Rod can probably get that for you for $90,000.

Love unfilter Webers hell take those screens off! I love my cylinder walls and valves even more :)

Nah if he could he would sold that bucket of bolts Kirkum and bought it a long time ago. Rod can't afford a GT40.

Well, if I really get out my "portable" adding machine (like the one below), take a look at what expenses I can cut, maybe take a few shortcuts here and there, say, maybe build a simple no-frills pedestrian 302/4bbl, I'm reasonably sure I could swing a GT40 replica.

Unfortunately, due to size limitations, you know, fitting those broad shoulders from all those Russian Kettlebell Swings, Romanian Deadlifts and Bulgarian Split Squats (have you noticed alot of exercises come from the old Soviet Union?) and the fact there's no friggin' windows, meh, I'll pass.

I prefer my mid-60's replicas to be roadsters. ;)

Guys.
Give it up.
This jumped the shark six pages ago.

Mike, I know you are just having fun and Rod I know you are just tossing it back, but there are people out there that really think this is serious.

Step back and look. Do you REALLY want to be defined by these posts?

Communication over.

Rick, I'm not worried one iota if my posts here or anywhere else define me, assuming my posts here in an online car forum actually do define me. I've been here at Club Cobra for at least a decade, so if any definitions about me have been formed, they were formed a very long time ago.

Having said that, I can't stand when I read BS online. We had a former CSX 4000 owner who loved to BS here, and who no longer can post here. Mike here is just another continuation owner who thinks their car is better than everyone else's. And I've heard through the GT40 grapevine that he's the same in person. ;)

Here's a piece of advice in return for you Rick. We know you sell SPF GT40's and have an inherent bias when it comes to discussing SPF GT40 replicas. We also know you've been reading this thread from the beginning until now, so if you feel the thread has "jumped the shark" 6 pages ago, then stop clicking on it. ;)

So angry Rod. I kind of agree with Rick. I post good content that people want to see which is why the thread has the views. Then you hate on it. It's not interesting so I quit :)

Everyone but you can visit the SPF section on the gt40s.com site to see the completion of my car. It is going in today for exhaust fab and final bits.

I'm not angry at all, but any time someone disagrees with you, you say that they're old, fat, angry, etc. If you would start a build thread, then start a build thread. If you need an example, then use Dean Lampe's RCR build thread. But leave out the attitude and nonsense. As for your "posting good content" here's some of your greatest "content" for those people just checking in here:

There were the insults directed towards "Kirkums":

There was the challenge of Cobra #3170 in a race, which you quickly backed out of when you realized, he was an accomplished race car driver with alot of nice super fast cars:

The delusional:

The insults to Porsche 911's:

The insults to Carroll Shelby:

The insults to CAV owner(s):

Then, calling all of us fat here on CC, yet I bet you that based on a simple hydrostatic body fat test, you would lose in any contest with me. Of course, you backed down from this challenge too:

The ego:

Calling us here crotchety old farts:

The insults to the FGT:

Your insults to Kirkhams, Cobras and 911's:

That's quite some "content" you've posted here.

Rodknock,
Thank so much for that wrap up. That was freaking hilarious! Summed it all up in one post.
Can't say I'm not entertained by MHNCO, though.
But MHNCO's attention to detail says "hot-rodder" to me, not "race car driver". BTW, no offense, MHNCO. Take it from a fat, old hot-rodder ;) :LOL:

Rick, come on.... let them be! The first thing I do every day I check to see who may have got the last word!! Very entertaining!

Lets go Mike.... You owe Rod a big one!

Dang...

http://www.orakonews.com/wp-content/...mad-ali-04.jpg

In a million years I could not care enough to spend the amount of time Rod spent to compile that post. Holy crap Rodney! This thread means a lot more to you than it does me...

The only thing on my mind this weekend is the system being built for my 40. It's the final piece of the puzzle. Life is good!

Rear anti Roll Bar is a joke be sure to copy that too.

:LOL: and talk about "heat-treated". :eek:

Are the brackets and springs that appear to be welded to the top of the collectors there to reduce the amount of vibration that the collector/exhaust absorbs? If so, does that really work?

You posted such a "wealth of content" for 20+ pages that the whole "complex" operation of copy and paste was worth it. :rolleyes:

It's an original P1055, worth a few million I'm sure. Certainly no joke. Really beautiful color I think. I would love to have a matching set of those headers but instead mine will be bespoke and handmade on the car. I'm sure they will come out very nice :)

https://static.goodwood.com/lgrrc/20...15gt40-001.jpg

I have to say that in a thread filled with absurdities, the fact that you were selected by Ford to purchase the new Ford GT takes the cake. You know nothing about the original GT40 program nor do you even care. There is at least one individual not counting me in this thread who has forgotten more about GT40 history than you'll ever know and who was declined that opportunity by Ford. You along with Ford leadership should be ashamed as should most of your FGT brethren. I'm sure you are not and I'm also sure that Ford has alienated many people by pulling this backroom deal stunt.

So angry Mike. This thread means a lot more to you than it does me... :MECOOL:

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Brave words from a show and shiner. You claim to be an engineer yet you miss the design problem associated with offsetting the center section of that anti roll bar. Where do you think torsion will take place, the short inner section? How about going over two wheel bumps, the center section will move fore and aft and might ground on the headers. It is a very inelegant solution to a clearance problem. A straight torsion section would have much lower stress and be a better solution.
I actually worked with many of the people that helped develop the Mark II and J car and heard quite a bit about GT40 history, especially the Riverside J car incident. One of my jobs during my tenure with Ford was chief passenger car chassis engineer where my group assisted the Benetton Formula 1 effort including active suspension design and development. That experiece helps qualify me to pass judgement on older race cars. I have raced Ford engined cars for many years and won a few championships along the way. Ford did as fair a distribution as was possible with a small number of cars available to distribute among 6500 requests. There are many very deserving people that did not get an allocation and I do feel very lucky to be given the opportunity. I am not ashamed however, because I will run the new GT at the track just like I did with my 2005. That was one of Ford Motor Companies goals to actually have the car out in public showing its capabilities. So while you are "pulling into the lot" I will be pulling onto the track. I think you have a nice replica of an historic old race car whose functionality is way out of date so you should continue driving slowly to the local car shows. I doubt you have any real driving experience so your "impressions" of GT40's capabilities would not be pertinent. I think Rod Knock is on to something, your need for having people appreciate your replica seems a bit abnormal.
You might want to seek professional help.

You stepped into that cow pie big time Mike. Hands down, you lose on this little spat. Ignorance of his credentials is no excuse.

Oh, by the way, that original Cobra? He races it. Alot. I know of no other original that is driven as much or often (except maybe Peter's, but Peter's a Gentelman Driver)