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DON S. · 07-25-03, 06:04 PM

Hello, Mark. Yeah, no question that the price that I paid for #P1040 in 1978 is nothing like what an original costs today. In fact, today I could probably sell just my stock of GT40 spare parts for what the entire car cost me in '78. But, 40s have always been pricey, so what I paid in 1978 was a king's fortune to me at that time. Had to sell a wonderful little 246GTS Ferrari that I had then to come up with just part of the funds. No regrets, though; I've always been a nut for Ford iron. Now if only I can figure out where to get the $$ to put old 1040 back together. I pulled the motor in 1983, disassembled the rest of the car down to the last Dzus clip in '89, and there it still sits. My problem is that today the guys who restore the cars make more per hour than I do.

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DON S. Cobraownr A Tenth Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Annapolis, MD/O GT40: Original 1966 M Posts: 176 Rep Power: 7	Re: GT40 VIDEO Hello, Mark. Yeah, no question that the price that I paid for #P1040 in 1978 is nothing like what an original costs today. In fact, today I could probably sell just my stock of GT40 spare parts for what the entire car cost me in '78. But, 40s have always been pricey, so what I paid in 1978 was a king's fortune to me at that time. Had to sell a wonderful little 246GTS Ferrari that I had then to come up with just part of the funds. No regrets, though; I've always been a nut for Ford iron. Now if only I can figure out where to get the $$ to put old 1040 back together. I pulled the motor in 1983, disassembled the rest of the car down to the last Dzus clip in '89, and there it still sits. My problem is that today the guys who restore the cars make more per hour than I do.