What is your Favourite all time GT car?

What is your Favourite all time GT car?

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marcosgt

11,011 posts

175 months

Thursday 16th January 2014
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M4FFU said:
I just love the Toyota TS-020. Beautiful, beautiful thing.

it is, but like the 935 'Moby Dick', more prototype than GT (the 917 was strictly speaking a GT too!!! biggrin).

For me, hardly surprisingly, it's the Marcos LM600, but the orignal era Viper is a big favourite too (The Oreca ones).

To be fair the mid 90s were a great time for GT racing, only edged out by the 80s Group Cs in my memory.

GT3s got lots of competitive cars, but the FIA series is rubbish with 1 hour races.

Blancpain's better, I hope to get to a race this year, it's been a couple of years since I went to one and I used to go to 2 or 3 big sportscar races every year without fail.

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Rude-boy

22,227 posts

232 months

Thursday 16th January 2014
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HollywoodStig said:
Anyone present at Donington '98 when the Sintura with the 4.0l Judd engine threw itself at the scenery?
yes


MikeT66

2,680 posts

123 months

Thursday 23rd January 2014
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It may be going back a bit, but in the words of 'Highlander'... there can be only one...



...or maybe two, in this case...



Very privileged to visit the Goodwood Revival last year and see the Whitsun Trophy - a full GT40 race. Epic.













Dr-Bob

6,629 posts

259 months

Sunday 26th January 2014
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1996 / 2001 Dodge Viper GTS-R or maybe the 1994 RentaCar Viper RT/10s

rlw

3,321 posts

236 months

Wednesday 29th January 2014
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300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

189 months

Wednesday 29th January 2014
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hawk 427

184 posts

203 months

Tuesday 25th March 2014
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RJames said:
For me it is the Aston Martin DBR9 Le Mans in British Racing Green.



Watching it battle for 24 hours on my first Le Mans trip in 07 was fantastic and the noise was great.
+1

ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Thursday 1st May 2014
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chevronb37 said:
This reminds me of happy days...



I remember sitting near Hill Top at Oulton Park with the Blue Coral 911 GT1 spitting flames on every upchange as it flew up towards the bridge on Clay Hill. Absolutely magic days and even at the time you just knew you were seeing something special which probably only happens once a generation.
Ah yes, the halycon days of the old-style Gold Cup - Tim Harvey cleaning up in a Dodge Viper, and a chance to see a gaggle of F1s take on the only racing Ferrari F50 in Europe cloud9cloud9

I also seem to remember that one year, a Mclaren somehow manged to lose it through deer leep, and did a very impressive 360 spin and donut right in front of the commentary box! hehe



As for favourite GT car - its a bit of a toss-up. On the one hand, the legendary Viper and Storm combination. On the other hand, a left field choice that defined a large part of my childhood and many others too:


optimal909

198 posts

143 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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The first time I was able to see these beasts first hand was in 2001 or so, a field full of Lister Storms, Viper GTS, Ferrari Maranello GTOs, and alike.

However, my favourites were those Matech Ford GT's, I'll never forget seeing them in Monza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93jp1e5skYk

Been to a GT3 race 2 years ago, but was utterly disappointed by the lack of aural drama.

hunter 66

3,888 posts

219 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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Good news all 90s lovers we will be out at the Silverstone Classic for a run ...... from Press Day

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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Fantastic!

Jacobyte

4,718 posts

241 months

Friday 6th June 2014
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Since I was a boy it was the AC/Shelby Cobra, specifically the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe.

Carroll Shelby enlisted Peter Brock to design an aerodynamic body for the Shelby Cobra, with Bob Negstad tweaking the chassis; the result was a class victory in the 1964 Le Mans 24hrs and the world championship in 1965.



The DBR9 is a close second.

zebedee

4,589 posts

277 months

Friday 6th June 2014
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They tested the Coupe in the 60s to see how it would fare for Le Mans flat out on the M1 just before it opened, at over 180mph. Rumour is that this rather surprised the government who decided a speed limit, which hadn't necessarily been contemplated should be imposed temporarily. They chose 70mph. It is still there...

Jacobyte

4,718 posts

241 months

Friday 6th June 2014
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It was actually AC’s version of the Coupe (the AC Cobra Le Mans) that Jack Sears tested on the M1, arguably contributing to the imposition of the 70mph limit. That car out-qualified the Shelby Daytona Cobras at Le Mans, but retired from the race.


chevronb37

6,471 posts

185 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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A98 has recently come out of hiding and appeared at CPoP and Goodwood Revival. I had a photo of it on my bedroom wall as a kid but only saw it in real life for the first time a couple of years ago. I actually think it's a nicer looking car than the Shelby.

zebedee

4,589 posts

277 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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Jacobyte said:
It was actually AC’s version of the Coupe (the AC Cobra Le Mans) that Jack Sears tested on the M1, arguably contributing to the imposition of the 70mph limit. That car out-qualified the Shelby Daytona Cobras at Le Mans, but retired from the race.

Ah, thanks, I had forgotten that. It is a very pretty car, they both are.