Description
A senior production engineer at Ford’s Swansea Transmission Plant where the Blue Oval housed its Heritage Collection for many years, Kenneth Vincent Atwell jumped at the chance to assist in the restoration of an original GT40 which had been damaged during a filming incident provided that his employers allowed him to take body moulds. Based around a bespoke tubular chassis equipped with Ford running gear, the first KVA GT40 Evocation took to the roads in late 1982. A feature article in Motor magazine the following year put the fledgling concern firmly on the map. Operating with Ford’s blessing, but effectively run as a hobby business by Mrs Atwell, KVA drew the attention of enthusiasts worldwide as well as inspiring a host of other companies to start producing their own homages to the Le Mans-winning legend. The KVA GT40 was progressively refined and developed over time, partially because customers wished to fit more and more powerful V8 engines, before the company was sold to Jules Hoffman of Integrity Motors in Florida during 1994.
Kenneth's mold was taken from the original car.
Here is one of those KVA GT40 REPLICA's
BUILT BY ENGINEER WHO SADLY PASSED
TAKEN TO LEMANS CLASSIC FOR TRIBUTE LAP
VERY AUTHENTIC LOOKING GT40 302 FORD
HOLLEY 4 BARREL
NEW CARB AND CALIPERS FITTED
THE CAR RUNS STOPS AND STARTS
NEEDS FURTHER RECOMMISIONING
WAS LAST MOT'D 2011
REGRETABLE SALE DUE TO HOUSE PROJECT
