fact5racer
09-19-2012, 09:00 PM
When building these cars it is definitely a roller coaster. Some nights things go together great, other nights can be a nightmare.
But I have been driving mine quite a bit this summer, although I have been really busy racing the KTM that I feel bad that I haven't been able to use my GTM as much as I would like.
Tonight I met Jim Schenk and his wife, John "The National Champion" George and his girlfriend for dinner and took the GTM. I left early so I had time to kill so I took some back roads and I have to say, that this GTM of mine is really an amazing car. With it's front fender louvers and AIM dash with MOMO wheel, it really feels like driving a Daytona Prototype. It is just so solid and void of any rattles or vibrations. Of course you can imagine the reactions it recieves when I go through the center of a town! But the best part is the pure thrill of driving it. I like my truck, I like my Mustang......and each of them have a place and purpose in my life. BUT my GTM puts me in a whole different state of mind. There's no "6 inches of mass produced plastic" around me. Everything around me in this car is there for the soul purpose of going from point A to point B in the quickest amount of time possible and in order to do that......it was designed to let my hands, my butt, my ears, and my eyes recieve the raw feedback that one needs to become one with the machine. But the best part is that it does this without being "crude". Maybe it's having been my 13th FFR build that brings the amount of "solidness" that this GTM has?
There's also the neat part that when you drive these cars at a spirited pace, it's nice to be able to let your mind go through each and every part of the car that you yourself actually assembled. When I look around and see and feel every one of the custom touches and modifications that I have created and how now that it is done I can experience how well they have all come together to create a REAL "Ultimate Driving Machine". Very few car enthusists can actually say they built every inch of their car. It's so easy to buy a mustang, camaro, Civic, and just start modifying it, but building from scratch is a whole different world.
Next Sunday if the weather is nice, myself and Bob Cohen are driving our GTMs up to the white mountains and I am really looking forward to it. Hopefully I'll have some video footage to share afterwards.
But I have been driving mine quite a bit this summer, although I have been really busy racing the KTM that I feel bad that I haven't been able to use my GTM as much as I would like.
Tonight I met Jim Schenk and his wife, John "The National Champion" George and his girlfriend for dinner and took the GTM. I left early so I had time to kill so I took some back roads and I have to say, that this GTM of mine is really an amazing car. With it's front fender louvers and AIM dash with MOMO wheel, it really feels like driving a Daytona Prototype. It is just so solid and void of any rattles or vibrations. Of course you can imagine the reactions it recieves when I go through the center of a town! But the best part is the pure thrill of driving it. I like my truck, I like my Mustang......and each of them have a place and purpose in my life. BUT my GTM puts me in a whole different state of mind. There's no "6 inches of mass produced plastic" around me. Everything around me in this car is there for the soul purpose of going from point A to point B in the quickest amount of time possible and in order to do that......it was designed to let my hands, my butt, my ears, and my eyes recieve the raw feedback that one needs to become one with the machine. But the best part is that it does this without being "crude". Maybe it's having been my 13th FFR build that brings the amount of "solidness" that this GTM has?
There's also the neat part that when you drive these cars at a spirited pace, it's nice to be able to let your mind go through each and every part of the car that you yourself actually assembled. When I look around and see and feel every one of the custom touches and modifications that I have created and how now that it is done I can experience how well they have all come together to create a REAL "Ultimate Driving Machine". Very few car enthusists can actually say they built every inch of their car. It's so easy to buy a mustang, camaro, Civic, and just start modifying it, but building from scratch is a whole different world.
Next Sunday if the weather is nice, myself and Bob Cohen are driving our GTMs up to the white mountains and I am really looking forward to it. Hopefully I'll have some video footage to share afterwards.