's the imagination in that? There's a plethora of engine possibilities today starting with a 331 to 460 cubic inches, maybe more, maybe less. And then there are 100,000,000 colors you can pick in the spectrum for your replica, and you pick white? :eek: If I'm making a bucket list of cars I'd want in my garage, the Ford GT is one of them. The SPF is great car, but it will always be just a replica. Just like my Kirkham. A purchase that requires a special kit car exemption from the CA DMV to be legally driven here on the roads. |
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While both are great replicas, especially the CSX, since they're made by Kirkham ;), the CSX can connect the ever-fading dots to the 1960's. Evan had that advantage at least. :LOL: Also, Real One had one of the greatest engines ever to be installed in any vehicle in his Shelby Cobra. Mike has a 302/4bbl, one of the most reliable, yet, pedestrian, engines of all time. OOH, but it's got a "Lemaze" cam for the "sound" of the 1960's paddock. Oh boy! |
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Ultimately, if I had the choice of just one car, the choice being between the GT40 replica or the GT3, I'd chose this, and it's an actual color too!
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I predict at least three-four more pages of this mental masturbation before all of the participants get tired and go home................... |
I don't know. These old farts seem to have a propensity to argue ad nauseam. I think they all have keyboards bolted on the front of their rockers and could go on forever.
I had a FGT, a bright red one. Fun car no doubt. My SPF GT40 blows it away in terms of visceral enjoyment as well as any oohs and awws competition. It's not even close. A poor little VW GT3 would not even be noticed if parked in the same lot as my SPF. Zzzzzzzzz |
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SPF is a wonderful company that makes a wonderful product. As I said, I almost bought one, I was very close. And Lance has built a great company, but he's not Carroll Shelby either. :p Mostly, I'm just here bantering back and forth with the reincarnation of the Real One. The gentleman from Colorado who decided to repaint his GT40 in WHITE? :eek: That's a boat load of money to pick a house trim color. And a boat load of money to build an alloy 302/4bbl. Boy, I sure hope that carb is REALLY special. :LOL: |
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Mike is calling us old farts? That's the pot calling the kettle black. Anyone under the age of something around 45-50 could care less about the GT40. No windows? You have to perform Olympic gymnastic movements just to get into the darn thing. Nope, the younger crowd, like our resident dingleberry, NYC Guy, would gravitate to the GT3. So, it really depends on the age of the crowd in the parking lot. Personally, I'd check out both, but I steer first to the GT3, because it's NOT a replica and the GT3 has a coolness about it. Even the Real One sold his Shelby Cobra replica and purchased a GT3RS. |
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