A Legacy of Experience

Bob Olthoff's Racing History

Bob Olthoff…quick witted, humorous, intelligent, strong willed…some might say stubborn.  I remember at age five hanging out in the workshop with my father.  I spent most of my time watching and learning.  If it was broken, Dad was the one to fix it.  He would often say, “If someone put something together, I can take it apart and put it back together.”  I specifically remember driving to Kyalami in the Galaxy, being towed down the road, now that was fun.  Plenty of years were spent with my Dad, building and rebuilding all different kinds of cars for various people.  Working side by side with him throughout the years, a lot of his expertise rubbed off on me and some would say a little of the stubborness as well.  We have posted some news articles and plenty of pictures from his racing career.  Hope you enjoy them.

~ Dennis

Bob Olthoff In the News

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Classic Car Africa, Aug. 1996 - "Bob Olthoff - Racing Legend"

Classic Car Africa, Dec. 1996 - "Bob Olthoff - Racing Legend"

Performance, September 1965 - "Olthoff Wins Saloon Championship"

On April 19, 2004, Bob passed away after a brief but fierce fight against cancer. Baby found it hard adjusting to life without her husband, and combined with declining health, passed away two short years later on June 10, 2006.

Dennis has continued the tradition of excellence in product development by travelling back to South Africa in 2005 to test the first GT-40. He has been actively involved with the development of the GT-40 R,(the race version) and continues to make improvements to that car. Dennis is the first person called when a difficult question or problem arises, and he is Tech Support for Superformance.

Our shop has completed over 500 installations including, 400 Cobra, 45 Daytona Coupe, 70 GT-40 and 7 GT-40R’s for vintage racing competition. In an industry where experience counts, we have been actively building, upgrading, maintaining and racing a variety of cars many years.