There is a photo of the Group 44 GT-6 with Mike Downs winning at Daytona (
1969) in my second book, The Historical and Technical Guide, page 162. Maybe
some details can be picked up from that to make positive determination of the
blood line..
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From: herald948@aol.com
To: rhlamp@babcock.com ; Group44TR7@aol.com ; fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Group 44 Gt6 - For Sale - Buyer Be Very Beware
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From: Lamp, Randy H <rhlamp@babcock.com>
I also looked at this car. Based on talking to the owner and a couple
of
the previous owners ,it very well could be the car. However, I could not
find one shred of evidence that would document it....
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Group44TR7@aol.com
I could not resist the opportunity to investigate a Group 44 Gt6...
If anyone is seriously pursuing this car, I would warn them that it
is pretty difficult for this particular car to be the actual Group 44
team's race car for 1969. The shell has a manufactured date of July
1969.
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I was intrigued by the "manufactured date of July 1969" statement.
Presumably that was taken from a commission number plate? If so, did
anyone note the commission number itself, or possibly a body number?
Seems to me that such a date would indicate one of the very last of the
1969 model GT6s. I suppose it might even be one of the very first 1970
models, but I don't know. I own a very, very early 1970 model,
KC75121L, with an "Aug. 1969" date on the commission plate (which, btw,
was on the "B" post in 1970 rather than on the LH side of the "scuttle"
as in the 1969 models).
Are there pictures to be seen of this particular car in question? If
so, does it appear to be in 1969 or 1970 model year trim? The former
would likely have had, as original, a body color windshield surround,
while the 1970 would have the matte black surround. (Offhand I can't
remember if original Group 44 cars at the time "preserved" the side
reflectors or marker lamps, respectively, for those years.) Of course,
I realize that the chance that any such car has survived as originally
built without any subsequent repainting or body panel replacement,
etc., etc., so those details might be a moot point now. ;-)
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