The coolest car ever made.
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It's not like I would daily drive an F1, seeing as they are so rare and expensive these days. And if I could afford an F1, why would I work on it myself. I'd be throwing handfuls of money at my personal staff while I sipped on a drink.
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This is my problem. Choosing just one would be impossible for me. I'm already indecisive, so I know a choice like this would make my go crazy. One pops into my head and I think "Oh! That's the coolest!" but then it's followed by another, and then another, and so on.
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So getting away from the race cars (guilty), if I could drive any car to work, it would be something like a GT40 (not the new Ford GT, the GT40 is cooler) or a Factory Five GTM. But, they would have to be cars that I built myself, full out. Top of the line suspension, tires, brakes, nice interior, and a screaming high-rpm turbo V8, maybe even a Hartley turbo V8. Yes, and air conditioning for Texas driving duty.
Now that is cool, arriving in a sexy, stupid fast car, with an apocalyptic sound that spreads fear from a mile away, that you built yourself. Much cooler I think then arriving in a cool car that you wrote a check for.
So....
This
![](http://www.factoryfive.com/photogalleries/ls7gtm/B-red.jpg)
plus this (Ariel version shown)
![](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/01-ariel-atom-500-v8.jpg)
plus a couple of these
![](http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/images/catalog/Turbochargers/gt25_images/GT2560R_466541_1_part1.gif)
plus a lot of wrenching, fabrication, painting...
EQUALS
Now that is cool, arriving in a sexy, stupid fast car, with an apocalyptic sound that spreads fear from a mile away, that you built yourself. Much cooler I think then arriving in a cool car that you wrote a check for.
So....
This
![](http://www.factoryfive.com/photogalleries/ls7gtm/B-red.jpg)
plus this (Ariel version shown)
![](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/01-ariel-atom-500-v8.jpg)
plus a couple of these
![](http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/images/catalog/Turbochargers/gt25_images/GT2560R_466541_1_part1.gif)
plus a lot of wrenching, fabrication, painting...
EQUALS
![](http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/nov2009/2/6/steve-mcqueen-pic-rex-features-344761643.jpg)
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RUF CTR2
Escort Cosworth
Lotus Carlton
Escort Cosworth
Lotus Carlton
Here is Hans Stuck scaring the **** out of you using a CTR:
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On the one hand, the GTM is probably the only original-design kit car currently on the market that's still going to look good 40 years from now. But on the other hand, it's a little too much Daniel Craig, and not quite enough Roger Moore. I mean, obviously James Bond can split your head open in the blink of an eye, but he's supposed to do it with a ball-point pen, not a battle-axe.
(That said, I would still give my left nut for one of those MegaBusa engines.)
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No.
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I too lust after one of those V8 Busa motors. That is my dream powerplant for a Miata... or a GTM... or an Atom...