[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by Jac Mac

But how would 'you' as a replica builder want it done, on chassis similar to what we have now, or grafted on to a donor car floorpan as intimated above. For me it would be on a chassis similar to current replicas or perhaps an alloy mono type chassis like the RCR cars adapted of course to the front engine/transaxle deal. Im not a fan of adapting to an existing unit body floorpan like some of the GTO F****** car lookalikes, too much corrosion waiting to happen when the f/glass is bonded to the steel structure & while its a relatively inexpensive way to build the car initially, in the case of accident damage its a nightmare to rebuild other than buying another donor floorpan & starting again.

This is the sort of input I'm seeking. I have no interest in viewing this as a production car by any manufacturer. I'm trying to see how a replica-based mfgr would evaluate this car-both from a business and technical sense. Thanks, Jac.

Originally Posted by mr bruce

To answer the original question, could this car be built as a replica, yes, nuthin' to it, send me $5k a month for 12 months and I'll build you a running, driving replica of that car. Keep in mind that's FoMoCo's design, so you pay all legal fees too.

OK Bruce, so you're saying to go get all the legalities and permissions straight first then come to you money in hand-then go away while you scratch build it. Correct?
My question then is- where and how do you acquire accurate source material to build replicas? Do you just get the photos and whack foam chunks into something that resembles it? Something that looks this good would live or die on the accuracy of lines, proportions and dimensions.
And assuming as customer I wanted an original-style simple ladder chassis and say a blown 4 valve Mod motor-
you'd build as such?

Originally Posted by slider701

With all of that said it would still be nice for someone like the Kirkhams to approach Ford/Shelby in attempting to make this vehicle on a low volume “kit” type of roller to avoid the crash/emissions standards. The CAD files exist for this vehicle. All it would take is getting the right people at Ford and Shelby to agree to this. That in itself would most likely prove to be more of a challenge than actually building the car.

This is very correct Slider. Your previous points are just what I strictly want to avoid for such a project-the necessary evils to make it a production car.
Yes the CAD does exist but it was all created by someone inside Ford and is their intellectual property. How does one legally obtain the material and permission to turn this into a very low volume replica vehicle?
Assuming it makes sense as their business model, I'm sure it would take an entity with the stature of the Kirkhams to legally acquire the material and produce a roller replica.

I'm speculating along the lines of what the Smiths of FF did when they created their GT coupe. The difference being that it's THEIR intelluctual property and design-not an existing concept, prototype or production car (past or present).