Ernie, my 400 baby is, like every work in process, completely apart prior to its insertion into that smallish wooden crate. Go to
www.karkraft.net and check out the white Griffith 400, that's mine. BTW, the lowly 400, in basically original spec, has been world champ FIA pre '72 for quite a few years now, leaving more than a few GT40 owners a bit upset. The most troubling part, according to Chris Schirle, owner of the current FIA champ car, is the GT40s having this "little piece of plastic (____) zip right past them on the straighaways.
http://gt-meisterschaft.de/gtm-gtc-2..._fotos_s22.htm is a link to that car's photos.
http://www.gspovey.demon.co.uk/garag...zandvoort3.htm is a link to Griffith photos fro Zandvoort '99.
Jack Griffith, a Long Island Ford dealer who concocted these cars was also a dealer for Shelby. He saw the Cobra's success and thought that the lighter TVR chassis would have a weight advantage. Business was doing well until a Port of NY dock strike left poor Jack unable to fill orders, and the cash dwindled until there was no $$ remaining. It's a very interesting car, with an even more interesting story behind it. Unlike Cobras, that enjoyed both much larger production numbers, and both Shelby and Ford's promotional budget and skill; to this day most car buffs have never heard of a Griffith. Mine will likely be at racefab, getting its makeover, for at least a couple of months, when it retuns in the same wooden box, I'll post some photos. Like the Cobra, it's a great part of the '60s "bigger hammer" theory of sports cars. Know what? That's still one hell of a plan.
Roger