GT40
Mk
1
ultra-premium
reproduction by
ERA/Era
Replica Automobiles
—SOLD!—
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GT40
Mk1
by ERA/Era Replica Automobiles of New Britain, Connecticut.
Midnight Black-on-black. Professionally built for his
own stable by automotive engineer Mark LeVea, an ERA GT40 is
the finest, best engineered and most rugged reproductions of
the original Ford/Shelby racing legend.
The distinctive
carbon-fiber splitter was custom engineered and designed for
Mark LeVea.
This
Fab Forty has accumulated only 1,600 easy miles [±2,600 km].
This ebony rocket sled is titled and Licensed in Virginia as
a GT40.
Where
the petrol meets the pistons:
CHP Ford 427 small-block
(Windsor-based),
delivering 550 hp/500 ft./lbs. torque
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drivetrain particulars:
Eight-stack EFI
induction. Engine is precision balanced & blueprinted. Triple-bevel
valve grind. Coil-on-plug ignition. Oil cooler supplemented with
electric fan, MSD ignition. Engine bay fire-suppression
system. Edlelbrock Victor aluminum CC heads. EMD
engine management software control.
Induction
and exhaust:
Hilborn fuel injection and rails. Custom fabricated SS
tuned exhaust ("bundle of snakes") with mufflers and
twin oval outlets. Twin fuel cells and pumps feed separate surge
tanks to the fuel rails. Automatic fuel switch-over controls
are operated effortlessly from the dashboard. You get all the
engine mapping and performance equipment.
Geartrain: ZF 5-speed
transaxle. The rock-solid ZF5 tranny is the only gearbox
for a serious GT40.
Front
& rear swaybars. Uprated U-joints with custom-fabricated
splined driveshafts.
Chassis/Suspension/Rolling
Stock particulars
Chassis: Koni
adjustable shocks, Eibach springs, second/spare set of
Eibach springs.
Rolling
stock:
Goodyear Eagle F1 rubber {285/40ZRx17" rear; 225/45ZR17"
front} on 17" Halibrand knockoff wheels. You also
get a spare set of Goodyear Radial T/A's on 15" Halibrands.
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cockpit
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Cockpit: black Argentine
leather seats with solid brass doughnut grommets; Willans
superior 5-point safety harnesses. AC/heater with vintage design.
Adjustable pedals. Good stuff.
For
taller drivers:
you also get a set (one small, one large) of 'Gurney bubbles,'
to provide you with extra headroom... named after Dan Gurney,
whose height (6'-5") mandated the extra headspace.
Peripheral items
available apart from this black beauty: aluminium floorjack designed
and engineered especially for a GT40, replete with an aluminium-construction
chassis alignment /ARE laser system. Your a la carte
price on this forty-specific setup is $4,500 USD.
This breathtakingly
beautiful Fabulous Forty is yours for
 $105,000 obo
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Contact
John Stallings, Administrator of the Estate of Mark LeVea
You
can reach me at:
(703) 430-xxxx EDT
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