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Old Ford GT40 targa seen at Monterey (in red)

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  1. bitzman

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    #1 bitzman, Sep 2, 2018
    I was walking through the pits at Laguna Seca and I saw a red
    Ford GT40 spyder with the number 1 in the roundel. I told the mechanic that Steele Therkelson, a mechanic on that car back int he Shelby days, told me he saw it cut up and thrown into a hole to please customs since Shelby or Ford didn't want to pay customs duty. The mechanic said it was cut up but not buried. I don't think the customs man would have been happy with that. So am I seeing a replica that nobody wants to believe is a replica. I think the value differance would be about $10 million for the real one and $200,000 for a replica. If it was a replica I am disappointed the Rolex Reunion or whatever would allow it to race against real cars
     
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    #3 F1tommy, Sep 2, 2018
    It is true a lot of replicas are out there and that has to be one of them. Maybe they found a gas cap and built the car up around it :). I guess if you let Stirling Moss types drive your real car it will mostly be a rebuilt replica after he crashes it( Laguna Seca DBR1 crash wich I saw happen) :)
     
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    #4 of2worlds, Sep 7, 2018
    Didn't Phil Hill crashed Lou's yellow Testa Rossa one year to...
     

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