A Brief History

My interest in cars started in 1983 when I built my first VW Beachbuggy, 
licensed as a modified vehicle.  In the summer of 1985, I finished a 
restoration project on a Volvo P 1800.  After that, I became interested 
in GT40's and contacted KVA in England about a kit.  Instead of their kit, 
I decided to design and build my own car, which was a mid-engine design 
with a 355 Chevy engine.  It was approved for the road in 1988, and I drove 
it for two summers.

I spent several years building Countach and Daytona replica kit cars, before 
I was contacted by an old Engineering classmate of mine.  He informed me that 
Solon Starts was developing an electric car, and needed some help designing 
the chassis. I worked for them for 18 months on the project until we had 
completed 3 prototypes.  The project came to an end.  In 1996 I  started a new 
project which was  front engined, and used mainly Volvo components with a hand 
formed Aluminum body.  During this time I was contacted by Koenigsegg Automobile, 
and was hired to design and build door hinges for their cars.  Once the hinges 
were complete, I sold most of my larger machine tools and moved the rest into 
another location to start my own hobby shop.

Some friends gave me some books on the GT40, and my interest in the cars was 
once again revived.  During a business trip to the UK, I visited Tornado Cars, 
and was still not convinced that I should buy a kit car. I decided that I would 
build my own GT40, starting first with a replica, and then moving on to make a 
monocoque as per original.  Since an original car was my first choice, I began 
contacting people all over the world to see if I could find any original drawings. 
As luck would have it, I found a person who was willing to share the original 
drawings with me, and now I found myself in the business of building GT40's. Stefan 
and I converted all of the original drawings into 3D models so that we could make 
all the tooling for the chassis and remainder of the car exactly as it was intended 
to be by the original engineers. I made all new patterns using CNC machined aluminum 
instead of wood, so all dimensions could be controlled accurately. FEM analysis was 
performed on the rear uprights, which were prone to cracks, to improve the part. I 
have delivered several replica kits, and am in the process of building a series of 
20 correct rolling monocoque chassis, which will meet all FIA standards.  The cars 
will be the best quality of any GT40's in the world due to the design and 
manufacturing practices we use to build all of our other parts.  

Goran Olsson