Body Arrival

The Arrival: Unboxing the GT40

After months of waiting, planning, and chasing tracking numbers across continents, today finally felt like Christmas morning — the kind only a gearhead could understand.

The container from Europe arrived at the port in Miami this week. A massive wooden crate, built sturdier than most sheds, sat on the truck outside the shop — stamped with foreign freight stickers and steel bands that hinted at something special inside. I’d been waiting on this shipment for months. Hand-laid overseas albeit not great qaulity, but that didnt’ matter as this was the piece that would finally bring the chassis in the shop to life.

We eased the crate open like it was a time capsule. The smell of resin and carbon filled the air, sharp and unmistakable. Every panel — the doors, clamshells, roof, and fenders — was wrapped, layered, and tossed in the box. Admittedly none of the pieces were strapped or secured.

After months of CAD work, chassis building; recutting, and FEA analysis on the chassis, seeing the body in person felt surreal. Every contour was exactly as seen in pictures, every vent and surface as designed in 1965. It wasn’t just a part — it was the soul of the car finally arriving.

Lifting the first piece onto the wood frame, I could tell immediately a lot of work was to be done and design changes made. This was the moment the Carbon GT40R went from concept to something tangible. A handmade chassis meeting a handmade body, thousands of miles apart — now united in a small Miami workshop built on precision, patience, and a love for machines that move both body and soul.

The long wait was worth every second. The real work — the final fit, finish, and the symphony of metal and carbon — starts now.