I'd read that too, and never twigged to the fact that 112 had been turned into a coupe. Now that it's been mentioned here, I can see that its evolution is fairly well shown in "The Ford That Beat Ferrari", my favorite GT40 book.
Interestingly, it was fitted with a standard coupe tail, set up for single taillights, but the old twin taillights were bludgeoned into place, so it looks decidedly strange from the rear (and even moreso from the front with those grilles over the hood vents).
Is it possible that the original roadster bodywork was set aside when 112 was converted to pure coupe form (as opposed to roadster with auxiliary hardtop fitted), and that roadster bodywork was then used to make the molds for 111? Or did 112's roadster tail simply migrate over to 111 during the course of the restoration?
I would hope they would have taken the opportunity to make molds of it, as 111 is destined to make up for lost time and lead a hard racing life; it's already been wrecked once since its restoration, hasn't it? I thought I'd read that 111 was pretty seriously smashed up during a vintage race...true, false?
