My GT40NZ, first pics

[Alan Vanhollebeke]

Well, I've actually had to schedule "tours" by group.
I have a bunch of SCCA people coming over tomorrow because the is a race in town.

I think I told Doug Taylor that Saturday the 7th would be good for the KC cobra gang.

Then I have a bunch of guys from the Nebraska porsche club coming to see it on father's day.

Pete, the same paint guy who did my cobra looked at the GT40 and he won't even put the two bodies on the same planet!
The GT40 body is far superior to the FFR I had.

First of all,,,,there are NO-NONE-ZERO visible seams, yeah that's right.....I won't have to pay for a buttload of labor jacking with ANY seams on this one!

Oh,,,and all of the body panels actually "line up" with each other. (wow, what a concept!)

All of the areas that might incurr damage from rocks has been lined with coremat,

the front & rear sections are completely undercoated underneath,

all of the edges are smooth & finished,,(except for a little finish work at the door tops so you can get a perfect fit)

the roof is double walled & pre wired for a dome light, and textured from underneath to "simulate" a vinyl grain

The dash has eyeball duct locations and two defrost duct locations in the top

the hinges work great and are infinately adjustable

there are water drip rails on everything

the door hinges are also very well done and closely resemble the originals

The body guy told me that it is ready to be blocked, then fit the top edges of the doors, block it again, check for pinholes, make sure all edges are finished nicely, block again, then start shooting it ,,,,,or something like that. (I have no patience for paintwork myself)