Looking back on this site I found a 10-year old postingr by DeTomaso authority Mike Drew about Gary Koh's one time car, 1029
I quote the posting:
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P/1063 is shockingly original, I think. It served its early life as a PR car for Ford, touring dealerships. It was then shoved into a corner of a Ford warehouse and forgotten for years.
Ford was having a big clear-up and the car was slated to be crushed; the manager of the collection made an appeal to Ford, and was allowed to buy the car for himself.
From what I've been told, he was forced to pay ONE dollar for it.
He later sold it to its current owner, for a bit more than that. It is now loved and driven occasionally, but still has very low miles (I think when it left Ford it had less than 2000 miles on the clock). I think it's one of the few genuine GT40s that isn't owned by a gazillionare, but instead by a regular Joe car guy. I don't know that for a fact; that's just what I've heard.
Bill Muserra knows him and started a detailed thread on the car several years ago, which you can see here:
1966 GT40 Road Car
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Mike Drew, Vacaville, CA
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Since ten years have elapsed since that posting I wonder if any more GT fans recall hearing that from Gary or from former Ford employees. I recall he also bought a 427 Cobra for the same travelling road show from an eccentric tobacco millionaire (Reynolds). The Ford GT had been in a fire, probably no more than a scorched rear decklid as what happens when Webers backfire. I tried to call Gary at his model car,train and boat store but didn't hear back.
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I quote the posting:
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Mike Drew
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Mike Drew
Bronze Supporter
United States
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Vacaville, CA
GT40: None, yet!
Posts: 1,296 Re: gt40p/chassis #1029
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P/1063 is shockingly original, I think. It served its early life as a PR car for Ford, touring dealerships. It was then shoved into a corner of a Ford warehouse and forgotten for years.
Ford was having a big clear-up and the car was slated to be crushed; the manager of the collection made an appeal to Ford, and was allowed to buy the car for himself.
From what I've been told, he was forced to pay ONE dollar for it.
He later sold it to its current owner, for a bit more than that. It is now loved and driven occasionally, but still has very low miles (I think when it left Ford it had less than 2000 miles on the clock). I think it's one of the few genuine GT40s that isn't owned by a gazillionare, but instead by a regular Joe car guy. I don't know that for a fact; that's just what I've heard.
Bill Muserra knows him and started a detailed thread on the car several years ago, which you can see here:
1966 GT40 Road Car
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Mike Drew, Vacaville, CA
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Since ten years have elapsed since that posting I wonder if any more GT fans recall hearing that from Gary or from former Ford employees. I recall he also bought a 427 Cobra for the same travelling road show from an eccentric tobacco millionaire (Reynolds). The Ford GT had been in a fire, probably no more than a scorched rear decklid as what happens when Webers backfire. I tried to call Gary at his model car,train and boat store but didn't hear back.
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