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which is cooler, hotter, sexier 917 or GT40?
I have a hard time deciding and actually waver back and forth a bit, but I guess I'd have to give it to the 917 by a hair.
     
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which is cooler, hotter, sexier 917 or GT40?
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To make proper determination, a more thorough examination would be necessary.
Keys please. 
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Hands down, the GT40.
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09-22-2015, 05:37 PM
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The GT40 because you can drive one on the street but the 917 has that specialness that's difficult to quantify.
If I was a Billionaire I'd have both 
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09-22-2015, 05:48 PM
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I'll go with the the 917. The sound of that normally-aspirated flat 12 is like an internal combustion symphony. Can't wait to hear 'em at Rennsport this weekend...
Turn it up LOUD!
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09-22-2015, 06:03 PM
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He GT40 looks better.... But the sound the 917 makes is so much better... Also the sheer dominance of the 917 is staggering. An amazing piece of engineering.
Then again, I wouldn't kick either one out of my garage...
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09-22-2015, 06:11 PM
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09-22-2015, 06:12 PM
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The GT40 has nicer lines and almost a street car...Plus it beat Porsche
In the end you want to end up naked with Sophia or Rachael .... The 906 perhaps is closer to a GT40..
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GT40. Looks, sound, etc...
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09-22-2015, 06:19 PM
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Gt40 just doesn't make as good of noise though...
And is it just me, or was that guy driving like a bit of a hamfisted ass.... |
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09-22-2015, 06:21 PM
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09-22-2015, 06:31 PM
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I took this shot last year at Daytona...
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The 917 was too new and unreliable in 1969 to beat a 908, much less the GT40. The 917 was a better race car in the end, though.
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09-22-2015, 06:45 PM
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For me the 917 lacks visual character , too smooth looking.
The GT40 oozzes testosterone from every visual angle . JMO
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09-22-2015, 06:48 PM
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Ok I will come clean on this one. A guy I know in town has four Ford Gt's two original Gt's one is some kind of a prototype. something about a race in Australia? Anybody have info on this?
And two new Gt40's Granted they are amazing cars and downright sexy. But my Heart belongs to Porsche and a 917 she isn't. this guy is super cool and I would not even want to guess what his Ford collection is worth. The stuff he has is INSANE SOHC 427's must be his thing he has a bunch of them. one is in a boat owned by an old nascar driver. I think it said Baker on it?????? I am a Porsche / Mopar guy but this collection deserves a friggin TV show. its UNREAL and never gets shown. Last edited by Rednine11; 09-22-2015 at 07:08 PM.. |
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09-22-2015, 07:06 PM
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The early Gt-40's are unquestionably sexy.
But 917 # 23 stole my heart 15 years ago, and still has not given it back. I remember, again back in 2000, the for sale sign wording "Offers of $3 million considered". Considered, not taken, just considered. 
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09-22-2015, 07:42 PM
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09-22-2015, 08:14 PM
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To me, the 917, no contest. Although the GT40 ain't bad, either.
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