The Goal: Build a 1966 Ford GT40 Roaring Forties Replica

Here is what the finished car should look like (only in red, with white racing stripes)

The Begining:

Here is how we started:

Note that we installed the pexiglass for the headlights and side windows and side makers (blinkers) already when I took these pictures.

Here is a shot of the rear with the sheet metal top installed (in between the two scoops)

The original front uprights

The Front Porch - with just radiator laying down

Simba the cat - checking the interior

Front headlight and marker plexiglass drilled. This was a cool process, as we used "heli-coils" as the treading for the screws. These creates a steal threading so that you can use a screw over and over in the same hole without wearing out the threading (if you were to just try to drill directly into the fiberglass and then take the screws in and out several times, eventually the fiberglass would give way and you would no longer have threading)

 Basically the process is as follows: 

1: Drill small hole

2: Use supplied screw "tap" to create a thread in the fiberglass

3: screw in heli-coil (use "lock-tight" for premanant bond)

4: break tab in base of heli-coil

5: use disired screw as many times as you wish

Richard working on the interior of door

Rear aluminum inserts, drilled and secured using counter-sunk screws

Rear end (under rear clip) - early stages, with uprights attached

Shot of the wheelwell covering for the head light assembly

Interior with seats, dash and steering wheel installed

 

 

Door Panels Installed

Exterior shots - Summer 2012

Radiator mounted

Gas Cap and fuel lines (to gas tanks) installed

Rear Section of Roll Cage Installed

Adhering two pieces of the dash together (these will allow for the air to defrost the windshield)

Wiper mount (and motor) and washer fluid sprayer installed