A new GT40 Enthusiast club representative for the Netherlands.

A new GT40 Enthusiast club representative for the Netherlands.

Some already know me and for most I will introduce myself.

I am JP, yes just JP. Really only my mother calls me by my full name.
52 by age and live with my wife Linda in the Netherlands.
I am a Dutchman. Wooden head, wooden shoes, wouldn’t listen. Well to be honest. I do listen but don’t take anybody’s advice for granted.
Indeed wooden shoes. But not driving the GT with it.

My wife and I are into Ford Capri’s for over twenty years. Buying projects, restore them bottom up and enjoy them on every occasion. We even build our own engines and ain’t shy to race them also.
That ending up with a variety of eight Capri’s from ’73 till ’80, from mild to extreme wild. That includes 1600GT and Supercharged V8 and anything between.
For winter daily’s we both drive a mk1 & mk2 Fiesta, and for the other months both our daily’s are 1100cc motorbike’s.
We even have some more classic motorbikes which came on our path as a project ending up as a fun bike for now and then. That includes a Superbike Yoshimura GS1000 and a GSX1100 (his & hers in that sequence).
It’s all classic here, no modern cars. We even don’t mind driving our Classic’s during winter and snow, even if it means tin worm gets its chance, resulting that I have to get the welder out sometimes to repair some rot.
They drove them all day in the seventies, so why shouldn’t we do it.

My wife was saving for years to buy a GT40 and finally after 18 years of saving she could afford a project. It’s a KVA “B” type chassis with a GTD mk2 body.
It took us both four years to fully build that car from ground up into a street legal, Dutch registered supercar. We had Covid quality time for two years speeding things up, both spending three days a week in the cave.

We met the GT40 enthusiast club several years ago at Silverstone Classic when we were attending with a Zakspeed Ford Capri 3.0 RS Special (one of the first 25 of just 100 road legal Zakspeed build Capri's). We experienced a warm welcome from very nice and helpful people and immediately blended in the club. So once or twice a year we were able to team up with the club at the next Silverstone Classic or at Spa Sixhours to have a great time, even while we were still in our build.

As sharing information is the key in building a GT40, as it is with any classic car. We got lots of information from several club members all around the globe.
That resulting in our finished GT40 but also non club members finding me and contacting me for detailed information to help in their builds.
By my knowledge, there are three road legal GT40’s in the Netherlands, a GTD, a CAV and our KVA. There’s at least a race ready Gelscoe GT40 (David Hart) and a race ready SPF (van Laarhoven) and one hidden genuine GT40 up north in the Netherlands and I know of three projects going on.

At the moment don’t expect club meetings in the Netherlands, but let’s start being a point of contact to share information that’s helps building, maintaining and driving the GT40 in the Netherlands and Belgium and further.

Best regards JP

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Doc Watson

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Welcome JP, and my mother only called me Andrew when I was in trouble! I'm sorry for the '...and nobody mention the 3rd progression hole..' reply to your 48IDA thread ;-)

Have you got pictures of the restoration and have you considered documenting it here in the build logs? I know it would be a retrospective build (the car looks stunning BTW, love that single vent at the front) but would be nice to see what you did and also would help other KVA owners here.

Finally what engine/gbox is in the car and how often does the wife let you drive HER car?

Andy
 
A new GT40 Enthusiast club representative for the Netherlands.

Some already know me and for most I will introduce myself.

I am JP, yes just JP. Really only my mother calls me by my full name.
52 by age and live with my wife Linda in the Netherlands.
I am a Dutchman. Wooden head, wooden shoes, wouldn’t listen. Well to be honest. I do listen but don’t take anybody’s advice for granted.
Indeed wooden shoes. But not driving the GT with it.

My wife and I are into Ford Capri’s for over twenty years. Buying projects, restore them bottom up and enjoy them on every occasion. We even build our own engines and ain’t shy to race them also.
That ending up with a variety of eight Capri’s from ’73 till ’80, from mild to extreme wild. That includes 1600GT and Supercharged V8 and anything between.
For winter daily’s we both drive a mk1 & mk2 Fiesta, and for the other months both our daily’s are 1100cc motorbike’s.
We even have some more classic motorbikes which came on our path as a project ending up as a fun bike for now and then. That includes a Superbike Yoshimura GS1000 and a GSX1100 (his & hers in that sequence).
It’s all classic here, no modern cars. We even don’t mind driving our Classic’s during winter and snow, even if it means tin worm gets its chance, resulting that I have to get the welder out sometimes to repair some rot.
They drove them all day in the seventies, so why shouldn’t we do it.

My wife was saving for years to buy a GT40 and finally after 18 years of saving she could afford a project. It’s a KVA “B” type chassis with a GTD mk2 body.
It took us both four years to fully build that car from ground up into a street legal, Dutch registered supercar. We had Covid quality time for two years speeding things up, both spending three days a week in the cave.

We met the GT40 enthusiast club several years ago at Silverstone Classic when we were attending with a Zakspeed Ford Capri 3.0 RS Special (one of the first 25 of just 100 road legal Zakspeed build Capri's). We experienced a warm welcome from very nice and helpful people and immediately blended in the club. So once or twice a year we were able to team up with the club at the next Silverstone Classic or at Spa Sixhours to have a great time, even while we were still in our build.

As sharing information is the key in building a GT40, as it is with any classic car. We got lots of information from several club members all around the globe.
That resulting in our finished GT40 but also non club members finding me and contacting me for detailed information to help in their builds.
By my knowledge, there are three road legal GT40’s in the Netherlands, a GTD, a CAV and our KVA. There’s at least a race ready Gelscoe GT40 (David Hart) and a race ready SPF (van Laarhoven) and one hidden genuine GT40 up north in the Netherlands and I know of three projects going on.

Im Moment erwarten wir keine Clubtreffen in den Niederlanden, aber lasst uns als Kontaktstelle dienen, um Informationen auszutauschen, die beim Bauen, Warten und Fahren des GT40 in den Niederlanden, Belgien und darüber hinaus hilfreich sind.

Freundliche Grüße JP

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Ein neuer Vertreter des GT40 Enthusiast Clubs für die Niederlande.

Einige kennen mich bereits und den meisten werde ich mich vorstellen.

Ich bin JP, ja, einfach nur JP. Eigentlich nennt mich nur meine Mutter bei meinem vollen Namen.
Ich bin 52 Jahre alt und lebe mit meiner Frau Linda in den Niederlanden.
Ich bin Holländer. Holzkopf, Holzschuhe, ich würde nicht zuhören. Nun, um ehrlich zu sein. Ich höre zu, aber ich nehme den Rat von niemandem als selbstverständlich hin.
Holzschuhe zwar, aber nicht den GT damit fahren.

Meine Frau und ich sind seit über zwanzig Jahren begeisterte Fans von Ford Capris. Wir kaufen Projekte, restaurieren sie von Grund auf und genießen sie bei jeder Gelegenheit. Wir bauen sogar unsere eigenen Motoren und scheuen uns auch nicht, damit Rennen zu fahren.
Das Ergebnis ist eine Auswahl von acht Capris von 1973 bis 1980, von mild bis extrem wild. Dazu gehören 1600GT und Supercharged V8 und alles dazwischen.
Im Winter fahren wir beide einen Fiesta Mk1 und Mk2, und in den anderen Monaten sind unsere beiden Alltagsfahrzeuge 1100-ccm-Motorräder.
Wir haben sogar noch ein paar klassischere Motorräder, die uns im Rahmen eines Projekts in den Weg kamen und dann und wann als Spaßbikes dienen. Dazu gehören ein Superbike Yoshimura GS1000 und ein GSX1100 (in dieser Reihenfolge seins und ihrs).
Hier gibt es nur Oldtimer, keine modernen Autos. Wir haben sogar kein Problem damit, unsere Oldtimer im Winter und bei Schnee zu fahren, selbst wenn das bedeutet, dass Blechwürmer ihre Chance bekommen, was dazu führt, dass ich manchmal das Schweißgerät rausholen muss, um Rost auszubessern.
In den Siebzigern sind sie den ganzen Tag damit gefahren, warum sollten wir es nicht auch tun?

My wife was saving for years to buy a GT40 and finally after 18 years of saving she could afford a project. It’s a KVA “B” type chassis with a GTD mk2 body.
Wir haben beide vier Jahre gebraucht, um das Auto von Grund auf zu einem straßentauglichen, in den Niederlanden zugelassenen Supersportwagen umzubauen. Um das Ganze zu beschleunigen, haben wir zwei Jahre lang wertvolle Zeit mit Covid verbracht, indem wir beide drei Tage pro Woche in der Höhle verbrachten.

Wir haben den GT40-Enthusiastenclub vor einigen Jahren beim Silverstone Classic kennengelernt, als wir mit einem Zakspeed Ford Capri 3.0 RS Special (einem der ersten 25 von nur 100 straßenzugelassenen Capris von Zakspeed) dort waren. Wir wurden von sehr netten und hilfsbereiten Leuten herzlich empfangen und haben uns sofort in den Club integriert. So konnten wir uns ein- oder zweimal im Jahr beim nächsten Silverstone Classic oder bei den Spa Sixhours mit dem Club zusammentun und eine tolle Zeit haben, sogar während wir noch in unserem Aufbau steckten.

Wie bei jedem klassischen Auto ist auch beim Bau eines GT40 der Informationsaustausch der Schlüssel. Wir haben von mehreren Clubmitgliedern aus der ganzen Welt jede Menge Informationen erhalten.
Das Ergebnis war, dass nicht nur unser fertiger GT40, sondern auch Nicht-Clubmitglieder mich fanden und mit der Bitte um ausführliche Informationen, die ihnen bei ihren Umbauten helfen könnten, Kontakt zu mir aufnahmen.
Meines Wissens gibt es in den Niederlanden drei straßenzugelassene GT40, einen GTD, einen CAV und unseren KVA. Es gibt mindestens einen rennfertigen Gelscoe GT40 (David Hart) und einen rennfertigen SPF (van Laarhoven) sowie einen versteckten echten GT40 im Norden der Niederlande, und ich weiß von drei laufenden Projekten.

Im Moment erwarten wir keine Clubtreffen in den Niederlanden, aber lasst uns als Kontaktstelle dienen, um Informationen auszutauschen, die beim Bauen, Warten und Fahren des GT40 in den Niederlanden, Belgien und darüber hinaus hilfreich sind.

Freundliche Grüße JP

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A new GT40 Enthusiast club representative for the Netherlands.

Some already know me and for most I will introduce myself.

I am JP, yes just JP. Really only my mother calls me by my full name.
52 by age and live with my wife Linda in the Netherlands.
I am a Dutchman. Wooden head, wooden shoes, wouldn’t listen. Well to be honest. I do listen but don’t take anybody’s advice for granted.
Indeed wooden shoes. But not driving the GT with it.

My wife and I are into Ford Capri’s for over twenty years. Buying projects, restore them bottom up and enjoy them on every occasion. We even build our own engines and ain’t shy to race them also.
That ending up with a variety of eight Capri’s from ’73 till ’80, from mild to extreme wild. That includes 1600GT and Supercharged V8 and anything between.
For winter daily’s we both drive a mk1 & mk2 Fiesta, and for the other months both our daily’s are 1100cc motorbike’s.
We even have some more classic motorbikes which came on our path as a project ending up as a fun bike for now and then. That includes a Superbike Yoshimura GS1000 and a GSX1100 (his & hers in that sequence).
It’s all classic here, no modern cars. We even don’t mind driving our Classic’s during winter and snow, even if it means tin worm gets its chance, resulting that I have to get the welder out sometimes to repair some rot.
They drove them all day in the seventies, so why shouldn’t we do it.

My wife was saving for years to buy a GT40 and finally after 18 years of saving she could afford a project. It’s a KVA “B” type chassis with a GTD mk2 body.
It took us both four years to fully build that car from ground up into a street legal, Dutch registered supercar. We had Covid quality time for two years speeding things up, both spending three days a week in the cave.

We met the GT40 enthusiast club several years ago at Silverstone Classic when we were attending with a Zakspeed Ford Capri 3.0 RS Special (one of the first 25 of just 100 road legal Zakspeed build Capri's). We experienced a warm welcome from very nice and helpful people and immediately blended in the club. So once or twice a year we were able to team up with the club at the next Silverstone Classic or at Spa Sixhours to have a great time, even while we were still in our build.

As sharing information is the key in building a GT40, as it is with any classic car. We got lots of information from several club members all around the globe.
That resulting in our finished GT40 but also non club members finding me and contacting me for detailed information to help in their builds.
By my knowledge, there are three road legal GT40’s in the Netherlands, a GTD, a CAV and our KVA. There’s at least a race ready Gelscoe GT40 (David Hart) and a race ready SPF (van Laarhoven) and one hidden genuine GT40 up north in the Netherlands and I know of three projects going on.

At the moment don’t expect club meetings in the Netherlands, but let’s start being a point of contact to share information that’s helps building, maintaining and driving the GT40 in the Netherlands and Belgium and further.

Best regards JP

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Hoi JP.
Ik zag je GT40 hier en de prachtige rest van je verzameling. Ik las ook dat er in Nederland niet echt veel GT40's zijn. Ik heb dit jaar een oudere Tornado gekocht. Ik woon vlakbij Gennep. De TSC is wettelijk geregistreerd in Duitsland omdat ik ook in Duitsland woon. Als er een leuk evenement of bijeenkomst is, kom ik daar graag naar toe...
Groetjes.
Molenaar
 
Even uit mijn hoofd, een 6 tal mk1 met Nederlands kenteken, onze mk2 met Nederlands kenteken en onlangs is er een mk3 met Nederlands kenteken bijgekomen.
Dan zijn er nog een aantal zonder kenteken waarvan 2 originele in Nederland.
 
I understand.
I also have my doubts since I received an email stating that the AGM decided to raise the membership to almost double for those living outside the UK
 
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