Gardner Douglas puts a roof on its GD T70
Sports car company adds canopy to turn T70 homage into T70moda
Created with a combination of GRP structures and pressure-formed polycarbonate, the canopy system is made from an integrated high-level brake light, rear bulkhead partition, roll-bar support, gullwing doors (which, perhaps rather oddly are in addition to rather than instead of the 'normal' doors) and a T-bar connecting piece.
Engineered this way, the canopy allows the owner to use all or any of these components in whichever configuration they wish (with 'full doors, with gullwing parts removed to create a Targa-style roof or with nothing at all, leaving the T70moda in full spyder spec.
And if you're worried about getting sufficient roof-up air into that mid-mounted LS V8, don't worry - there's a fully functioning air intake, meaning those eight cylinders will be able to take in big lungfuls of air whether you've got the canopy on or not.
Gardner Douglas are still hard at work on the finishing touches for the new canopy, but boss Andy Burrows assures us that potential customers will be able to have a look at the completed car at some point in May.
Burrows also mentioned that the canopy can be retro-fitted, but you'll need a specific configuration of roll-over hoop.
If you're interested, you'll need anything between £50K and £80K to get your hands on a T70moda, depending on how juicy you want your spec. And if you're not interested yet, take a look at this video of the GD T70 spyder attacking the Nordschleife at up to 300kph. Because afterwards you will be...
300kmh is over 180mph and the scenery doesn't look to be passing quite that fast (it also gets to 300 and stays there despite the engine note still climbing which suggests it's either heading into speeds only measurable in leptons or the speedo is knackered?)
That aside tho, I'd have one anyday and it's actually not THAT pricey if you look at what else you can get for the money (the Porsche it embarrasses, for example).
link - http://www.sportscardigest.com/2009-cholmondeley-p...
Not sure how much one would cost now.
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