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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,635 --> 00:00:04,828 Narrator: TODAY ON "HOW IT'S MADE: DREAM CARS," 2 00:00:04,864 --> 00:00:08,232 THE GT40, AN ICON OF RACECAR HISTORY, RIDES AGAIN. 3 00:00:08,234 --> 00:00:11,160 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 4 00:00:11,229 --> 00:00:14,255 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 5 00:00:23,383 --> 00:00:26,577 THE AMERICAN CAR MAKER SUPERFORMANCE BUILDS GT40s 6 00:00:26,712 --> 00:00:29,238 AT THEIR HIGH-TECH AUTOMOTIVE FACTORY 7 00:00:29,373 --> 00:00:31,707 IN PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA. 8 00:00:31,709 --> 00:00:35,569 THE VEHICLE THEY BUILD IS CONSIDERED A REAL GT40 9 00:00:35,571 --> 00:00:37,863 BECAUSE IT IS A CONTINUATION 10 00:00:37,866 --> 00:00:41,125 OF THE ORIGINAL CELEBRATED CHAMPION CAR. 11 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:45,654 THE STORY BEHIND THE GT40 IS A FIXTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE LORE. 12 00:00:45,690 --> 00:00:47,190 PRIOR TO THE 1960s, 13 00:00:47,259 --> 00:00:49,984 EUROPEAN CARS DOMINATED THE WORLD 14 00:00:50,053 --> 00:00:52,254 OF LONG-DISTANCE CAR RACING. 15 00:00:52,256 --> 00:00:55,014 NO AMERICAN MANUFACTURER 16 00:00:55,050 --> 00:00:59,411 HAD EVER WON THE 24-HOUR LE MANS RACE. 17 00:00:59,546 --> 00:01:02,072 HENRY FORD II WAS FED UP. 18 00:01:02,108 --> 00:01:06,202 HE DESPERATELY WANTED TO WIN THE LE MANS. 19 00:01:06,337 --> 00:01:09,071 IN 1963, 20 00:01:09,073 --> 00:01:11,365 ITALIAN RACECAR DRIVER ENZO FERRARI 21 00:01:11,434 --> 00:01:13,959 CONSIDERED SELLING HIS COMPANY TO FORD. 22 00:01:13,995 --> 00:01:15,428 BUT WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR 23 00:01:15,563 --> 00:01:18,356 THAT FERRARI WANTED TO HOLD ONTO HIS RACECARS 24 00:01:18,392 --> 00:01:20,225 AND ONLY SELL HIS ROAD VEHICLES, 25 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,953 FORD DECIDED TO TURN DOWN FERRARI'S OFFER. 26 00:01:23,022 --> 00:01:24,488 INSTEAD, HE MADE A DEAL 27 00:01:24,623 --> 00:01:27,449 WITH THE BRITISH RACECAR MANUFACTURER LOLA 28 00:01:27,485 --> 00:01:29,785 TO DEVELOP THEIR MID-ENGINED Mk6 29 00:01:29,787 --> 00:01:32,546 INTO A FERRARI-DOMINATING CHAMPION. 30 00:01:36,044 --> 00:01:39,103 FORD ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF DESIGNERS IN ENGLAND, 31 00:01:39,105 --> 00:01:40,571 WHERE THEY WENT TO WORK 32 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,732 CREATING THE MOST ADVANCED RACECAR OF ITS TIME. 33 00:01:43,769 --> 00:01:47,328 FROM 1966 TO 1969, 34 00:01:47,364 --> 00:01:51,858 GT40s WON FOUR CONSECUTIVE LE MANS VICTORIES. 35 00:01:51,894 --> 00:01:56,855 ONE PARTICULAR CAR, THE GT40 MK 1, NUMBER 1075, 36 00:01:56,924 --> 00:02:00,751 BECAME THE FIRST AND ONLY INDIVIDUAL CAR 37 00:02:00,753 --> 00:02:05,248 TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK VICTORIES, IN 1968 AND 1969. 38 00:02:06,351 --> 00:02:08,743 THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS FOR THE GT40 39 00:02:08,745 --> 00:02:11,270 WERE HANDCRAFTED TECHNICAL DRAWINGS. 40 00:02:11,339 --> 00:02:15,734 SUPERFORMANCE HAS SCANNED THEM INTO A C.A.D. SOFTWARE PROGRAM. 41 00:02:18,038 --> 00:02:21,298 THEY FOLLOW THE DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL SO CLOSELY 42 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:24,693 THAT THEIR CARS ARE CONSIDERED A CONTINUATION SERIES, 43 00:02:24,828 --> 00:02:28,489 MEANING THEY ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL GT40s 44 00:02:28,558 --> 00:02:31,224 IN DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS. 45 00:02:31,260 --> 00:02:35,087 HERE WORKERS TIG-WELD AND SPOT-WELD TOGETHER 46 00:02:35,123 --> 00:02:37,649 AN ALL-STEEL MONOCOQUE CHASSIS. 47 00:02:37,784 --> 00:02:41,444 THE GT40 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ROAD VEHICLES 48 00:02:41,446 --> 00:02:43,905 TO FEATURE A STEEL MONOCOQUE. 49 00:02:48,237 --> 00:02:50,237 THE SUPERFORMANCE GT40 CHASSIS 50 00:02:50,239 --> 00:02:53,732 EVEN INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL DOUBLE-LAYERED STEEL ROOF 51 00:02:53,734 --> 00:02:55,534 WITH CUTAWAYS FOR THE DOORS, 52 00:02:55,669 --> 00:02:58,529 A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT ELEMENT TO BUILD. 53 00:02:58,531 --> 00:03:02,258 THE TWO FUEL TANKS RUN ALONG THE SIDES OF THE CAR 54 00:03:02,260 --> 00:03:04,485 IN REINFORCED CAVITIES. 55 00:03:05,922 --> 00:03:07,655 TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL GT40, 56 00:03:07,790 --> 00:03:10,950 SUPERFORMANCE BUILDS THE REST OF THE CAR BODY 57 00:03:11,019 --> 00:03:13,010 OUT OF FIBERGLASS COMPOSITES. 58 00:03:13,046 --> 00:03:16,614 THEY HAND-LAYER SHEETS OF FIBERGLASS AND RESIN 59 00:03:16,675 --> 00:03:18,741 INTO THE APPROPRIATE MOLDS, 60 00:03:18,777 --> 00:03:24,865 THEN CURE THEM IN AN OVEN FOR EIGHT HOURS AT 176 DEGREES. 61 00:03:27,336 --> 00:03:30,762 THE TECHNICIANS WORK ON THE FRONT SECTION OF THE CAR 62 00:03:30,798 --> 00:03:33,557 BY SIMPLY UNLATCHING AND LIFTING IT OFF. 63 00:03:33,593 --> 00:03:36,761 THE DESIGNERS OF THE GT40 INCLUDED THESE FEATURES 64 00:03:36,896 --> 00:03:39,689 TO GIVE MECHANICS QUICK AND COMPLETE ACCESS 65 00:03:39,824 --> 00:03:42,050 TO THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CAR 66 00:03:42,119 --> 00:03:44,653 WHEN IT MAKES PIT STOPS DURING A RACE. 67 00:03:44,788 --> 00:03:47,848 TWO TECHNICIANS SPEND AN ENTIRE WEEK 68 00:03:47,983 --> 00:03:50,242 WORKING ON A SINGLE CAR BODY. 69 00:03:50,377 --> 00:03:54,104 THEY ADD CREAM-COLORED FILLER AND REDUCE THE GRAY COMPOSITE 70 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,840 TO SMOOTH OUT THE SURFACE 71 00:03:55,975 --> 00:03:58,968 AND ENSURE THE FIT AND FINISH ARE FLAWLESS. 72 00:04:06,328 --> 00:04:09,596 NEXT, WORKERS MOUNT THE BODY PANELS ON THE CHASSIS 73 00:04:09,731 --> 00:04:12,891 AND BRING THE ASSEMBLY TO THE PAINT DEPARTMENT. 74 00:04:19,150 --> 00:04:21,683 TECHNICIANS START BY SPRAYING THE AREAS 75 00:04:21,685 --> 00:04:24,111 THAT WILL BE THE COLOR OF THE STRIPE. 76 00:04:25,681 --> 00:04:28,474 THEN A WORKER USES SPECIALIZED TAPE 77 00:04:28,476 --> 00:04:31,635 TO MASK THE AREAS WHERE STRIPES WILL BE. 78 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:35,164 THE STRIPES MUST LINE UP PERFECTLY 79 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:39,627 FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. 80 00:04:39,663 --> 00:04:43,690 WHILE A CUSTOMER CAN CHOOSE ANY COLOR OR PATTERN OF STRIPES, 81 00:04:43,692 --> 00:04:46,952 MANY OPT FOR THE ORIGINAL LE MANS RACING STRIPES, 82 00:04:47,087 --> 00:04:50,915 WHICH ARE USED TO QUICKLY AND EASILY IDENTIFY A RACECAR. 83 00:05:02,045 --> 00:05:06,039 ANOTHER IMPORTANT DETAIL IS THE CAR'S RACING NUMBER. 84 00:05:07,668 --> 00:05:10,001 TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEARLY VISIBLE, 85 00:05:10,070 --> 00:05:11,928 COMPETITORS HAVE THEIR NUMBER 86 00:05:11,964 --> 00:05:14,531 PAINTED INSIDE A LARGE WHITE CIRCLE. 87 00:05:18,129 --> 00:05:20,654 IN MANY ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES, 88 00:05:20,723 --> 00:05:22,523 THIS IS CALLED A ROUNDEL. 89 00:05:22,525 --> 00:05:25,318 BUT IN THE U.S., IT'S KNOWN AS A GUMBALL. 90 00:05:29,015 --> 00:05:33,142 NOW THAT THE ROUND TEMPLATE IS PLACED IN THE APPROPRIATE SPOT, 91 00:05:33,178 --> 00:05:37,138 HE USES MORE TAPE TO MASK THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE GUMBALL. 92 00:05:40,903 --> 00:05:43,770 NEXT, HE USES A WIDER, LESS FLEXIBLE TAPE 93 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,566 TO FURTHER MASK OUT THE AREA SURROUNDING THE TEMPLATE. 94 00:05:49,295 --> 00:05:51,695 HE USES A SMALL HANDHELD RAZOR 95 00:05:51,731 --> 00:05:55,491 FOR CUTTING THE TAPE TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS. 96 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,651 THE SECOND LAYER OF TAPE 97 00:05:57,721 --> 00:06:00,613 MAKES IT HARDER FOR THE PAINT TO BLEED THROUGH. 98 00:06:05,312 --> 00:06:08,639 THE GUMBALL CAN NOW BE PAINTED WHITE. 99 00:06:15,206 --> 00:06:17,731 ONCE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MASKED, 100 00:06:17,767 --> 00:06:21,060 A PAINTER GOES TO WORK WITH A SPRAY GUN. 101 00:06:21,195 --> 00:06:24,129 ALL OF THE BODY PARTS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY POSITIONED 102 00:06:24,165 --> 00:06:26,457 IN THE SAME ORIENTATION THEY WILL HAVE 103 00:06:26,459 --> 00:06:28,059 TO THE GROUND ONCE ASSEMBLED. 104 00:06:28,128 --> 00:06:31,087 THIS IS BECAUSE GRAVITY EXERTS A SMALL 105 00:06:31,222 --> 00:06:34,616 BUT VISIBLE EFFECT DURING THE DRYING PROCESS. 106 00:06:34,685 --> 00:06:38,779 CORRECT POSITIONING OF THE PARTS ENSURES UNIFORM DRYING. 107 00:06:44,078 --> 00:06:47,972 AFTER WAITING 25 MINUTES TO GIVE THE PAINT TIME TO DRY, 108 00:06:47,974 --> 00:06:50,633 A WORKER BEGINS SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY 109 00:06:50,702 --> 00:06:52,501 REMOVING THE MASKING TAPE. 110 00:06:52,570 --> 00:06:55,596 PERFECTLY FORMED RACING STRIPES EMERGE. 111 00:06:58,293 --> 00:07:01,027 PEELING THE MASKING SYSTEM OFF THE GUMBALL 112 00:07:01,029 --> 00:07:04,455 REQUIRES ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT OF CARE AND PRECISION 113 00:07:04,491 --> 00:07:06,717 AS APPLYING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 114 00:07:06,852 --> 00:07:11,246 UNDERNEATH IS A FLAWLESS CIRCLE READY FOR ITS RACING NUMBER. 115 00:07:13,317 --> 00:07:17,044 SOME OWNERS MIGHT CHOOSE TO HAVE THE NUMBER 6 PAINTED ON, 116 00:07:17,046 --> 00:07:20,439 SINCE THIS WAS THE NUMBER SPORTED BY THE FAMOUS GT40 117 00:07:20,574 --> 00:07:23,868 THAT WON THE 24-HOUR LE MANS RACE TWICE IN A ROW. 118 00:07:37,420 --> 00:07:39,679 Narrator: AMONG THE MANY FEATURES 119 00:07:39,814 --> 00:07:42,607 THAT IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFY A GT40 ARE THE SEATS, 120 00:07:42,742 --> 00:07:46,369 WITH THEIR LOW-SLUNG POSITION AND DISTINCTIVE BREATHER HOLES. 121 00:07:46,405 --> 00:07:48,204 COMBINING COMFORT AND UTILITY, 122 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,932 THESE ARE THE SEATS OF A WORKING RACECAR. 123 00:07:53,337 --> 00:07:56,029 A SPECIALIST BEGINS THE UPHOLSTERY PROCESS 124 00:07:56,098 --> 00:07:58,957 BY QUILTING A SECTION OF SEAT-COVER MATERIAL 125 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,392 ONTO A BACKING FOAM. 126 00:08:01,495 --> 00:08:05,289 THE SEAT-COVER MATERIAL IS KNOWN AS ALCANTARA. 127 00:08:05,424 --> 00:08:07,182 THIS IS A TRADEMARKED PRODUCT 128 00:08:07,218 --> 00:08:10,186 THAT IMITATES THE LOOK AND FEEL OF SUEDE LEATHER. 129 00:08:10,255 --> 00:08:11,512 IT'S SO CONVINCING 130 00:08:11,514 --> 00:08:14,482 THAT PEOPLE OFTEN MISTAKE IT FOR THE REAL THING. 131 00:08:16,178 --> 00:08:18,110 MANUFACTURERS PRODUCE ALCANTARA 132 00:08:18,146 --> 00:08:21,239 FROM A COMBINATION OF POLYESTER AND POLYURETHANE, 133 00:08:21,308 --> 00:08:24,535 WHICH THEY PUT THROUGH A HIGH-TECH SPINNING PROCESS 134 00:08:24,670 --> 00:08:27,329 TO CREATE A FIBER WITH EXTREMELY LOW MASS. 135 00:08:27,464 --> 00:08:29,798 THEY FURTHER PROCESS THE FIBER 136 00:08:29,867 --> 00:08:32,793 WITH A COMPLEX TEXTILE OPERATION. 137 00:08:32,829 --> 00:08:35,262 THIS INCLUDES NEEDLE PUNCHING, 138 00:08:35,264 --> 00:08:37,122 BUFFING, IMPREGNATION, 139 00:08:37,192 --> 00:08:40,485 EXTRACTION, FINISHING, AND DYEING. 140 00:08:40,487 --> 00:08:43,354 THE RESULT IS A COMFORTABLE, STAIN-RESISTANT, 141 00:08:43,489 --> 00:08:45,347 AND HIGHLY DURABLE MATERIAL -- 142 00:08:45,384 --> 00:08:46,749 EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED 143 00:08:46,818 --> 00:08:49,745 WHEN YOU'RE RACING AROUND THE ROADS OF LE MANS 144 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,206 FOR 24 HOURS IN HOT JUNE WEATHER. 145 00:08:54,676 --> 00:08:57,269 THE ORIGINAL GT40 HAD NO AIR CONDITIONING, 146 00:08:57,271 --> 00:09:00,130 SO THE DRIVERS MUST HAVE BEEN SWEATING BUCKETS 147 00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:02,433 DURING THEIR STINTS AT THE WHEEL. 148 00:09:04,295 --> 00:09:06,095 THOSE BREATHER HOLES WERE THERE 149 00:09:06,164 --> 00:09:08,456 TO ALLOW FOR SOME AIR CIRCULATION. 150 00:09:12,554 --> 00:09:15,221 THIS SECTION OF SEAT-COVER MATERIAL 151 00:09:15,257 --> 00:09:17,315 IS READY FOR THE NEXT PHASE. 152 00:09:17,317 --> 00:09:19,517 BECAUSE BREATHER HOLES ARE PIERCED 153 00:09:19,553 --> 00:09:22,379 THROUGH BOTH THE MATERIAL AND THE BACKING FOAM, 154 00:09:22,448 --> 00:09:23,981 THEY NEED REINFORCEMENT. 155 00:09:28,646 --> 00:09:32,932 THE REINFORCEMENT IS CALLED A SEAT GROMMET, OR EYELET. 156 00:09:33,001 --> 00:09:36,335 A WORKER EASES ONE SECTION THROUGH THE HOLE, 157 00:09:36,470 --> 00:09:39,330 THEN FITS THE BACKING PIECE OVER IT. 158 00:09:39,332 --> 00:09:41,858 A HAND-OPERATED PRESS FOLDS THE METAL 159 00:09:41,927 --> 00:09:45,320 IN A WAY THAT FIRMLY GRIPS BOTH SIDES OF THE FABRIC. 160 00:09:45,389 --> 00:09:48,323 THE FINISHED EYELETS ADD TO THE VINTAGE LOOK 161 00:09:48,458 --> 00:09:49,816 OF THE SEAT MATERIAL. 162 00:09:49,952 --> 00:09:54,479 THEY ONCE HAD A FUNCTIONAL PURPOSE. 163 00:09:54,515 --> 00:09:57,349 NOW THEY'RE JUST THERE FOR LOOKS. 164 00:09:57,351 --> 00:09:58,876 UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL, 165 00:09:59,011 --> 00:10:03,039 THE NEW SUPERFORMANCE GT40s ARE FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED. 166 00:10:10,899 --> 00:10:14,559 NOW A CRAFTSMAN BEGINS GLUING THE SEAT-COVER MATERIAL 167 00:10:14,628 --> 00:10:16,361 ONTO THE FOAM CUSHIONING. 168 00:10:16,496 --> 00:10:19,623 FOAM IS ONE OF THE FEW CONTEMPORARY FEATURES 169 00:10:19,625 --> 00:10:21,725 THAT SUPERFORMANCE HAS ADDED. 170 00:10:23,521 --> 00:10:26,514 THE ORIGINAL GT40s HAD WOVEN ELASTICATED WEBBING 171 00:10:26,649 --> 00:10:28,983 UNDER THE SEAT COVERS FOR COMFORT. 172 00:10:30,645 --> 00:10:33,579 THE TENSION OF THE WEBBING COULD BE INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTED 173 00:10:33,714 --> 00:10:35,840 FOR THE WEIGHT OF A PARTICULAR DRIVER. 174 00:10:38,178 --> 00:10:41,004 RACECAR DRIVERS, LIKE HORSE JOCKEYS, 175 00:10:41,006 --> 00:10:43,665 TENDED TO BE SMALL AND LIGHTWEIGHT. 176 00:10:43,734 --> 00:10:45,333 GOOD THING, TOO, 177 00:10:45,369 --> 00:10:49,729 BECAUSE THE GT40 DIDN'T HAVE MUCH ROOM TO SPARE. 178 00:10:49,765 --> 00:10:52,791 IN FACT, THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A GT40. 179 00:10:52,827 --> 00:10:55,018 "GT" STANDS FOR GRAND TOURING, 180 00:10:55,088 --> 00:10:56,754 WHILE THE 40 IS THERE 181 00:10:56,756 --> 00:11:00,917 BECAUSE THE CAR IS JUST OVER 3 FEET TALL, AT 40 INCHES. 182 00:11:03,746 --> 00:11:06,347 THAT'S VERY LOW TO THE GROUND. 183 00:11:06,416 --> 00:11:07,740 FOR A TALL DRIVER, 184 00:11:07,776 --> 00:11:10,510 THE COCKPIT CAN FEEL A BIT CRAMPED. 185 00:11:12,539 --> 00:11:16,833 LEGENDARY RACECAR DRIVER DAN GURNEY WAS 6'4". 186 00:11:16,969 --> 00:11:20,896 TO HELP HIM SQUEEZE INTO THE GT40, 187 00:11:20,965 --> 00:11:23,165 A SPECIALIST NAMED PHIL REMINGTON 188 00:11:23,234 --> 00:11:24,625 CREATED A METAL BUBBLE 189 00:11:24,694 --> 00:11:28,254 AND RIVETED IT TO THE ROOF TO ACCOMMODATE GURNEY'S HEAD. 190 00:11:29,557 --> 00:11:32,917 IT'S SINCE BECOME KNOWN AS THE GURNEY BUBBLE. 191 00:11:32,986 --> 00:11:36,913 MANY CUSTOMERS SPECIFICALLY REQUEST IT FOR THEIR CAR. 192 00:11:38,884 --> 00:11:42,177 WITH THE BUBBLE ABOVE AND THIS SEAT UNDERNEATH, 193 00:11:42,312 --> 00:11:45,572 THE GT40 PROVIDES A COMFY RIDE ON ANY SURFACE, 194 00:11:45,641 --> 00:11:48,333 WHETHER IT'S A PITTED OLD DIRT ROAD 195 00:11:48,369 --> 00:11:50,502 OR A NEWLY PAVED SUPERHIGHWAY. 196 00:12:00,366 --> 00:12:02,758 Narrator: TO MAKE SURE THEIR GT40s 197 00:12:02,893 --> 00:12:04,693 ARE AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE, 198 00:12:04,762 --> 00:12:06,520 SUPERFORMANCE CUSTOM-BUILDS 199 00:12:06,556 --> 00:12:09,123 NEARLY ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE CAR. 200 00:12:09,125 --> 00:12:11,985 THE MANUFACTURER THAT MADE THE ORIGINAL GAUGES 201 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,479 STILL PRODUCES THEM 50 YEARS LATER. 202 00:12:16,416 --> 00:12:17,582 BASED IN THE U.K., 203 00:12:17,717 --> 00:12:19,976 THE INSTRUMENT-GAUGE MANUFACTURER 204 00:12:20,012 --> 00:12:23,472 STILL USES THE ORIGINAL TOOLING TO MAKE THEIR PRODUCTS. 205 00:12:23,607 --> 00:12:25,073 BACK IN THE LATE '60s, 206 00:12:25,109 --> 00:12:28,001 ALL OF THE DASHBOARD COMPONENTS WERE ANALOG. 207 00:12:28,137 --> 00:12:31,597 SUPERFORMANCE ENSURES THAT THE DASHBOARD OF THEIR GT40s 208 00:12:31,732 --> 00:12:34,659 REMAIN REMAIN TRUE TO THIS OLD-SCHOOL LOOK. 209 00:12:38,164 --> 00:12:40,356 HERE, A SPECIALIST QUICKLY 210 00:12:40,358 --> 00:12:43,217 AND CAREFULLY LAYS OUT THE WIRING 211 00:12:43,253 --> 00:12:46,154 ON A SETUP CALLED A HARNESS BOARD. 212 00:12:46,289 --> 00:12:50,016 WHILE THE BOARD MAY LOOK CONFUSING AND INTIMIDATING, 213 00:12:50,151 --> 00:12:53,745 THE WIRING SCHEME HAS SIMPLY BEEN DOUBLED BACK ON ITSELF 214 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,638 A FEW TIMES TO SAVE SPACE. 215 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:59,135 OTHERWISE, THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO BE THE LENGTH 216 00:12:59,237 --> 00:13:01,070 OF AN ENTIRE GT40. 217 00:13:07,395 --> 00:13:09,094 A BACK VIEW OF THE DASHBOARD 218 00:13:09,130 --> 00:13:12,023 REVEALS SOME OF THE SAME VINTAGE WIRING FEATURES 219 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:15,426 THAT YOU WOULD SEE IF YOU TOOK APART AN ORIGINAL GT40. 220 00:13:15,429 --> 00:13:17,587 THESE INCLUDE MECHANICAL GAUGES 221 00:13:17,589 --> 00:13:20,682 THAT ARE INSERTED DIRECTLY INTO THE ENGINE. 222 00:13:22,086 --> 00:13:24,711 BRASS FITTINGS ON THE ENDS OF SOME OF THE WIRES 223 00:13:24,747 --> 00:13:27,414 SIT DIRECTLY IN THE ENGINE-FLUID COMPARTMENTS. 224 00:13:34,741 --> 00:13:37,000 BACK IN THE FABRICATION AREA, 225 00:13:37,135 --> 00:13:40,261 A TECHNICIAN PREPARES TO MANUFACTURE 226 00:13:40,263 --> 00:13:43,931 ONE OF THE GT40's REAR CONTROL ARMS BY HAND. 227 00:13:43,967 --> 00:13:46,526 HE CLAMPS ALL THE PARTS INTO A JIG 228 00:13:46,595 --> 00:13:49,154 THAT IS CUSTOM-MADE FOR THIS PART. 229 00:13:49,289 --> 00:13:54,251 ONCE EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE, HE TIG-WELDS IT ALL TOGETHER. 230 00:13:55,988 --> 00:13:57,746 EVERY ELEMENT OF THIS COMPONENT 231 00:13:57,748 --> 00:13:59,948 IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL, 232 00:13:59,984 --> 00:14:03,544 RIGHT DOWN TO THE DIMENSION AND THICKNESS OF THE STEEL TUBES. 233 00:14:05,973 --> 00:14:08,899 THE CONTROL ARM IS A HINGED SUSPENSION LINK 234 00:14:08,935 --> 00:14:11,703 BETWEEN THE CHASSIS AND THE HUB ASSEMBLY. 235 00:14:11,838 --> 00:14:12,962 UNLIKE A WISHBONE, 236 00:14:13,031 --> 00:14:16,032 IT HAS ONLY ONE CONNECTING POINT TO THE CHASSIS. 237 00:14:16,101 --> 00:14:19,428 THIS MEANS THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM NEEDS A SEPARATE LINK, 238 00:14:19,563 --> 00:14:20,695 OR RADIUS ROD, 239 00:14:20,698 --> 00:14:23,357 TO HELP CONTROL THE MOVEMENT OF THE WHEEL. 240 00:14:25,127 --> 00:14:27,853 THE SUSPENSION FOR THE SUPERFORMANCE GT40 241 00:14:27,988 --> 00:14:31,082 FOLLOWS THE LAYOUT OF THE ORIGINAL PRECISELY. 242 00:14:32,585 --> 00:14:35,378 THE REAR SUSPENSION IS FULLY INDEPENDENT, 243 00:14:35,447 --> 00:14:39,340 AND IT INCLUDES TRAILING ARMS, UNEQUAL-LENGTH LATERAL ARMS, 244 00:14:39,376 --> 00:14:42,669 COIL SPRINGS, TUBE SHOCKS, AND AN ANTI-ROLL BAR. 245 00:14:45,007 --> 00:14:48,133 THE FRONT SUSPENSION FEATURES UNEQUAL-LENGTH A-ARMS 246 00:14:48,268 --> 00:14:51,061 WITH COIL-OVER SHOCK AND SPRING TECHNOLOGY. 247 00:15:00,056 --> 00:15:03,749 HERE, SPECIALISTS CREATE THE GT40's TWO FUEL TANKS 248 00:15:03,785 --> 00:15:06,611 BY WELDING TOGETHER PRE-BENT SECTIONS 249 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:08,646 OF STAINLESS-STEEL SHEETS. 250 00:15:09,950 --> 00:15:12,975 THIS IS AN ELEMENT IN THE SUPERFORMANCE GT40 251 00:15:13,011 --> 00:15:14,970 THAT DIFFERS FROM THE ORIGINAL. 252 00:15:15,105 --> 00:15:17,372 INSTEAD OF STAINLESS STEEL, 253 00:15:17,507 --> 00:15:20,967 THE FUEL TANKS IN THE 1960s FORD GT40s 254 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:23,829 WERE FLEXIBLE BLADDERS MADE OF RUBBER. 255 00:15:23,831 --> 00:15:28,125 THESE TANKS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, BUT THEY'RE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. 256 00:15:28,194 --> 00:15:29,660 USING STAINLESS STEEL, 257 00:15:29,795 --> 00:15:33,056 SUPERFORMANCE IS ABLE TO BUILD THEIR OWN TANKS. 258 00:15:34,192 --> 00:15:36,584 STAINLESS STEEL IS LESS EXPENSIVE, 259 00:15:36,719 --> 00:15:40,579 SAFER, MORE DURABLE, AND CAN BE BUILT AND TESTED IN HOUSE. 260 00:15:40,616 --> 00:15:43,775 TECHNICIANS NOW TEST OUT THE FINISHED TANKS 261 00:15:43,811 --> 00:15:47,337 BY FILLING THEM WITH AIR, SEALING THEIR OPENINGS, 262 00:15:47,406 --> 00:15:50,407 AND IMMERSING THEM IN A VAT OF WATER. 263 00:15:50,476 --> 00:15:55,070 WITH NO SIGN OF RISING BUBBLES, THIS TANK IS LEAK-FREE. 264 00:16:03,566 --> 00:16:07,859 Narrator: IT MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC RACECARS EVER MADE, 265 00:16:07,895 --> 00:16:10,588 BUT EVEN ICONS HAVE TO BE ASSEMBLED. 266 00:16:10,590 --> 00:16:14,784 IT'S TIME FOR THOSE HANDMADE COMPONENTS TO COME TOGETHER 267 00:16:14,919 --> 00:16:17,779 AND FORM A FULLY OPERATIONAL GT40. 268 00:16:19,583 --> 00:16:21,941 TECHNICIANS INSERT THE STAINLESS-STEEL FUEL TANKS 269 00:16:22,010 --> 00:16:23,143 INTO THEIR COMPARTMENTS. 270 00:16:23,212 --> 00:16:25,604 THE COMPARTMENTS RUN LIKE HOLSTERS 271 00:16:25,739 --> 00:16:27,539 ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CAR. 272 00:16:28,942 --> 00:16:30,401 WITH THE ORIGINAL CAR, 273 00:16:30,536 --> 00:16:32,937 THE TWO TANKS WERE LINKED BY A BIG TUBE, 274 00:16:33,072 --> 00:16:34,864 WHICH RAN THROUGH THE COCKPIT, 275 00:16:34,866 --> 00:16:36,932 DIRECTLY UNDER THE DRIVER'S LEGS. 276 00:16:37,068 --> 00:16:40,027 IT WAS AN ASTOUNDING SAFETY HAZARD 277 00:16:40,163 --> 00:16:44,423 AND IS COMPLETELY UNTHINKABLE IN A CONTEMPORARY CAR. 278 00:16:44,459 --> 00:16:46,484 BACK IN THE LATE 1960s, 279 00:16:46,486 --> 00:16:50,021 RACECAR-DRIVER SAFETY WAS A LOW PRIORITY. 280 00:16:50,049 --> 00:16:52,682 THESE DAYS, IT'S THE TOP PRIORITY. 281 00:16:52,818 --> 00:16:57,045 SUPERFORMANCE HAS REROUTED THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO TANKS. 282 00:16:57,114 --> 00:16:59,640 NOW THEY'RE JOINED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. 283 00:16:59,775 --> 00:17:04,103 WORKERS ATTACH THE FIRST OF THE EXTERIOR BODY PANELS. 284 00:17:04,105 --> 00:17:08,432 THE VEHICLE IS BEGINNING TO TAKE ON THE LEGENDARY FORM 285 00:17:08,468 --> 00:17:09,667 OF THE GT40. 286 00:17:12,597 --> 00:17:16,191 A TECHNICIAN INSTALLS THE ALUMINUM EXPANSION TANK. 287 00:17:16,326 --> 00:17:20,721 SUPERFORMANCE BOASTS THAT OVER 70% OF THE PARTS IN THEIR GT40s 288 00:17:20,856 --> 00:17:23,715 ARE INTERCHANGEABLE WITH THE ORIGINAL. 289 00:17:23,784 --> 00:17:25,317 CUSTOM-BUILT IN HOUSE, 290 00:17:25,386 --> 00:17:28,679 THE EXPANSION TANK IS ONE OF THOSE MANY PARTS. 291 00:17:28,681 --> 00:17:32,207 NEXT, THE BATTERY TRAY GOES IN. 292 00:17:32,243 --> 00:17:33,675 THE BATTERY SITS HERE 293 00:17:33,711 --> 00:17:36,737 BECAUSE THERE'S NO ROOM FOR IT ANYWHERE ELSE. 294 00:17:36,773 --> 00:17:39,933 THE TECHNICIAN THEN INSTALLS AN OIL COOLER 295 00:17:40,068 --> 00:17:42,135 ON TOP OF THE BATTERY TRAY. 296 00:17:45,599 --> 00:17:47,624 NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE WORKERS 297 00:17:47,693 --> 00:17:51,686 TO ATTACH THE REAR SUBASSEMBLY TO THE MONOCOQUE CHASSIS. 298 00:17:51,722 --> 00:17:56,083 A SET OF HINGE POINTS ALLOW THE ENTIRE SUBASSEMBLY TO RAISE UP. 299 00:17:56,218 --> 00:18:00,412 THIS DESIGN FEATURE GIVES MECHANICS FAST AND EASY ACCESS 300 00:18:00,415 --> 00:18:03,616 DURING RACES, WHEN EVERY SECOND COUNTS. 301 00:18:06,512 --> 00:18:10,306 A TECHNICIAN CAREFULLY BOLTS THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM 302 00:18:10,308 --> 00:18:12,233 INTO PLACE. 303 00:18:12,269 --> 00:18:15,169 THE CAR'S SUSPENSION IS CRITICAL IN A CAR LIKE THIS, 304 00:18:15,205 --> 00:18:16,563 ESPECIALLY WITH A CHASSIS 305 00:18:16,632 --> 00:18:19,132 THAT IS ONE OF THE STIFFEST ON THE MARKET. 306 00:18:22,796 --> 00:18:25,990 BUT, OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH-SPEED RACECARS, 307 00:18:26,125 --> 00:18:28,517 THE STIFFER THE CHASSIS, THE BETTER. 308 00:18:34,551 --> 00:18:37,343 WITH THE OPEN C-SHAPED HINGE SYSTEM IN PLACE, 309 00:18:37,379 --> 00:18:40,346 WORKERS CAN NOW BRING THE REAR SECTION OF THE CAR 310 00:18:40,415 --> 00:18:41,673 DOWN INTO POSITION. 311 00:18:46,205 --> 00:18:48,271 A TECHNICIAN USES A RIVETING TOOL 312 00:18:48,307 --> 00:18:50,999 TO ATTACH THE INTAKE FOR A BRAKE-COOLING DUCT. 313 00:18:51,068 --> 00:18:53,761 THIS WILL DIRECT AIR FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR 314 00:18:53,896 --> 00:18:56,597 OVER THE BRAKE DISKS FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY. 315 00:18:58,292 --> 00:19:00,959 THE VENTED-DISK FOUR-POSITION CALIPER BRAKES 316 00:19:00,995 --> 00:19:02,086 COME FROM WILWOOD, 317 00:19:02,155 --> 00:19:04,755 A LEADING MANUFACTURER OF BRAKE COMPONENTS. 318 00:19:04,757 --> 00:19:06,282 THEY MAKE BRAKE PARTS 319 00:19:06,318 --> 00:19:09,377 FOR EVERYTHING FROM GO-KARTS TO HUMVEES. 320 00:19:16,912 --> 00:19:19,437 NOW WORKERS ADD ALUMINUM CLOSURE PANELS 321 00:19:19,507 --> 00:19:22,699 TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH AND AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY 322 00:19:22,735 --> 00:19:24,701 OF THE CAR. 323 00:19:24,737 --> 00:19:28,664 THE SUPERFORMANCE FACTORY IN SOUTH AFRICA SHIPS OUT GT40s 324 00:19:28,666 --> 00:19:32,526 WITH EVERYTHING BUT THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. 325 00:19:32,529 --> 00:19:35,187 CUSTOMERS CAN CHOOSE WHAT POWER TRAIN TO ADD 326 00:19:35,257 --> 00:19:36,589 WHEN THE CAR ARRIVES. 327 00:19:37,659 --> 00:19:41,185 THE ORIGINAL GT40 HAD A DRY-SUMP OIL TANK, 328 00:19:41,254 --> 00:19:43,679 WHICH IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. 329 00:19:43,715 --> 00:19:46,149 SUPERFORMANCE HAS CLEVERLY CONCEALED 330 00:19:46,243 --> 00:19:48,477 THE CAR'S AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM 331 00:19:48,612 --> 00:19:50,571 INSIDE A REPLICA OF THAT TANK. 332 00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:55,935 ONCE THE POWER TRAIN HAS BEEN INSTALLED, 333 00:19:56,070 --> 00:19:59,463 TECHNICIANS PUT THE VEHICLE THROUGH A RIGOROUS DYNO TEST, 334 00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:01,065 JUST TO MAKE SURE THE CAR 335 00:20:01,067 --> 00:20:03,293 MEETS ALL THE STRINGENT PARAMETERS 336 00:20:03,428 --> 00:20:05,028 OF THE ORIGINAL GT40 DESIGN. 337 00:20:05,163 --> 00:20:09,824 THE SUPERFORMANCE GT40 ACTUALLY OUTPERFORMS ITS PREDECESSOR. 338 00:20:09,959 --> 00:20:12,886 WHILE THE ENGINES THEY INSTALL ARE MODERN VERSIONS 339 00:20:13,021 --> 00:20:16,215 OF THE ONES FROM THE 1960s, THEY'RE MUCH MORE POWERFUL. 340 00:20:16,350 --> 00:20:18,283 SUPERFORMANCE RECOMMENDS 341 00:20:18,352 --> 00:20:22,980 A SPECIALLY PREPARED FORD RACING ENGINE, OR SHELBY ENGINE, 342 00:20:23,041 --> 00:20:27,368 BUILT WITH THE NEW ZF/RBT STYLE FIVE-SPEED TRANSAXLE. 343 00:20:27,370 --> 00:20:30,037 HOWEVER, CUSTOMERS CAN CHOOSE 344 00:20:30,106 --> 00:20:34,300 ANY FORD BASE 289, 302, OR 351W SMALL-BLOCK, 345 00:20:34,369 --> 00:20:38,129 OR A 427 BIG BLOCK ENGINE. 346 00:20:38,165 --> 00:20:41,391 HENRY FORD II FINALLY GOT HIS REVENGE 347 00:20:41,460 --> 00:20:44,853 ON ENZO FERRARI WITH THE AMAZING GT40, 348 00:20:44,855 --> 00:20:47,981 PUTTING AN END TO THE LEGENDARY ITALIAN CAR MAKER'S 349 00:20:48,017 --> 00:20:50,384 SIX-YEAR WINNING STREAK AT LE MANS. 350 00:20:53,881 --> 00:20:57,742 FORD WAS ACTUALLY IN ATTENDANCE WHEN THE GT40 POWERED TO VICTORY 351 00:20:57,877 --> 00:21:00,403 AT LE MANS IN 1966, 352 00:21:00,538 --> 00:21:03,940 BECOMING THE FIRST CAR FROM AN AMERICAN MANUFACTURER 353 00:21:03,942 --> 00:21:05,467 TO EVER WIN THAT RACE. 354 00:21:12,193 --> 00:21:14,492 THE SPEED MACHINE DOMINATED THE WORLD 355 00:21:14,562 --> 00:21:17,021 OF LONG-DISTANCE CAR RACING FOR YEARS. 356 00:21:20,026 --> 00:21:22,551 NO WONDER SO MANY CAR AFICIONADOS 357 00:21:22,686 --> 00:21:25,913 DREAM OF OWNING THIS ICON OF RACING HISTORY. 358 00:21:26,048 --> 00:21:29,609 THANKS TO SUPERFORMANCE, THAT DREAM CAN BE FULFILLED. 28623

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