I'm quite excited as you can imagine






http://www.racecarreplicas.com

 

thats a lot of car, shame theres no engine though, what are you putting in it?

 

Coming with a 331ci 400hp Ford V8/Audi trans. Should be interesting being as it weighs less than a tonne.

 

the words lucky and barstard spring to mind! :-)
congrats, bet you can't wait. one of my favourite cars of all time.

 

make that RICH lucky barsteward
what a serious piece of kit absolutely lovely!!!!!

 

SKINT lucky Barstard now lol

 

Why oh why would you want to pay good money for a fake look-a-like race car? .........

 

You could buy a knocklink, and dump valve instead

 

(he hasn't bought the engine yet so he probably will........... )

 

Lend me the remaining £950,000 & I'll happily buy the real thing

 

you lucky ****** , I got a go in a cobra rep the other week with about 580 hp chevvy V8...30-60 in a nonosecond, in second gear, sideways, shat my pants

go easy on that right foot!

 

Cheque or cash?....... But WHY!..... You'll end up selling within 6 months......

 

Can't be arsed to read their site , but two questions:

Does it have good enough ground clearance to get over speed humps, or will it only be trailered?
Is there a solution to the non-opening-windows problem (of ventilation) - eg do they open, or will it have aircon?

 

Mate of mine has a GT40 rep in gulf colours, its one of the best looking reps I have seen and really does turn heads - at LeMans we were getting crowds of people standing around it taking photos etc.

 

That looks like a nice kit, very blingy and solid looking chassis tub.

I quite like the CAV GT40 replicas made in South Africa - I wonder how they compare

 

Yup same ground clearance as original which is 5" I believe, all height adjustable. You can have the semi-opening windows (with the flap) but aircon is included anyways.

Was looking at the CAV (CAV & RCR were my final choices) but it was a fair bit dearer with all the options & IMO the chassis looks a lot better on the RCR as it's a proper monocoque, also a lot lighter as it's all aluminum.
Plus, check the gorgeous suspension & brakes on this baby

Best thing so far is that the owner (Fran Hall) is always available on the end of a phone, makes me feel a whole lot better about sending that amount of money abroad to someone I've never met. Customer service so far is A1, which after owning a Westfield is a refreshing change.
Quite tempted to go with Gulf Arrow colour scheme

Either that or dark metallic blue with white stripes, still undecided lol.

 

Looking at the dollar at the moment, for £23K for the basic car, you get a hell of alot more car than what you'd get with a westie.

Although I suppose it's going to be another £20K on top of once the taxes, engine and gearbox are put on top of that.

I might also throw out the idea of orginality of using a Ford engine and use one of these wafer-light monsters instead http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results...umber=17802397

 

What are your thoughts on SVA for this? Do the yanks have a similar thing to get the car through?

 

Nat21

Your friends father does not happen to work for / own RML does he?

As I know RML designed and built the original Saleen.

Cheers
Mark

 

I know a few of the RML guys who work on the Chevy WTCC team, that why I asked.

Mark

 

 

Very nice, I would go for the gulf colours, had a look at one in the Le-mans center last week and it looked great IMO.

 

whats happened with this have you got it yet? any pictures?

 

It's in the UK! Arrived last week. sat at the house of Chris Melia (UK GT40 Expert) at the moment, next to his real, alloy bodied GT40 & Porsche 908 he's rebuilding.
It's off to the classic car show at NEC http://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/ on the RCR stand & it should be in my garage 1st week of Nov.
Have decided to take time off of work from Jan to build it full-time.












I'll keep everybody updated with pics

 

Nice Sorry, that was a bit understated. That'll be gorgeous when it's finished

 

Christ almighty, it look gorgeous already, even covered in a cloth and half finished!

 

glad I asked now Looks Amazing!!!

 

beautiful. Dont give it a classic paint job though.