My GTD was originally  purchased, by a retired fellow from Ohio, during a trip to the GTD factory in 1989. After delivery the car sat in boxes and packing crates until I bought it in 1998. Seems the original purchaser had taken a job with the NHRA as a timer and the position required that he be on the road about 10 months of the year and he didn't have time build a car. 

In early March of 1998 I hooked up my trailer and journeyed from Oklahoma to Ohio to pick it up. The first thing I did after getting home was setting about getting the car titled, which took almost a month and then I registered it and got my vanity plate (65 GT40). All this while the car was still in boxes!

 

I don't know how many left-hand drive kits GTD had built by 1989 but, obviously, not very many as there was a lot of stuff that had to be fabricated. Things like completely modifying the AC under-dash unit and building a new wiring harness for the dash as well as several other areas of the vehicle. I also had some half shafts designed and fabricated as there was none in any of my boxes.  Once I decided to use the cable in lieu of rods I thought "Why Not" and placed the shift on the left side console and, believe it or not, I'm very comfortable with its location.

 

On 17 September 2002 I took the car to the painter, a personal friend thinking that I'd finally have my dream car on the road but, alas, it was not to be.  After carefully going over the car and looking at it from every angle he said "There's still a little body work to do before we can paint. WHAT? After three months of block sanding every day. Regardless, the car came out of paint on March 15th 2003 dressed regally in her Silverstone body with custom red stripes.

 

He GT is a thrill to drive and attracts attention wherever she goes. It has great performance but I'm not sure of the actual dyno figures as the chassis dyno recorded 366 HP and 395 FP torque but this was before I got the Haltec computer working properly with the injectors.  Even so, I clocked a 12.21 quarter at 121.2 mph at the Thunder valley drag strip and that after damned near missing third gear completely due to my poorly designed shift gate. But it's all been taken care of and next time I hope to break 12 and 130.

 

Equipped with a 347 Stroker motor with 10:1 compression

HD T-21 Transaxle with 3:44 final

A/C

Cruise Control

Rear-looking TV camera w/cockpit monitor

Secret Radio system w/10 disc CD changer.

 

Ben Miller
3916 Durango Circle
Norman, OK 73072

USA