Kika

this was parked in the garage today.

ryano

wow!!

AOW162435

I presume that's the real deal?

Just saw a Gulf Blue, modern, GT the other day. Gorgeous car.


Andreas

Quadcammer

I can almost guarantee that it is a replica.

I'd say its a superformance MKII. Still approximately a $100k+ vehicle

http://www.superformance.com/gt40.aspx

AOW162435

Interesting. Never knew that GT 40 replicas existed. That may explain why it's in a parking garage and not stored in a vacuum.


Andreas

Quadcammer

Yeah, a real one would be a rare sight indeed. They have got to be $1mm plus.

I drove a superformance GT40 at an event about a year ago. Replica or not, this thing was a barrel of laughs. The one I drove had a nice side oiler 427 with the "bundle of snakes" headers and man did it sound good. Not a car for a night on the town or even a long cruise, but holy hell would it be fun for short blasts.

AOW162435

And the looks beat a Carrera GT any day....

Just donned my flame-retardant suit and zipped out of the room.


Andreas

Quadcammer

I never really cared for the looks of the carrera GT either. I will say the pedal box in the carrera GT is a thing of beauty.

Kika

Just spoke with a friend of mine here, the car belongs to one of our VPs, I guess he came in really early today (before 6AM) and had open road to play with. I'll try and get more detials, my guess it is a replica that he uses for the track. still looks like a fun ride.

NC TRACKRAT

Just goes to show that all corporate big guys aren't all bad...At least this one has good taste when it comes to transportation. Inquiring minds want to know what else he drives.

rinlv1

That thing must be LOUD especially in that garage..

evoderby

Very nice indeed....when cars were cars and racing drivers still went to the pub;-)

This one would make a nice addition: http://www.baileycars.co.za/index.ph...d=53&Itemid=56

Mark in Baltimore

My bet is a Superformance, too. Stunning and bad-***, nonetheless.

+40. Never been a huge fan of the CGT's looks.

RodKnock

One can argue the point forever, and they do on the GT40's Forum, but technically speaking the Superformance GT40's are a licensed continuation of the original GT40 series cars and are listed in the Shelby American World Registry.

The MKII series will generally have a big block Ford (FE) engine installed.

ETW

Nice car! MK II is my favorite GT40. That's a replica of the 1st place car at 66 Le Mans driven by Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren



This is the real one at the Shelby museum. I think it has changed hands for close to $10 million