here's the link to C&R racing. They are the radiator supplier to GT40NA.
http://www.crracing.com/aboutus/
The guys at GT40NA have made every effort to use the highest quality components for the cars.
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Originally posted by mr bruce
Since this is a finished ,running car(?),not a "kit", how on earth is it titled and registered. Does it pass OBD11? Crash tests?, etc. Price seems a scosh high, but maybe there is a market. SPF GT-40 should come in at $50K less moter /trans, and the new Ford GT is only S139K
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The car does not pass OBD II, and crash testing is has not been completed (yet). Too much typing is required to go into the titling/registration process, and it does vary from state to state.
If you would like to discuss the process, call me at the shop next week 785-228-2440 8am-5pm central time.
"high price" is a relative term. To a guy looking into a used F40 at a quarter mil, the GT40NA is a bargain. ...especially when you consider the fact that he won't be waiting for parts to arrive from Modena everytime he needs something.
To a guy who just finished building a $20k cobra replica, 100 plus for a toy is probably a fortune.
Less than an hours drive from me is a number of cobra replicas in or over the 100k area.
One of my students last year at a PCA driving event had over $150k invested in his highly modified pantera,,,,and it was an awful car on the track. It had a "bolt in" roll cage that sucked up what little room was in the interior. (I had to ride in it with my hemlet against the rollbar),,,,the car pushed so bad the steering wheel nearly shook out of his hands, and the car was just a bear to try and keep on the track.
I have a customer who bought a used diablo. He paid around $180k for the car and it has less than 10 kmiles on it.
When he first got it, he wanted to have the windows tinted, but had to bring it to me first because the drivers window only came to about 3/8 of an inch from completely closing, and the pass side door was jammed shut.
I fixed his window and door, then he managed to "get on it" while leaving the window tint shop, because he wanted to impress them with his toy.
Well,he exploded the pinion gear on the thing.
The car is cramped, unreliable, the clutch is ridiculously stiff, you can't see out of the thing, and it just sucks to drive it.
You can bet I will be showing him the GT40NA as soon as possible, since this is a car he can actually drive, (without the worries his lambo comes with.)
The GT40NA was not "built to a price". Usually when this approach is used, compromises are made that are less than desireable.
The GT40NA car is built with focus on using the highest quality, components available for the car first, and production costs lower on the list.
As far as there being a market for this car. My biggest concern is how to keep the orders filled.
The new SPF car should be interesting to see. If it actually does come in at the projected price, they should be pretty successful with it.
As far as the ford unit being"only"$139k, I have yet to hear of any ford customer being able to purchase one for that price.