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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Gurney Eagle 302.Made from pure Unobtainium.Used in Indy cars and gt,s.Gurney-Westlake also made some heads and orher stuff.Alan Mann used most of them.Available as a COPO performance upgrade for $895.00 from dealers as an upgrade for mustangs,Cougars,etc.The Westlake,not the Eagle. You guys...
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    I never did go.If you're from Telluride,I hope like hell you Knew my half brother.He was 3 years older than me and my lifelong hero.He invented snow skis.Before you laugh,let me explain.Up until the early 70,s,all snow ski,s had been a long straight piece of wood or glass.He changed the shape of...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Thank you,sir.
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Thank you,it was back in the mid 60,s when we were using DB Jag solid axles and they were a lot harder than Ford to narrow,but were indestructible.Didn't know about the DB kit maker near you.There's a whole lot I don't know about all of this.we put a 1968/9 DZ 302 Camaro Trans Am engine in an MG...
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    I agree 110%.I Lived in Telluride and I've never heard of it but I can find out.I used to drive through the Melon Capitol of the world and it smelled fantastic,from miles away.Can't remember the name of the town. I quit the narcotics for 2 or 3 days at a time or take 1/2 doses and the doctors...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    I'm afraid I don't even know what a thread is,but thank you.It was you that had the severe COPD,wasn't it?If so,I hope you do what you can without being further injured.. I started researching the net forums to try and find someone who has experienced the same thing I have.No luck,just a...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Why hello,Colonel ! I hope you are well.It seems that I'm running off at the mouth,here.It's the last time I'll ever get to say a lot of stuff and I'm writing it to see it in print.I'm from a very successful family who has made every effort to make me the black sheep,rightfully so,I'm afraid.If...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    If it was mine,I'd leave it.It got me thinking. Is the car completed??It sounds really interesting.They were all kind of one of one,in retrospect.It seems like it would be hard to find somebody in the British racing buis. that wasn't involved with them,one way or another.Chapman was into -...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    I'm sorry Jim,I haven't kept up with anything,but what is a Mark 6 ?
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    In 67 I was 16,5 high schools as a fresh. and 3 by Nov of Soph year.I quit wasting time and went to work.I didn't watch TV, American or Brit.The closest thing I can remember was a writer named John Forsythe,whom I never read.I was the black sheep of a REALLY wealthy family and never asked or got...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    There's a lady on Yahoo home page right now who flatlined for 45 minutes and miraculously came back to life. I got her beat by 30 minutes...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Thank You,guys for remembering all this for me. If it wasn't for doctors we wouldn't be having this conversation,Jimbo.I'm having a hard time dealing with this,obviously.It's kinda stressful making the decision to pull the plug on yourself.Your family is there,my son and my best friend were...
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    There was a guy in the 60,s,70,s in Jersey that had three Daytona,s all fresh from the track.Cobra,s,not Ferrari,s.I was trying to talk him out of one.I went there one afternoon and the place was empty.DEA,FBI,ABC,DDT,They all shows up to get this guy.Turns out he was a BIG time smuggler and...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Thanks jac!!!! You're doing my remembering for me.It was dark blue,and they were doing all kinds of stuff with gas tanks at the time,because of horrible fires,in the cars and the pits.Instead of 5 gal. dumper cans you just stuck in the filler neck,they were experimenting with aircraft or...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Doctors told me if I turned my head wrong I was paralyzed or dead.Whats to like? Ours had much darker markings,maybe black?Can't remember.I began looking for pic,s.My wife and kid started on the attic.I can't get up there.So far we're on boxes of Show Horse pics.They discuss every one of them...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    See ya,NZ..Be well,Colonel. does anybody know whatever became of #p1007.White w/blue livery?#15&45 FIA&SCCA ?
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Appreciate it.Iknow I keep babbling.I'm sorry.I've had a lotta fun.A lot of good things to remember.Never thought about it before.I hope you hang in there,Colonel.The sound of that O2 machine was like fingernails on a blackboard to me. in the 80,s I got the best compliment I ever got.I was...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Used to ship a lotta stuff to Aus.Last one was a 66 GT 350 H.Mustang.Hertz rent a rocket.We'd put em in containers in LA.They used to be easy to find.Everything's so expensive now.My pickup is in the shop.30 K miles and it needs injectors and a seal between tranny and transfer case.Get it back...
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    That's it!!I came sorta close.After 40 years I'm proud of myself,considering I can't remember what I had for lunch.From the plane it was beautiful.On the boat it was a lotta work.Pre gps and outdated charts.Lotta coral reefs.Auckland was the only place we went.I prefer the Atlantic. I've been...
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    Original MK1 GT40 for sale; Bill&Bob Thread

    Re: Original MK1 GT40 for sale Thank you,Colonel.. I hope you are well.Advair and Spireva suck.To our cohort from NZ! I've only been there twice.Once in late 70,s.And once in the mid 80,s.On my boat the first time.I'm trying to remember where without cheating.We were gunkholing...
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