FIA Continuation SeriesThere is very little information about it, but not all classic cars you saw are really old. Some of them are more modern than your own car, sorry. Being a continuation series, the new cars will receive a unique code and will be listed in the official brand registry. They will perfectly replicate both aesthetically and mechanically but are upgraded to contemporary standards, with HTP FIA-approval Theses cars are acceptable for the FIA Historic Technical Passport (HTP) regulations that is a document that sets out the technical specification of the car for the homologation period requested and making them eligible for historic racing. Prices are varied, they usually oscillate between € 100,000 and € 550,000 approximately
1. AUTHORIZED MANUFACTURERS
It is the most common case, there are a number of authorized manufacturers, especially for the manufacture of Shelby cobras and GT40s.
For example, for the GT40 you can find brands like Superformance, Gelscoe motorsport and Holman. If you are looking for a Shelby FIA Continuation Series you will find automakers like Shelby (Original one), All Pro Cars, Kirkham Motorsports and Superformance
2. USING A DAMAGE CHASSIS
Spray-Tec directly uses a totally damaged chassis and rebuilds the car on it, so the matching numbers remain the original. It can be considered as a recreation or as an amazing restoration work. They also recreate, under the same pretext, the Aston Martin DB4
Bob Norwood is offering a California Spyder rebody at a fraction of the original one's price, about 600k$. The chassis is shortened from the 2+2 configuration to SWB Ferrari length and, using three-dimensional digital scanning technology, is rebodied in alloy to the same dimensions as the original Ferrari California GT 250 Spyder. Each of the cars in this limited production retains the original 330 serial number and is a real Ferrari, not a replica.
Here you can see the full list of Ferrari replica automakers
Many original brands are building again classic cars under the original specifications according the requirements to be to be eligible as a FIA Continuation Series
3. ORIGINAL AUTOMAKERS
Bentley
Yes, you can call Bentley today to buy this car like any other current model
Jaguar
The same thing happens with Jaguar
Jaguar Classic is re-starting production of the iconic D‑type race car in Coventry, 62 years after the last example was built in 1956. Just 25 new examples of the D‑type will be meticulously hand-built at Jaguar. In 1955 Jaguar planned to build 100 D-types. With only 75 completed, Jaguar Classic is now fulfilling the company’s original ambition by creating 25 all-new, period-correct sports cars.
Jaguar also recreate six units of the Jaguar E-Type Lightweight. Here you can see a full list of Jaguar replica manufacturers
Other car brands like Lola, Crosslé, Chevron, Scarab and Lister keep manufacturing FIA Continuation Series in very limited series
Chaparral 2E
For the reborn of Chaparral brand to revive their iconic 2E, Chaparral uses original body molds,original engineering drawings and they even employ some of the people from the original team
Having original plans it's very important to creates high added value cars, and much more important for the FIA Continuation Series. For example, Gelscoe Motorsport have the GT40 original drawings. Unseen for over 25 years and thought to have been destroyed when FAV closed it’s doors for the final time. The wooden drawing cabinet you see in this picture is the original FAV chest containing the only original and complete set of GT40 drawings in existence.
AC Cars Ltd (Malta)
The AC Ace 221 is based on the original body style that was developed for the Rudd Speed version of the Ace in 1960 in combination with chassis, suspension and body modifications that were developed by the AC engineering team for the installation of the then new 221 cu in. Ford V-8 engine including slight flaring of the fenders in order to accommodate wider wheels and tires on all four corners.
The Ace Bristol is a continuation of the famous 1954 AC Ace that dominated racing in the US and abroad throughout the late 1950’s. Today AC provides mounting configuration for both the Ford EcoBoost 2 L 4 cylinder and 2.7 L 6 cylinder engines. The shape of the original Ace Bristol is maintained however the dimensions of the passenger compartment are slightly increased to accommodate the 95% of typical drivers and passengers in today’s marketplace. The Ace has four wheel independent wishbone suspension, coil over shocks, modern disc brakes, differential, electronics and interior amenities. AC was incorporated in Malta in 2002 until 2007. The AC MKIII went into series production in July 2012 after two years of intense prototyping and development but this car is not in current production.
Similar cases happen with some reborn or revival series. They are not intended to get the FIA HTP because they are not destined for racing series, but the essence it's the same. These following cars are documented in the official registers of their respective brands
Alvis cars were produced by the manufacturer Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd of Coventry, United Kingdom from 1919 to 1967. Nowadays, Alvis, is resuming production of the most emblematic Alvis models from the original works drawings and using remanufactured parts
In 1936 Atalanta’s innovative approach to sports car design produced arguably the most technically advanced British sports car of the era, but only 21 original cars were produced
The Atalanta ‘Revival’ car embraces the elegance and style of the 1930’s original, remaining true to the original Atalanta design principles, and where appropriate employs the use of modern materials and technology to ensure reliability, performance and safety.
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PORSCHE 64 1939 replica
The world’s first Porsche. $17 M dollars was offered in a auction and it didn't reach the reserve price
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McKernan - Australia
Michel - Philippines Motorious - Netherlands Muscle Car Corp - Mexico Pilgrim - England RC Speedster - Australia ReplicarHellas - Greece RH Motor - Czech Republic Rock West Racing - USA Seppe - Belgium Severn - England Specialty Auto-Sports - USA Speed Classic - Mexico Speedster - Italy Speedster Clinic - England Technic / Martin & Walker Limited - England Thunderranch (McBurnie) - USA Tygan (Chadder) - England Universal Products - South Africa USA-Hit (Dolphin) - Japan V8 Speedster - USA Venus - USA Vinos - Indonesia Vintage Speedsters Inc. - USA Vintage Spyders - USA Yumos - Indonesia PORSCHE 550 1953 replica
502 Motorworks - USA
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McKernan - Australia
Michel - Philippines Mud Cars - Mexico Perrys - USA QF - Argentina ReplicarHellas - Greece RH Motor - Czech Republic Rock West Racing - USA Speed Classic - Mexico Spyder Creations - USA Stuttgart Spyders - USA Technic / Martin & Walker Limited - England Thunderranch (McBurnie) - USA Universal Products - South Africa Vintage Spyders - USA Vintech - France Wittera (Retro Made) - Germany
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PORSCHE 718 RSK 1957 replica
Custom CoachWerks / Kitman Motors - USA
Rock West Racing - USA Runge - USA Spyders inc - England Thunderranch (McBurnie) - USA Universal Products - South Africa PORSCHE 911 1963 replica
All 911 generations - Some of them may use a donor 911 if there is a conversion and a true engineering project behind it and not an high quality restoration.
Emory - USA
GuntherWerks - USA Kremer - Brazil Ninemeister - England Rennsport - England Singer - USA PORSCHE 904 1964 replica
962and904 - Canada
Beck - USA Custom CoachWerks / Kitman Motors - USA Duel - Netherlands Kurek - Germany Rock West Racing - USA Seppe - Belgium Technic / Martin & Walker Limited - England Thunderranch (McBurnie) - USA PORSCHE 906 , Porsche 910 1966 replicas
Porsche 906 , 908 short-tail and 910
Beck - USA
Gemini - Germany Kreisel - Austria Mazzanti - Italy McKernan - Australia Rock West Racing - USA Spyder Werks - England VRC - Argentina PORSCHE 917 1970 replica
AC Design - Brazil
Gemini - Germany Faroux - Netherlands Icon Engineering - England Racing Legend Car (Bailey) - South Africa RCR - USA TWR Replicas - England
Designing is designing, also in small scale - See the build process by clicking on the images
HOW A REPLICA IS CREATED?
There are many ways to create a low-volume car.
One-off replicas are usually handcrafted by coachbuilders like Mark Nugent or like the famous Rod Tempero. In brief, they can be created by wooden frames and meshes, or by foam, designed from scratch from blueprints, or even scanned. Clay modeling is not as usually in low volume cars, but it's another used option
Chassis design
Icon Engineering designed the chassis using a combination of drawings in several books and original data. It has taken approx 2500 CAD hours to design and engineer the jig and chassis. Then the chassis was simulated by the finite element method to check torsional rigidity and behavior against a frontal impact, among others.
Main chassis (less all brackets and roll bar) is made-up of 206 T45 laser cut tubes. Welding has been a combination of TIG and MIG, dependent on joint design an access.
It's necessary design a rotational jig to allow easy access for welding the upper and underside of the frame.
In brief, the rotational jig is a large brace that keeps the chassis stable allowing accurate location, and keeping parts together in a vice grip to ensure the all tubes would nest accurately and the chassis would build with precission
Then, they have to assemble the first layer of tubes designed in CAD, they have to be perfectly trimmed
Everything must be perfect here, both the jig and the tubes so that they will be perfectly fitted
The chassis is welded in three different heights, first the bottom layer, then the intermediate layer and the third one will be the highest of all. In the following image you can see the piece that is added to fix the tubes of level 1 and 2 while working on the third level
The rolling chassis is done! After 4 years for the chassis and body, and 2500 plus hours on CAD but there are still many adjustments, brackets to add and many tests to do
Body
In this case there was already a body to scan, so the process is 'simplified' since there is no need to design from scratch. Despite this, the amount of work is huge and takes years of work
Then everything goes to the computer to continue working on the 3D sketch
Designer create the car's body using surfaces. The more points scanned, the more faithful it will be. In this case, the CAD used is Catia.
The next step is to get the molds. The theory is simple, but the practice is very complicated. In addition, there are many different molds and options
Then they have to work the body (remember burrs, sanding, epoxy resin ...) and assemble it adjusting the body and correcting possible deviations
There are always numerous modifications to get an excellent final product
Mechanical components
Icon Engineering rebuilt the 964 engine and make a series of changes to reduce the emissions in order to meet the 2018 IVA emission requirements to get road legality.
This car mounts a fully rebuilt 964 3.6L engine and G50 5 speed transmission
Engine and gearbox mounts:
The rebuild engine es assembled with some improves, for example:
- The engine mounts to 15 degs from horizontal, to absorb the torque rotation moments better - A 964RS racing flywheel instead of the heavy dual mass flywheel - GKN Competition Driveshaft
Suspension geometry was laid out based on the original cars dimensions
Then Hundreds of parts are designed specifically for this vehicle and sent to manufacture to racing companies. In other cases, they use directly Porsche Racing components
Even wheels are designed specifically for this car with their own molds. Wheels are a true replica of the original, a 1-piece centre spinner mag rims It took another 6 months to develop a first model into a feasible design for manufacture, and to supply the rim widths required to take both road legal, and track tyres. There was simultaded by CAD (CAE) too. It took 14 months to have the wheels completely finished
Front wheels assembly
Rear wheels assembly
Front brakes are HiSpec Igs model of the radially mounted RX132 6 pot caliper, specifically adapted to suit the 300mm diameter x 32mm wide disc. Rear brakes are RX114 + Spot 28 on the extended back bone
It took a 1 year of design work with the support of HiSpec to get the best package within the 15" mag rims
Handbrake
Cockpit
Seat and seat buck.
They manufactured a first GRP seat prototype, they designed the basic seat support frame and runner systems to replicate an original
They design the dashboard from many photos and blueprints to get a dash board that was as similar as possible to the originals. To build it, they create the surface with wooden ribs
On the left passenger panel are the oil pressure and temperature indicators, and then fuel level and charging. Then in the driver pod, a 150MPH speedo and a 10,000 RPM rev counter.
They are using a Jenvey Injection System, with a Simtek DTA S80 Pro engine management. This management system has the functions listed below, and combined with the Jenvey Injection systems, will allow you to run road and track maps.
Pedals and pedal box are designed to fit directly into the chassis and look like the original. The pedal box and pedals are all laser cut from T515 sheet, with phosphor bronze bush mounting to the pivot tube.
Other components
All components have been designed and manufactured specifically for the 917, according the original design
Oil Cooler
Oil tank
A Pro-Alloy 60l. fuel tank fabricated using S1C Aluminium alloy with formed and TIG welded and with Type IV Polyether fuel tank safety foam
Exhaust system
Windscreen, although it may not seem like it, is complex and expensive to develop.
Headlamp covers
They designed a set of templates which are bonded to a flat profile of the base and onto the lamp aperture to check for size . After the initial prototype, they did a template with Iroko hardwood, bonded, contoured to the template profiles. Then a specialized company will manufacture them in PETG
In conclusion, creating a quality replica involves years of hard work and a lot of money invested.
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