Carbon fiber-bodied GT350R on Jay Leno's Garage

[brandonsmash]

[ame]

This is impressive. The entire body is carbon fiber, which saves quite a lot of weight (saving 400-600lb!). The roof, for instance, weighs less than 4 pounds. The fenders? Just a bit over 1 pound each.

Colin Chapman would be proud!

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[saf1]

An additional 70k (ish). Would be interesting to see how that correlates to lap times.

He has a good gig going. Not only a collector but someone who actually drives them.

 

[Chameleon]

Want those wheels!

 

[c-rizzle]

So the one part that I think would probably be the most popular, isn't available on the website.

I'd buy the roof. Lowers center of gravity, and I wanted a painted black roof.

 

[Ground Speed]

It looks good too, especially with the stripes!

I'm not a huge carbon fiber guy (I'd paint it Oxford White), but I like the stronger/lighter/quieter aspect.

It's also cool to hear Jay say the 350R is one of his all time favorite cars. Coming from a guy who has owned a lot of classics and exotics, and has probably driven even more, his opinion is pretty valid.

Thanks for posting!

 

[saf1]

Want those wheels!

IKR. Last time I saw a set on ebay I think they ran 11k.

I think the comment about the front end being 1 piece was interesting also. Not sure if it would be a huge saving in weight but he made it sound like it saved a lot of additional components, installation, etc. Even Leno said it would be nice to have.

 

[Weasel1]

Very cool.

 

[Kong76]

Looking at our roofs and it seems like it and the side pillars down to the rear quarters are one piece. Like to see how they did it.

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