Friday, November 4, 2016

GT40 "Replicas"



Inspired by the success of the SAFIR MkV a few companies started to built GT40s on their own. They didn't have the right however to name their productions as such. They were "Replicas" and not "continuation" GT40s. Some were making excellent cars, other took liberties and their cars sometimes only looked alike with modern mechanical parts usually sold in kit. Here is a non- exhaustive list of replicas companies:

Active Power                                                   All Pro Cars
Bailey Edwards                                               Backdraft Racing
CAV (California Advances Vehicles)              Dynamic Motorsport
DRB Replicas                                                  Fiberglas US
ERA Replicas                                                   Hawk Cars
Gelscoe                                                            Total Performance
GOX                                                                 V8 Archie
Hollman & Moody                                           VIP Classics
RCR (Racing Cars Replicas)                            Franco Sbarro
Southern GT                                                     MDA
Tornado


THE MODELS:



MDA GT40  From the 007 movie "Die another day" - (UNIVERSAL HOBBY)
Replica of the GT40 Mk1 by the MDA company

The MDA in the Movie

RCR40 - From the movie "Fast Five" (IXO)
Replica of the GT40 Mk1 by the RCR company
The RCR40 in the Fast Five movie



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