Superformance GT40?
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I was just out walking the dog in our rural village when what appeared to be a GT40 drove past. On leaving the village the driver opened the car up and it sounded glorious.
Wondering if it was a genuine GT40 I put the number plate into the MOT status check and it came back as a Superformance GT40, which I have never heard of.
The plate was UCA 613D, apparently registered in 2016.
How does a car registered in 2016 get a D registration plate?
Wondering if it was a genuine GT40 I put the number plate into the MOT status check and it came back as a Superformance GT40, which I have never heard of.
The plate was UCA 613D, apparently registered in 2016.
How does a car registered in 2016 get a D registration plate?
Superformance are based in South Africa and their cars are built there.
The cars are so accurate copies of the originals that the company are licensed by Shelby to build them. They're not classed as kit cars or replicas but as continuation models.
Each car is given an original chassis number and are listed in the Shelby Car World Registry and the official GT40 Registry.
Vrn probably comes from the chassis number.
https://lemanscoupes.com/our-cars/
The cars are so accurate copies of the originals that the company are licensed by Shelby to build them. They're not classed as kit cars or replicas but as continuation models.
Each car is given an original chassis number and are listed in the Shelby Car World Registry and the official GT40 Registry.
Vrn probably comes from the chassis number.
https://lemanscoupes.com/our-cars/
Very cool cars.
One of the best cars Tiff Needle has driven.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDiA2klltI
One of the best cars Tiff Needle has driven.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDiA2klltI
CanAm said:
Olivera said:
rlg43p said:
The plate was UCA 613D, apparently registered in 2016.
How does a car registered in 2016 get a D registration plate?
It doesn't - it's on a private plate?How does a car registered in 2016 get a D registration plate?
You can make any car look older.
But you can’t make a car look younger.
moktabe said:
Superformance are based in South Africa and their cars are built there.
The cars are so accurate copies of the originals that the company are licensed by Shelby to build them. They're not classed as kit cars or replicas but as continuation models.
Each car is given an original chassis number and are listed in the Shelby Car World Registry and the official GT40 Registry.
Vrn probably comes from the chassis number.
https://lemanscoupes.com/our-cars/
That's not _entirely_ accurate. The cars are so accurate copies of the originals that the company are licensed by Shelby to build them. They're not classed as kit cars or replicas but as continuation models.
Each car is given an original chassis number and are listed in the Shelby Car World Registry and the official GT40 Registry.
Vrn probably comes from the chassis number.
https://lemanscoupes.com/our-cars/
The "toolroom" versions are accurate but the majority aren't *that* accurate. They claim something like 90% interchangable with the originals but let me explain how that works with an example.
The original GT40 had a cast magnesium pedal box, each pedal was on needle roller bearings. The Superformance has a fabricated steel pedal box with pedals on a mix of nylon and bronze bushes. The bias adjuster is a cheap nasty set of pinned rod ends rather than the original type. Yes, they are "interchangable", at a glance they look the same but they're far from being "accurate copies".
Fastdruid said:
That's not _entirely_ accurate.
The "toolroom" versions are accurate but the majority aren't *that* accurate. They claim something like 90% interchangable with the originals but let me explain how that works with an example.
The original GT40 had a cast magnesium pedal box, each pedal was on needle roller bearings. The Superformance has a fabricated steel pedal box with pedals on a mix of nylon and bronze bushes. The bias adjuster is a cheap nasty set of pinned rod ends rather than the original type. Yes, they are "interchangable", at a glance they look the same but they're far from being "accurate copies".
Pay the licence holder some $$$$, buy some credibility for your expensive replica? The "toolroom" versions are accurate but the majority aren't *that* accurate. They claim something like 90% interchangable with the originals but let me explain how that works with an example.
The original GT40 had a cast magnesium pedal box, each pedal was on needle roller bearings. The Superformance has a fabricated steel pedal box with pedals on a mix of nylon and bronze bushes. The bias adjuster is a cheap nasty set of pinned rod ends rather than the original type. Yes, they are "interchangable", at a glance they look the same but they're far from being "accurate copies".
moktabe said:
Superformance are based in South Africa and their cars are built there.
The cars are so accurate copies of the originals that the company are licensed by Shelby to build them. They're not classed as kit cars or replicas but as continuation models.
Each car is given an original chassis number and are listed in the Shelby Car World Registry and the official GT40 Registry.
Vrn probably comes from the chassis number.
https://lemanscoupes.com/our-cars/
Lots of smoke and mirrors here. Shelby do not own the rights to the GT40. It was bought in the 1980s by a British company, Safir Engineering who began making the GT40 MkV "continuation" cars. The rights then appear to have been bought in 1999 by an American company, SAFIR GT40 SPARES. (Unfortunately I believe Ford never copyrighted the name GT40)The cars are so accurate copies of the originals that the company are licensed by Shelby to build them. They're not classed as kit cars or replicas but as continuation models.
Each car is given an original chassis number and are listed in the Shelby Car World Registry and the official GT40 Registry.
Vrn probably comes from the chassis number.
https://lemanscoupes.com/our-cars/
The Superformance cars are licensed by Safir GT40 Spares, not by Shelby. The so-called Official GT40 Registry.is run by Safir GT40 Spares and is not connected to the Ford Motor company. You could say that they have a bit of a financial interest in running this registry.
Fastdruid said:
That's not _entirely_ accurate.
The "toolroom" versions are accurate but the majority aren't *that* accurate. They claim something like 90% interchangable with the originals but let me explain how that works with an example.
The original GT40 had a cast magnesium pedal box, each pedal was on needle roller bearings. The Superformance has a fabricated steel pedal box with pedals on a mix of nylon and bronze bushes. The bias adjuster is a cheap nasty set of pinned rod ends rather than the original type. Yes, they are "interchangable", at a glance they look the same but they're far from being "accurate copies".
I would think Gelscoe are the guys who do the rivet correct copies ?The "toolroom" versions are accurate but the majority aren't *that* accurate. They claim something like 90% interchangable with the originals but let me explain how that works with an example.
The original GT40 had a cast magnesium pedal box, each pedal was on needle roller bearings. The Superformance has a fabricated steel pedal box with pedals on a mix of nylon and bronze bushes. The bias adjuster is a cheap nasty set of pinned rod ends rather than the original type. Yes, they are "interchangable", at a glance they look the same but they're far from being "accurate copies".
jeff666 said:
Fastdruid said:
That's not _entirely_ accurate.
The "toolroom" versions are accurate but the majority aren't *that* accurate. They claim something like 90% interchangable with the originals but let me explain how that works with an example.
The original GT40 had a cast magnesium pedal box, each pedal was on needle roller bearings. The Superformance has a fabricated steel pedal box with pedals on a mix of nylon and bronze bushes. The bias adjuster is a cheap nasty set of pinned rod ends rather than the original type. Yes, they are "interchangable", at a glance they look the same but they're far from being "accurate copies".
I would think Gelscoe are the guys who do the rivet correct copies ?The "toolroom" versions are accurate but the majority aren't *that* accurate. They claim something like 90% interchangable with the originals but let me explain how that works with an example.
The original GT40 had a cast magnesium pedal box, each pedal was on needle roller bearings. The Superformance has a fabricated steel pedal box with pedals on a mix of nylon and bronze bushes. The bias adjuster is a cheap nasty set of pinned rod ends rather than the original type. Yes, they are "interchangable", at a glance they look the same but they're far from being "accurate copies".
though. Their site should be blocked by any decent pr0n filter!
https://gelscoemotorsport.com/
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