Why this car and livery? It is not so much the fact that car did what it did, but one of its drivers that drew me to this particular specification. The car was crewed by a pair of New Zealand drivers, Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon; the former of which had only just formed the now famous and multi championship winning Formula 1 race team; as a life long fan of the team my attraction to this car in particular I hope is obvious.
Why this way of building? As some of you already know I started building a space frame replica from MDA a couple of years ago; recently (late 2008) a new company came to my attention (Mirage Automotive of Poole, Dorset, UK) that was building exact monococque replicas of the GT40 using the same materials and design as the originals. After visiting them I took the decision to move my project to their product. Although this meant changing a huge portion of the build, most of the original GT40 components I had already gathered could be transferred straight over (and this actually accounted for the lion's share of the cost up to that point).
I hope you enjoy following the build as it continues to evolve.
All the very best
Craig
