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[Mad Mark]

......and a mint RTR saved in my picture folder. Here on its RTR box.   Fully Assembled Race Ready
 
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hope this helps.
Looks like the one you have is in good shape and should be good driver with a little tune up.

thanks Martin that helps narrow it down.

[Mad Mark]

Sanded the roof and side scoops to get some nasty lookin scratches out and polished whole body. bit better than it was. urethane repop rears and proper Goodyear fronts. just need the rear knockoffs which I think Ill get in some stuff thats on the way.

[Dave Crevie]

This is one of those "do I completely restore this, or leave it as raced and only fix the 'sore thumb' issues". After seeing what you did with the Chaparral, my vote goes to total restoration.  

[Dave Crevie]

By the way, if you need pictures of the GT40, I have a bunch of GT/104 while high school chum Greg Lonberger owned it, as well as at the Shelby American Museum. Greg was part of the same car circle I was, and although we lost track of each other after school, we re-connected in vintage racing. 

 

 

On display at the Shelby Museum;

 

 

 

[Mad Mark]

This is one of those "do I completely restore this, or leave it as raced and only fix the 'sore thumb' issues". After seeing what you did with the Chaparral, my vote goes to total restoration.

i was tempted but surprisingly it in pretty good shape and presentable after some polishing. i do really like the “as found” condition and patina. i think I’ll leave this one. i have a very rough looking chap on the way I’m sure I’ll attempt another full resto on that one. thanks for the kind words.

[Mad Mark]

Pays to be a hoarder. you never know what those little bits are in the parts bin till you need them.

[Mad Mark]

New crusty chap. trying to come up with a plan for this one. I definitely dont want to do that much body work again but luckily beside the crust, cut fenders, and missing headlight lenses this body is way better shape then the first one.

perhaps make my own flared fenders for the rear so i dont go crazy trying to make a mold and get the oem shape perfect again. maybe mold in the headlights and scribe some headlight lines. has cool steering front end but Ill probably save that for something else and just run the OEM wheels that I have a collection of.

[Mark Onofri]

Ayy laddie, just put a gargantuan head rest so the driver has something to rest his sputnik like head on. I couldn't resist.