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https://primotipo.com/2017/02/09/long-low-lithe-and-menacing/ check out the proud new owner in his granny glasses in 1967 - at the bottom of this Primotipo feature ...

Gramps - I’ve got the Thunder Valley Miniatures GT40 engine set - as you can see - it was designed for 24th scale - thank you formthe offer - but in the end - I’ve got good scale Webers - and I’ll make a better sized engine using the kit castings -make The valve covers - etc …

Saw Four of these beasts - all lined up - waxed and polished - at the Amelia Concourse- four years ago - the survivors - less than 50 ? - are all over- restored - and gorgeous - if I had one I would do exactly the same thing - curbside is fine - but if you get ambitious - it would be easy to source the engine - either way - i was really hoping that someone would do this car - are there any survivors in Australia ? Check Primotipo …

An Iso !! An Iso !!

bravo

Probably just grow each kit part with some bits of Evergreen plastic - and I’ve got some 25th scale Webers in my parts box - the keys are to maintain the correct height and location of the rear axles and to make sire that the exhausts are clear of the suspension trailing arms - also deepen the crank case and open the chassis base plate for the bottom of the engine - see Mr. Ditton’s GT40 build ..

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/multimedia/album/history/1964-ford-gt-prototype-101.html And this is the link to the Ford site …

My kit is complete - im jonesen for five 25th scale 3D printed wires …

MFH wiill some day do a series of GT40’s - and they will be killer ..

My theory is that the expense of tooling is such that design errors simply are not corrected due to the initial investment in the first tools …. Which is why the MFH large scale kits are expensive but maybe worth it - and their use of wh metal panels allows body assembly with the ability of the builder to tweek the fit and nail the gaps …

Will need to source 1/25th wire wheels and Dunlop tires for this build - Randy - help me convince Bill C to make some …

Here’s an interesting thought - Ford’s factory entries were often campaigned by competing teams - including Shelby - so IF the Sebring entries had made the race - it is quite possible that they would have carried contrasting liveries - maybe the white / flat blue nose on 101 - but maybe 102 in different livery ???

Both GT40 prototypes were written off in crashes before the end of the race yr - but there are a handful of color pix and 2 dozen fantastic Bl whites of chassis 101 on The Ford Motor Company’s on line research site … so we know exactly what the Sebring cars would have looked like … and there is a re-creation of 101 - i think a collector in Europe did it …

One gripe - the engine is designed under-scale for ease of contruction and better fit - the difference is noticable -

Box art … i had forgotten just how good this kit was - opening doors and very well engineered - with a fantastic chassis - Tamiya - 30 years later - couldn’t be bothered to engineer there sports car kits with opening doors - what’s up with that ?

gather round , youngsters… this is the 1/25th scale Ford GT prototype kit - designed by the great Budd Anderson. with wire wheels - correct for 1964 - this is the car that graced the race program cover - and two were entered for the ‘64 race - they just weren’t quite ready - so I’m going to build the Number 9 program cover car - and i think Mr Chernosky will post one he’s built - but there’s a second entry to build - who’s in ??!

Those wheels do look nice …

Hate to say it Cman - i think the 50 year old 25th sc IMC GT40 kit i just got is better engineered …

William Jordan ? Michael Jordan ? ???

Dave B - this car ran the 1964 Sebring race as the #20 entry - have a look at the workbench thread that i threw up on the 64 Sebring 12 hours - start on pg 1 - could you be convinced to join the group build ? About a dozen entries have been chosen to date - whuch means that there are over 60 entries left to choose - maybe one of the Ferrari P cars ? Is Hobart where I think it is ?

Gracias

As the rows or lines or swirls are applied - the wooden tool - made fr a tooth pick - wears down and has to be replaced - so in picture 4 - the second to top row was made with the worn tool - and the top row was applied with the new one …. You can see the difference….

Excellent engine bay finish one tiny criticism - no sidewall detail on the tires … but thats on the kit maker - not on the builder …

Oh dear my AmEx card is trembling…

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