A guy built himself a Ford GT40 for less than the price of a Toyota Camry.
Beames is no stranger to taking on the task of building a historic race car, having previously recreated a Lotus 38 for his personal motorsports use. As a taller driver, Beames had to modify some aspects of that car’s original design to better suit his needs on the track. Leveraging the knowledge from that project, Beames decided to try his hand at crafting a slightly more liveable take on the Le Mans winning icon. Thankfully for all of us, Beames made aThis content is imported from YouTube.
The chassis is largely an aluminum monocoque, though there are some steel sub-structures at the front and rear of the car for additional strength. Beames styled the chassis after the original racer, using historic images and books about the car to develop his own take on the proven design. Beames shaped the 16- and 20-gauge aluminum components for the chassis with a press brake that he built with a little help from the internet.
Powering the car is a Ford 302 crate engine built by BluePrint, which has been bored and stroked to 347 cubic inches. The V-8 is good for 429 hp and 442 lb-ft of torque, which slots right between the original 289 and 427-powered race cars. That sort of power should be more than sufficient in a car that weighs half as much as a new. That power is fed to the rear wheels via a manual transaxle sourced from a Porsche Boxster.
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