Hello everyone. I've been pretty inactive with my cars since moving out to California. Anyway, I'll break down how I got my hands on this old car and the help I need.
When I was an 8th grader (I'm 29 now), my father used to drive around and snap pictures for car classified ads for "Photo Ad" which was a local magazine similar to Autotrader, etc. Anyway I used to go with him when he'd take item descriptions and pictures for the neat cars. In this case, it was a 1968 GT40. I didn't know anything about them back then but I went anyway. When we got there, it was a pretty nice house and a widowed wife was there. She had this GT40 that was "getting in the way" so she wanted it gone. Her husband had told her it would be worth some money one day but had no idea how much. When we got there, my father just asked how much, but just bought it instead of listing it ($5000 back then). We trailered the car to my dad's building and it has sat there for roughly 15-16 years untouched. He told me I could have it for a graduation present. I've never had the room or money to tackle this project so i just left it there. Last week my dad got deathly sick and he told me to go grab that GT40 out of his building. He said to check it out and if it was worth building up, to do it, but if it looks like too much work, or just don't have the desire, to sell it.
Yesterday my friend and I went to his shop and pulled it out of there and into my friend's garage to take a look at it. Here are the pics:
Sorry the pics are small and shitty, they are all cell phone pics.
Anyway, the help that I need is WTF is this thing? The title says 1968 gt40 but I doubt it's original. But it's obviously old but I didn't think they made kit of this car back 20-40 years ago. :shrug: The engine in it is some kind of a boxer porsche engine with a VW gearbox. :shrug: The frame is kind of incorporated into the "bucket" (cockpit area) but it's made of pretty thick tubing that tapers down as it reaches the front and rear of the vehicle. Lots of square bracing in there as well. The bottom is all smooth, either fiberglass or aluminum. The car is mostly fiberglass. The car would need a complete restoration but does anyone recognize this body style as a kit or could it be real?
I want to restore it, but if it's not worth doing, I'll sell it.
When I was an 8th grader (I'm 29 now), my father used to drive around and snap pictures for car classified ads for "Photo Ad" which was a local magazine similar to Autotrader, etc. Anyway I used to go with him when he'd take item descriptions and pictures for the neat cars. In this case, it was a 1968 GT40. I didn't know anything about them back then but I went anyway. When we got there, it was a pretty nice house and a widowed wife was there. She had this GT40 that was "getting in the way" so she wanted it gone. Her husband had told her it would be worth some money one day but had no idea how much. When we got there, my father just asked how much, but just bought it instead of listing it ($5000 back then). We trailered the car to my dad's building and it has sat there for roughly 15-16 years untouched. He told me I could have it for a graduation present. I've never had the room or money to tackle this project so i just left it there. Last week my dad got deathly sick and he told me to go grab that GT40 out of his building. He said to check it out and if it was worth building up, to do it, but if it looks like too much work, or just don't have the desire, to sell it.
Yesterday my friend and I went to his shop and pulled it out of there and into my friend's garage to take a look at it. Here are the pics:
Sorry the pics are small and shitty, they are all cell phone pics.
Anyway, the help that I need is WTF is this thing? The title says 1968 gt40 but I doubt it's original. But it's obviously old but I didn't think they made kit of this car back 20-40 years ago. :shrug: The engine in it is some kind of a boxer porsche engine with a VW gearbox. :shrug: The frame is kind of incorporated into the "bucket" (cockpit area) but it's made of pretty thick tubing that tapers down as it reaches the front and rear of the vehicle. Lots of square bracing in there as well. The bottom is all smooth, either fiberglass or aluminum. The car is mostly fiberglass. The car would need a complete restoration but does anyone recognize this body style as a kit or could it be real?
I want to restore it, but if it's not worth doing, I'll sell it.
