Well I usually sell everything I get and never keep any of my paint work. I done this set and could not make myself let it go. I put one picture in of what it looked like before
Shelby tribute.
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The white paint/blue stripe reminds me of the Ford GT40's of the 1960's running at Daytona, LeMans, and Sebring. That's when Carrol SHelby helped Henry Ford II to go endurance racing, after Ferrari (the man) refused to sell the company to Henry The Deuce, after Ferrari had sent out feelers about selling it.
Rebuffed on the purchase, Ford II opened the checkbook, and said, "whatever it takes." They used the Eric Broadley-designed Lola T70 as a starting point, and the GT40 in 289 and 427 forms was the result, along with the Cobra GT.
I also liked the Ford GT "breadbox" design, which was especially for the long straightaway (Mulsanne) at LeMans.
Briggs Cunningham also used a white car w/blue striping for his line of sports cars for the street and the track in the 1950's, one car he commissioned which was famous at LeMans was "Le Monstre." It was a huge low, wide, flat paneled car which had a Chrysler V8, and looked like nothing-else on the track. The body shape was a forerunner of the USRRC, Trans Am, Can Am wedge bodies in the 1960's/'70's.
Good work Kyle.
Rebuffed on the purchase, Ford II opened the checkbook, and said, "whatever it takes." They used the Eric Broadley-designed Lola T70 as a starting point, and the GT40 in 289 and 427 forms was the result, along with the Cobra GT.
I also liked the Ford GT "breadbox" design, which was especially for the long straightaway (Mulsanne) at LeMans.
Briggs Cunningham also used a white car w/blue striping for his line of sports cars for the street and the track in the 1950's, one car he commissioned which was famous at LeMans was "Le Monstre." It was a huge low, wide, flat paneled car which had a Chrysler V8, and looked like nothing-else on the track. The body shape was a forerunner of the USRRC, Trans Am, Can Am wedge bodies in the 1960's/'70's.
Good work Kyle.
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