DARE Ginetta G16

[auyt]

Alex, does your car have a T top section?
The way the G16 roof works would need that, however I’m sure a similar setup could be designed.
I have been in touch with Alan Fereday, and he had a similar idea but it never eventuated.
His idea was for a different style to the rear section to what I imagine your the roof that you had.
I even like the original Etype roadster hard top, with its wrap around rear window.

[RGbargy12]

Hi, I rebuilt my second G15 in New Zealand and have tried to follow what DARE have been doing. I am asking if you can tell me whether DARE is still in operation and if so are they still building cars?
I noted somewhere that they had added the G16 model to the Dare G12 and G4 range. Is that so and are they still on sale and is Mark the only Walklett now in the company, presumably with some other staff?
Where the TG & DZ the only purely Dare origin cars?
Thank you
Richard

[jpf]

Dare is very much alive and well.

They provided me with excellent help from the other side of the pond when my G4 started showing a bad attitude.

Tom is great. 011 440 1621869199 is the number for those outside of the UK...

www.dareuk.com

[geeeman]

RGbargy12 said:

Hi, I rebuilt my second G15 in New Zealand and have tried to follow what DARE have been doing. I am asking if you can tell me whether DARE is still in operation and if so are they still building cars?
I noted somewhere that they had added the G16 model to the Dare G12 and G4 range. Is that so and are they still on sale and is Mark the only Walklett now in the company, presumably with some other staff?
Where the TG & DZ the only purely Dare origin cars?
Thank you
Richard

Dare is still Ivor walklett and his son. they mostly now do continuation race cars for historic racing. mostly G4R
they can make g12 and g16 and can service most ginettas etc
the TG and DZ were the only ones i think, but also ofcourse the slightly redesigned g4 and g12 for japanese market

[geeeman]

update: the car is now porsche polar silver. looks better now the roof all blends in

[eps]

Stunning!!

[Scrump]

[tr7v8]

Looks great but can I say I preferred the Burgundy?

[geeeman]

Both nice colours but the silver blue really shows the lines well and i feel a but more period correct..
The burgundy/gold was chosen as a nod to the para regiment colours of Trevors walklett

[TGCOTF-dewey]

That looks stunning - love it!

[Terryg4]

Will it be at G Fest?

[geeeman]

if you will be coming over i should make it also !

[Terryg4]

Well, I am coming over!

[jpf]

Geeman, is teh G16 on the road/track now? Do you have pics of the interior? Love to see the finished product.

Best,
John

[geeeman]

Hi

Yes all on the road now, drove it to Goodwood revival

It really does feel like a proper race car. The handling is ridiculous but its pretty noisy with the straight cut gears

Weighs under 600kg and the cosworth makes 255hp

Edited by geeeman on Monday 12th February 21:44

[GTRene]

lovely and low.... how high/low is it?

[geeeman]

Yes the 356 puts it into perspective

Its 38-39 inches to the roof, but headroom for me at 6feet tall is still ok

[GTRene]

geeeman said:

Yes the 356 puts it into perspective

Its 38-39 inches to the roof, but headroom for me at 6feet tall is still ok

wow, that is extreem low with a roof.

if you fit in that, then so will I with my 1.81 mtr

very rare to see or spot such car though, specially here in the Netherlands, although there are some Ginetta cars in NL

see this list with license plates, no G16 though. >

https://www.rdwdata.nl/merken/ginetta/

[geeeman]

G16 all were racers in late 60s. Maybe 10-15 built

But dare made around 3 continuation cars too (this being one of them) , another is in Japan, and there was a pale blue one to europe

Its about as spacious inside as a gdt70.