The GT40 kit car that was REAL?!
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2022
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He doesn't have unlimited cash or tons of work space. Tools might be inherited, second hand, or borrowed. A work bench is anything flat. An discarded door on sawhorses or his mums old kitchen table. Most people wouldn't even dare to dream this big. But he has such talent and passion that you can't help believing in him.
Agreed
Sam is more skilled than people may believe, too-
To restore something. Attempt to bring it back to as close to the original, or in the spirit of original as you can manage. Takes skill, patience, passion. The research to get it correct is a job in itself. Hunting down parts. Dealing with reality that getting it to look right is hard enough, let alone getting everything to function as it should. Some people manage one in a lifetime and never again. So many others never finish. A rare few can do more than one, or do it for a living. It's rewarding but stressful work
That all sounds like normal working conditions to me lol
@perry8181 glad a professional such as yourself showed up to educate everyone else! What you do watch 5 episodes of Hard up Garage and 2 gas monkey episodes and receive your degree in shit you've never done? Tell you what, research the most offensive comment I could make and insert it here ------! Try and include my midrange and your upper injection port with suction on high!
About 20 years ago I was at a small auto auction in Novi Michigan. There was a yellow with black stripes GT40 replica. It was built for racing and not legal for public roads. It sold for less than $30,000. Turns out it had many original GT40 parts including suspension. Talk about missed opportunities!
rather have a real chassis with kit car suspension ;-)
Never, ever loan your rare car to a film production... They will sacrifice literally anything in service to their vision. Anything
Yes ive seen that happen to a priceless benz... The company was meh its a car, just fix and send the bill🤦♀️😂😂😂
This can be red.
They probably just sent somebody to buy it, I mean think of all the rare Mopar muscle cars that were ruined to film Death Proof .. Owners probably would have never sold if they knew how they were gonna be used!
@@shoominati23 yeah that Egg Shell White Challenger was destroyed. Same thing with the movie Vanishing Point, they completely trashed those two Mopars.
He is being misleading, the car was a DAX GT40 replica in the first place.
Love a Sam story. Do this GT40 right. A period correct restoration would be priceless.
Sam's terrific.
not bad, but when is Kimi going to tell her story ? ? !
🗣🗣
When she gets out of prison 😂
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@@Pseedholm how long is that? I don’t remember how many years it was
We need to write to her parole board.
Gotta love Sam his stories here, always brilliant stuff.
Agreed, bring him in on all the roles held by Tarvarish.
I agree, every great build needs a whacking great limited slip diff!
I love Sam's enthusiasm for this car. This is the type of guy who needs to own these cars. Someone extremely passionate who can speak at length about the history of these cars.
For the wheels it would be much cheaper to get a set custom made than buying originals. You should contact Dayton wire wheels as well as a few other wire wheel manufacturers to price a custom set for your Mk3 GT40.
Unless you have a set of wire wheels that are very rare or unique, or the car they're for has some extra special historic value, it's better to just buy new replica wheels from Dayton. You get new wheels that are perfect for the same price (or less) as having Dayton disassemble, strip, rechrome, reassemble and true your old wheels. And those old wheels will have all the stresses and strains from being used and old and somewhat rusty before they get cleaned up.
He says the Mk III was never a race car? Is that right???
@@UberLummox yes, MK3s are road only cars
@@croutonbuildsstuff9291 Ok thanks.
They didn't have wire wheels.
That car's coming along nice. I love these awesome stories you've got to tell, I can't wait to see this car when it's done.
I absolutely love your enthusiasm for your project. It's infectious!
I think the Shelby American Motor Collection Museum in Boulder Colorado has a Mark III GT-40. If you get in touch with them they may be able to give you the dimensions that you're looking for in your build.
Damn, you beat me to it. I just posted the same thing
I live here, I’ll go measure it for you. 🤷🏼♂️
Dont even need to measure it, if you can just stick a newer phone through the window, you can get lidar apps and just digitally scan it and recreate it in cad
DAX is a Cobra Replica, my dad built one before I was born and had it for years. Interior was slightly different though, the dash panels actually curved around to meet the doors, it looks quite a bit nicer.
Had a cracking DAX Cobra myself and then went up to a Diablo. I’ll have another Cobra one day but I was really fussy about having a Dax because it had the curved transmission tunnels which looked so much better than the square tunnel versions
@@mouse5178 I don’t remember the transmission tunnel being curved, but it might have been flattened off at the top a little. I remember it not being square though.
@@LordLootus they were definitely one of the nicer designs
...and what a horrible "bulkhead shaking" pieces of shit all those kit cars from the 90s were, watered down junk, I had the displeasure of looking after a DAX, ..oh, and all the kit car owners want to make sure everyone thinks its a "real" one...with a Rover V8 engine, LMAO at this overblown hype, its comical
@@markholroyde9412 my experience was vastly different. Anyone that knows cobras could tell, especially with the fuel filler in the centre of the boot. Kit cars are engineering projects, they aren’t built to be the real thing imo
GREAT story with so much interesting history!
Well told 👏👏
Ed should really start travelling for stories too! So many stories fans can share but with the studio being at Ed's house, he can't be inviting strangers over to film a video.
Cannot wait to see the GT40 completed!
Never thought I would get so emotionally invested in a story about a car's side windows
Can you do a special video on the seat designs? The GT40 seats are the coolest and a lot of cars would benefit from having them.
Good luck with this build. I love it glad u're doin it right
I seen the races where the GT40 was successful in the 60tys always wished I had owned one ! Great car ! Glad to see that your building one ,good luck and Thumbs-up 👍
Correct DAX… made in Harlow, Essex. They also knocked up some glass fibre panels for Matra Bagheera (three seat French, mid engined sports car)
You’re going to get this done you’ve got the best attitude and attention to detail. Can’t buy what you’ve got mate so don’t change anything. Best of luck Sam keep it up. 👍🇦🇺
I’ve followed these cars since the mid 70’s. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! Great job. 👍🏼
I love this guys stories. Reminds me of my first car, I built it out of a civic, an integra, and a crv lol. Took all the best parts from the 3 and made my own car. It's that drive to learn the hard way
Sam's logic is endless it makes sense to me but others would be thinking is he for real, yes he is.
GT40 is my favorite car hands down, would love to keep following this story! No matter the Mk, a GT40 is a GT40!
John Tojeiro designed the original AC Ace chassis. The Cobra was based on the Ace.
If I could go back in time I'd go back to 1960 and tell my dad to keep his 60 Corvette and all the original parts he upgraded.
I'd go back in time and tell my dad to buy as many apple stocks as he could starting on December 12th 1980 for $22.00 each and invest at least $2000.00 which would be worth around 18 million dollars today! I'm guessing I can buy all those parts and a brand new car to go with them with plenty left over for mounds of titties and blow! Call me old fashioned!
Had to do a double take when sam said dax … my uncle makes the chassis for them.
Wouldn't that be Borrani wheels ? ( 3 syllables, not 4)
And when it's finished, he wants to do doughnuts with it.
just happened to go on my lunch break and vinwiki coming in clutch with a new upload
Some of these early comments are gross, who the hell thinks it’s okay to insult someone’s accent?
Are you kidding? People have made fun of accents forever. It's not that big of a deal, and I really doubt he cares.
Do you think someone having a different accent than you is like a disability, and therefore you need to protect their feelings because they are probably self-conscious that they don't sound like you? Treating people this way and coddling them is so disrespectful. You are not better than them and they do not need your protection.
@@NG-VQ37VHR 💀💀💀
Love all your comments guys!!!
I hope that you get to finish the GT40 to the MK3 spec with the dash and steering correct. I wonder about the UN1 transaxle, were they a Renault sourced unit that was also used in the Delorean and didn't like too much power? 🤔. Maybe an Audi R8 transaxle would be a better option for big power if the UN1 throws the toys out of the pram .
Thanks for turning me onto autotempest I use it quite often.
This was awesome. Look forward to seeing more content like this.
Love this guy! It's amazing what some respect will get you in the end!
Speak to Gelscoe Motorsport. They have a lot of the blueprints of the original cars.
Nice that these parts are in good hands!
I really enjoy this guy a real entertainer , can't wait for his next stories
Back in the late 60's I Remember seing a GT40 Street version with Wire wheels and chrome grills. The body builder was Graber in Switzerland (he was active in the Bern region).
What a cool story and build I would love a fallow up video
Welcome Back Sam, always a pleasure.
Now I'm going to check the one I have the one sitting on my shelf in the office. Jackpot baby
There's a Mk III that comes around for doughnuts occasionally in my neighborhood. Has been fuel injected for drivability. Colored in what I can only describe as Celeste, as per 1970s Bianchi bicycles.
I love his ending quote. So so true, you do a job you think will take 30mins but then it turns into 6hrs.
I really love your stories ❤
RCR (Race Car Replicas) Made something like 18 cars for the movie. GT40’s and Ferraris. I think that Superformance provided a Cobra. Not sure about the rest.
I can't tell if the guy in this video thinks he has an original gt40... NOS window frames on a steel tube chassis and fiberglass body do not cut it. LOL
@@jdstall01 Since I was a kid, I always loved 1960’s cars. I never cared about the collector value. Have it, and drive it. I like the idea of replicars.
@@jamesdellaneve9005 Oh I completely agree.. but I wouldn't be keen on a video talking about my kit car and supposing it was an original FAV built in Slough
This video is the perfect descriotion of why I love vinwiki.
Sam is a G, great story teller
I've read total headturners ad in classic and sports mag for years the have had some unreal no pun intended cars like m8 maclaren rep amongst many other cool cars wicked to hear of them on here.hi from Nz🇳🇿
You're advice at the end has never been said more elegantly. Its true have faith in yourself try. Who knows you might come up with something no one thought of. If you do screw it up. Like you said then pay the person to sort it out. Keeping you in the loop now that your already elbows deep. Great love and a learning knowledge of automotive information. THANK YOU.
This guy could read me the ingredient label to a can of soup and I'd still be leaning in at the end like "go on! What happens next?!"
Sam's storytelling 👏
Dudes always a good story teller..
Imagine building a gt40 replica with awesome limited parts just to had a 17 year old lad T bone you in a fiat panda
Next time you gotta talk about that Cosworth you have in the background
The thing about Sam is that he is just this guy if you know him "In the flesh." It's not an act. His dad, Derek, is very cool, too-
Amazing story.
I always found that right seated cars are ridiculous, but there's a logic to the madness. Recently someone told me that all racecars used to be right seated. This is the logic to it: circuits were clockwise, so a right seated car would have the benefit in most corners, because the weight of the driver would be closer to the inner side of the corner, hence slightly more grip there aka more speed. And the logic of a righthand stick (even in a right seated car like the GT40Mk1) is simple, 70% or more people are righthanded, so that way they would have a better feeling with the gears, more precise shifting aka less ruined gearboxes which were pretty flimsy at that time (because those engines had so much power).
Some of the 1967 Lotus Europa Series 1 cars had the rear pop out windows like this. They may be very close to the same shape... as in the same. The guy the did the body molds for the first generation Europa had just done the GT40.
I go to autotempest every day while I'M at work!!
Love me some Sam Hard stories! Never change man.
Thanks matey
Love the way he says aluminum lol
2 different spellings/names for the same thing. Aluminum (American) and Aluminium (British).
@@buckodonnghaile4309 I didn't realize it was spelled differently too, that's interesting.
I want to hire this guy to read the eulogy at my funeral.
Contact Holman &Modey thats where the real part's are
Take a magnet and see if it sticks to the window frame, just because there is brass or copper showing doesn't mean anything. You have to copper strike the material before putting the chrome plating on, think of it as primer when painting. I was a zinc plater for the first 10 years of my 15 year career in metal finishing. If the magnet sticks then they are steel frames
Great story teller 👍
I love this guy. I need a "whackin' great limited slip diff so I can do perfect donuts and leave 11's" classic!
Nice to see a 59 Buick in the shot at 9:01
@7:18 that looks like a UN1 transmission which I know is popular for mid engine replicas in Europe.
Edit: after finishing the video it is a UN1. He'll need the beefed up input shaft to get that 400-500hp, not just the quaife LSD.
Amazing guy!!
Awesome work mate.
A Mark III is about the rarest GT you can imagine. The road car version is like capturing smoke in a bottle. I eagerly look for updates here.
They should rename him, 'Slam the hammer Sam'....hell yeah on the LSD rear!! LoL
That Cossie at 8:26 😍
A cuddle for some rims? That's an interesting bargaining chip I have never heard of🤣 I need the accent to get that right 🤔
Alex and Mark at Total Headturners have been in this game for decades. They will have known what they are doing when they let Sam have the doorframes for £400. As Sam says, just 7 original FAV Mk 3’s and few replicas, so the market to sell the frames is minuscule
Mark showed me the GT40 that was being built in his workshop, being converted to a Mk 11. Gulf livery and was being done so well by the fabricator team. The Mk 111 was not a pretty car btw, Mk11 much better. The team take pride in their work and it shows. Have a look, there is something for most budgets. Totalheadturners in Essex.
I know that super performance was an authentic OEM manufacturer of the gt40. Vin matching Vin number from Ford and Shelby. I wish I had the money during the 2000's to bought one😢.
I believe that Factory 5 is the new company that sells OEM gt40 kits and turn key.
Wait… that guy looks exactly like Jerry Garcia !!!! What the heck !!!
When you break it try and fix it yourself 💪🏽
Aint seen a Q plate in a while
Any more info on the replica gullwing?
No idea what he said for the last 10 minutes, but I love his enthusiasm🤷🏻
I have been a subscriber for long time and sas do say I never checked out auto tempest. But the other day I had decided I want another WRX so after days of searching online and not really getting results I was hoping for I decided to give auto tempest a shot. With that being Said I was a little let down. I am not sure if I just wasn't navigating it correctly or what but I spent some time on there and seen the same if not less then I had found with more time spent.
I am going to give it another go around as I am still undecided on if I want WRX or rx7.
( Yes I know two totally different types of car's)
Beaulieu auto jumble has everything.
See Holman Moody GT40 new old stock cars being built today!
wooot wooot new gt40 video
Love Sam he’s one of my favorites.
Amen! 100 X the knowledge, skill, and entertainment factor of Tavarish. I honestly can’t figure out why Freddie has the subs he has.
@@ozarkliving7263 What is the matter with people who seem driven to manufacture a reason to put someone down, even in situations where such a dig would be completely irrelevant, and off the subject? Tavarish,
(who's channel has literally _nothing_ to do with this video, or Sam Hard, or anything) *has* my subscription. @Branson Home channel doesn't even have any _content,_ let alone subscribers!
I've been wondering how his build was coming along. It hasn't popped up in my feed for months
The MK3 has a 302 ford V8 with a 750 cfm Holley. Iv'e rebuilt two of the seven real cars. check out GT40/M3/1103
I need to find a gt40 here in calgary, canada. This is my dream car and will stop at nothing to get one.
Beautiful
This is super ultra interesting stuff! 😁👍
He isnt Sam Hard he is Sam HAAD
the thing about repairing something yourself is that so often the guy you would pay has only the experience of doing it once or twice before.
A true shedmechanic. Love it
Great story
His hair color changes significantly in every different shot
El Paso 🙌🏽🙌🏽
This is more believable then some “influencer “ finding a Shelby Daytona in near mint.
Great video