Darth Vader, Your car is Here


nota4re

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I recently had the pleasure to do some modifications and routine maintenance to Don's (aka DGCA) GT's. Some of you may have seen the blurb in July's Road & Track with Don's Blue/White stripe car achieving 235.4 from a standing start on a 2 mile runway in Central California. What an unbelievable accomplishment! As part of the quid pro quo for using the runway, many additional runs into triple digits were made with Navy personnel wanting to simulate the next best thing to carrier launches!

Well, when Don isn't having fun with the Hennesey TT, he always has his ultra-low-mile Darth Vader mobile to run to the grocery store with! With Don's permission, I thought I would share some pictures of the later car.

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This next pic is a close-up of the newly installed RBD kit with the Borla exhaust and tips. This car is DEFINITELY a lot quieter than the TT car!

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This next pic is what ~3,000HP looks like. Figure ~650HP each for the pullied' Vader mobile and my Tungsten. ~1,000HP for the covered TT. 400HP for the Denali, and ~350HP for the AWD Subi. Screw gas prices!!

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Finally, here's a couple of pics of Kip's latest works of art!! complete CF door panels. Again, the pictures hardly do the panels justice. All of the edges of Kip's panels are rolled and the quality is second to none just as we have come to expect from anything Kip touches!

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dbk

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That looks excellent.
 

Kingman

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I have already left drool marks on this bad boy at Cs&C.

Sorry 'bout that Don. :frown

NASTY!!!!!
 

STORMCAT

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Outstanding !! the CF panels look Great.. Good Job Kip !!
 

silver1331

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Looks great! What kind of finish is on the stock wheels? Black chrome?
 

MAD IN NC

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well - looks like Bony missed a piece of CF :lol
 

Beach-GT

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Should black out the gas cap.
 

Fubar

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Should black out the gas cap.

And the levers for the gas cap and boot. That car look sinister. :thumbsup
 

shelbyelite

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I sold Don that car about 3 or 4 months ago! If I remember correctly, it had 25 miles on it when I sold it to him! :cheers Great guy! I really enjoyed working with him as he is one of the nicest guys I have had the pleasure dealing with! Car looks AWESOME Don!! :cheers :thumbsup


Don, go ahead and send me a set of those door panels as my prize for getting your that perfect car! :lol
Just kidding, if anyone should be sending anyone anything, I should be sending you some of Bonys makers! :cheers
 

soroush

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very nice! my favorite color combo.
 

somelee

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I'm coming for ya Don! :biggrin ....but seriously...looks great...nice job!
 

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DGCA

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I have had a lot of fun modifying both of my FGT's and love driving them both. I would like to thank John Hennessey, Kip Ewing, Shelby Smith and Kendall Pond for helping me with these two Gt's. They are all professionals and I look forward to the third GT!
 

Kingman

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I have had a lot of fun modifying both of my FGT's and love driving them both. I would like to thank John Hennessey, Kip Ewing, Shelby Smith and Kendall Pond for helping me with these two Gt's. They are all professionals and I look forward to the third GT!

You are tooooooooo modest big fella!!
 

soroush

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I'm coming for ya Don! :biggrin ....but seriously...looks great...nice job!


saw you traded in the I forged for HRE's any reason? or just got bored of the setup. HRE's look nice but I like the Iforged better:biggrin car looks great.
 

somelee

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saw you traded in the I forged for HRE's any reason? or just got bored of the setup. HRE's look nice but I like the Iforged better:biggrin car looks great.

still have the iforged ......had a little problem with them though...so I decided to get a set of HRE's. Still not sure I've found the look I'm after.......sometimes it feels like an endless quest.........thanks for filling me with more doubt! :wink
 

Kingman

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.......sometimes it feels like an endless quest.........thanks for filling me with more doubt! :wink

That's what keeps the magazine's in business :biggrin
 

BlackICE

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I'm coming for ya Don! :biggrin ....but seriously...looks great...nice job!

Fantastic shine! :thumbsup

What do you use on the finish?
 

somelee

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Fantastic shine! :thumbsup

What do you use on the finish?

you asking me or Don? I just use that Maguires quick detailer..after I wash it..seems to work pretty good.

the more I look at Dons car and a few others on this site....I'm thinking I may need to go with solid black wheels. I just looks meaner. I'm also thinking of going back to the stock size wheel 18" 19"....I dunno.....anyway I may have a set of HRE's and Iforged for sale sometime soon :wink

didn't mean to hijack the post with all my business....just thought the dueling black cars was kinda fun.
 

somelee

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oh and for the record....the blacked out headlights were just an experiment I did today.....its a removable film. I realized it kind of makes the car look a little dated.....they are coming off right now!
 

shelbyelite

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I like the HREs and the black film! :thumbsup
I AM from arkansas though.....