Rowdy home built Ford GT40 is meditative to owner Eric Dean, Why I Drive, 1

Uncivilized, he calls it. And yet, in the same breath, Eric Dean says driving his car is peaceful and meditative. Those terms, as we all know, are not mutually exclusive. There is calm to be found in the storm of a raucous machine. Eric spent three years handbuilding a replica of his dream machine, Fords iconic GT40. And he didnt build it to be a show car; he built it to drive. Mission accomplished. If theres one simple truth, its this: Days you drive that special car are better than days you dont. Maybe its not the fastest, cleanest, or even most reliable car. But its yours. And every time you turn the key and hear that engine roar to life, something fantastic happens. Whether its hot laps around the local track or a slow Sunday cruise with the family to load up on ice cream, your car is the place you make memories. This is Why I Drive.