Matech GT3

[BBRGT]

 

[BBRGT]

Final panel fit , hung the doors today and Gerry got the rear clamshell to fit nicely













Gerry is fabricating a bumper reinforcement/ exhaust mount to fit behind the rear bumper

 

[RJY]

Beautiful, just beautiful.

 

[BBRGT]

Thanks

 

[PL510*Jeff]

Wonderfully close, Looking very good.

 

[Sinovac]

It looks much too nice to be a race car. Nice job.

 

[Xcentric]

What are your plans for this car when it's completed?

 

[BBRGT]

What are your plans for this car when it's completed?

I will race it in the Pacific Northwest and run some SVRA events

 

[BBRGT]

Mounted a rear tire on the new polished wheels ,cleaned the car up and put it on the ground for some photos

 

[fjpikul]

I love that RED!

 

[GT101]

Having spent some time around the GT3 cars running in the UK at the time I'm pretty confident that you've rebuilt this way better than it was put together in the first place. Top job.

 

[Spirit]

I like that shade of red, what is the paint code?

 

[BBRGT]

I like that shade of red, what is the paint code?

It's race red , Ford paint code PQ .

 

[BBRGT]

Having spent some time around the GT3 cars running in the UK at the time I'm pretty confident that you've rebuilt this way better than it was put together in the first place. Top job.

Thanks , we spent a lot of time getting the panel fit right . We also changed the way the fenders , rear clamshell and tail light panel are attached .

Some before and after , I should point out that I believe some of this was changed from original as it needed repairs during the cars race seasons in Brazil





The rear bumper was a little beat up and we used OEM tail lights .

 

[BBRGT]

I should point out that Sascha from Matech gave us the idea to use the Aero latchs on the front hood and he also mounted the front fenders in a similar way on a customer car he did a recent rebuild on in his shop
Matech not using the factory tail lights was most likely due to the cost from Ford , they are expensive!

 

[GT101]

They did start off using road car tail lamps - I bought an ex GT3 one some years ago from Sascha as the supply of stock ones had stopped at the time. I agree those later ones look a lot more cost effective (not as classy as yours though)

 

[Spirit]

It's race red , Ford paint code PQ .

Thanks for the info.

 

[BBRGT]

Added some body supports for the tail light panel and final install of inner wheelwells and brake duct hose





Door panel installed



Chassis braces installed

 

[Awsum GT]

very nice... keep the shinny side up

 

[BBRGT]

Picked up the exhaust from the tig welder