I could put a page up on our site if anyone has some of this most
historic car to post.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Nov 23, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Editorgary@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/23/11 11:03:46 AM, healeys-
> request@autox.team.net
> writes:
>
>
>> My vote for what to do with it (not that the new owner is likely
>> to put
>> it to
>> a vote!) is to restore it to the high point of its history;
>> namely, what
>> it
>> looked like at the beginning of the 1955 Le Mans.
>>
> I'm with Reid up to that point -- I've got a print of a painting by
> Nicholas Watts on my wall of that car exiting Tertre Rouge in an
> early lap of that
> race -- British Racing Green with a large white roundel and the
> number 26,
> plus Lucas driving lights, and the racing windscreen that it
> appears to still
> have. That's the high point of its entire career and the way it
> should be
> seen and remembered.
>
> However, I'm entering this pool with a "no sale" guess. If it does
> sell, I
> don't think this car is yet worth a million dollars. (But I'd only
> make that
> bet with at least 2-1 odds in my favor.)
>
> G.
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