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• May 4, 2012
Events & Activities... may 9 – The Vancouver Island Mustang Association May meets at Jasmine’s Restaurant on the Old Island Highway in Colwood at 7:30 p.m. Come early for dinner – everyone is welcome. Discussion will incl. organizing a club cruise to the Spring Spectacular Show and Shine at Joe Cunningham Ford in Parksville, May 27. may 12 & 13 – Vintage Car Show, McLean Mill National Historic Site, Port Alberni, 250-723-1376. FMI: www.alberniheritage.com may 19 & 20 – Annual Wooden Boat Celebration at Maple Bay Marina. FMI: www.maplebaymarina.com may 20 – Seventh annual Jenner Show & Shine, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1730 Island Hwy. Showcasing the best local Chevys, Buicks, GMCs and Pontiacs, past and present. FMI: 250-474-1211. may 26 to 28 – Swiftsure International Yacht Race. FMI: www.swiftsure.org may 26 & 27 – Ladysmith Maritime Festival, Ladysmith Marina. FMI: www.ladysmithmaritimesociety. ca may 27 – Vancouver Island Mustang Association hosts its Spring Spectacular Show and Shine at Joe Cunningham Ford in Parksville, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All Ford vehicles are welcome. June 1 to 3 – Floating Boat & Marine Trade Show, Nanaimo. FMI: 250-754-5053 or www.npa.ca Send your driving, boating or bikingrelated events to jblyth@telus.net
Want to own a 330 KPH Supercar? Build it yourself Gearheads attending the recent BC Classic & Custom Car Show were among the first to see Brian Martel’s newly completed supercar. He and his dad had finished it in their ALYN EDWARDS backyard shop just a Classic few days earlier. They RIDES had started the build in September 2010 and spent an estimated 2,500 hours doing almost everything themselves except the paint. This car is built to run with the fastest supercars on the planet. The GTM Gen II may be the ultimate kit car. The pile of boxes shipped from the Factory Five company in Wareham, Mass. costs about $20,000 plus transport. Then the builder needs to buy a late-model wrecked Corvette for another $10,000. A telephone book-size instruction manual details every step of the build. The results that have recently emerged from the Martel garage look like a gleaming four-wheel stiletto pushed by more than 400 horsepower. Road & Track Magazine called the GTM “the fastest car you will ever build.” This rocket is capable of going from 0 to 100 kph in less than three seconds. It can blaze through a quarter mile timer in 11 seconds at 212 kph (132 mph). The feather-weight fiberglass body wrapped around a tubular frame with roll bar completes a car that weighs a mere 1,180 kilograms (2,600 lbs). It blows by Ferrari 430s and Porsche road racers. Take the time to watch the YouTube video that puts you in the driver’s seat: www.youtube.com/
Brian and Ray Martel teamed up to build this Factory Five GTM Supercar as a family backyard project.
The large rear spoiler and custom exhaust are features on the custom-built supercar.
watch?v=eNujSSzRy7g. Ray Martel and his son Brian saw an earlier model Factory Five GTM at a car show in Pleasanton, Ca. A little internet investigation led to the decision to build one. They bought a front-end damaged 2003 Z6 Corvette in Salt Lake City, Utah for $13,500, landed in Vancouver. It became the donor car for the project, yielding its 405 hp V8 engine, front and
rear suspension and other components. Parts that weren’t needed were sold. Then the Martels went to work in the shop – sometimes putting in 18-hour days. Ray had grown up fixing cars with his brothers while being mentored by his father, who had a home shop. He graduated through the construction of high-powered street racers including a Chevy II, Corvette, Sunbeam Tiger Continued on Pg. B2
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