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Some cars can be a pain

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 17, 2024, 5:26 pm

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by Stuart <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Stuart' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 17, 2024, 5:40 pm, in reply to "Some cars can be a pain"

Hi Dave,

It's called "character" if you own one of those ...

Regards,

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by spriddler <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=spriddler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 17, 2024, 7:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Yep, just add the physio fees to the bill.

'There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at at the flood.....'

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 17, 2024, 9:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Gulf colours GT40. Maybe 1 million or maybe a lot more now. Lovely car to look at though despite the 40 inch height for the small people to drive

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by Stuart <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Stuart' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 8:20 am, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Hi Geoff,

Dave will confirm either way but educamated guess says one of the better replicas?

Regards,

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 8:59 am, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Actually they are quite comfortable I can sit in easily except they are low down but have wide doors Dan Gurneys LeMans car had a blister in the roof for his crash helmet.

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

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Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 1:25 am, in reply to "Some cars can be a pain"

How much do they pay for advertising their products?

Leon Novello

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 11:22 am, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Quite likely a replica made later as the real ones had very little interior trim and fibreglass body panels. I saw one in the Rally of the Moors in 1971 and it had a big crash ripping the rear end off the body. They were very valuable back then and it was the real car in the same Gulf colours.

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by MadMike <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=MadMike' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 12:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Remember that about 8 or 10 years ago Ford actually sold new replicas of the GT40.

Other opinions may be available but this one is always correct.

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 12:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Yes, the replicas were a bit higher. Jeremy Clarkson was gifted one and so gave it a good review. I would not be able to get in one for sure.

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by MadMike <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=MadMike' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 12:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Apparently the Ford GT was on sale from Ford until Q1 of 2023!

Price? Well over $1,000,000. The genuine article, if you can find one, it is currently suggested, would probably fetch north of $4,000,000. Now where did Imput that piggy bank?

Other opinions may be available but this one is always correct.

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 12:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Now try an Aston Martin Valkyrie. David Coulthard was driving one around Monaco with his son. Both have headphones and microphones to communicate. Apparently, these cars can go around as fast as a F1 car. 150 made. I find it hard to believe they could make so many in a short time. Have a look and it is the oddest creation around with very large air holes all over the place

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 12:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

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Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by Al Urquhar <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Al+Urquhar' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 2:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Eco-concern in action, eh?

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Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 2:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Can nearly always tell if it's genuine it wouldn't have all those stickers all over the genuine one there were six are just plane Gulf colours Orange and sky blue the M1 artwork were usually black .. the cars produced for sales noting like the race cars obviously this is a replica but is used for hill climbs and sprints its taxed for the road I won't reveal who owns it but we'll known ..

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Some cars can be a pain

Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 2:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Some cars can be a pain"

Pretty bold, running those things in the rain, snaking and sliding in the turns. Imagine putting one of those into the hay bales or Armco....!

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

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Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 6:22 am, in reply to "Some cars can be a pain"

Sounds like a bucket of ball bearings rolling down an iron roof.

Leon Novello

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Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 6:22 am, in reply to "Some cars can be a pain"

Sounds like a bucket of ball bearings rolling down an iron roof.
This is the echo.

Leon Novello

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Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 10:01 am, in reply to "Some cars can be a pain"

This happened to me back in the early 70's but in a light aircraft. I was working for the Decca Navigator company and had to get under the cockpit dashboard and the only way was to lay on my back similar the this picture. The problem started when my bum slid off the seat and I got wedged underneath. Luck one of the engineers came to find me and after pissing himself with laughter released me. Happy Daze.

The oldest rocker in town!

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