While we like to see every performance vehicle used to it’s full potential, there are some models that we can understand the hesitation the owners feel about doing more than a drive to a parking spot about. The Ford GT40 is one of those cars. Yes, they were designed to be flung around the 24 Hours of LeMans as quickly as possible in so that Henry Ford II could tell Enzo Ferrari in exactly zero spoken words to shove it. That doesn’t mean you’ll see a real-deal GT40 getting whipped on anytime soon…those suckers are expensive! Luckily, there is a thriving replica scene for GT40s that can be spec’d out anywhere from relatively tame daily-driver material to as psychotic an animal as your wallet can afford. Want a 289 that will get you around just fine? Done. Want a full-kill, race-ready 427 side-oiler? Okay. Want an ex-NASCAR block that will spin to nearly 10,000 RPM while annihilating the rear hoops with extreme prejudice? Like we said, as long as you’ve got the dough, you can make it go. And this particular GT40 replica can go! Shot at Gatebil over ten years ago, we wonder if the yellow replica is still haunting Scandinavia?
Booooring
Guess I don’t get the whole doughnut burn out thing.