rlearp,
Well said. I think that's what I find so fascinating about vintage race cars. Nobody back in the day was worried that folks 40 years from then would be trying to replicate their every move, nut and bolt. They were just racing their tails off trying to win. Same goes for paint schemes. I love to see GT40replicas that have that 60's feel with the paint. I can do without the titanium grey and glittery paint on modern cars.
Somewhere in the members gallery there is pic of a white and red GT40 with gurney/weslake on the valve covers that is an absolute thing of beauty. Even though the current Ford GT is an impressive car, there's no hiding the fact that the original GT40 has racing bloodlines built to race, and the modern car is a showpiece supercar built to increase the visibility of the marque.
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