As promised. Today's update on the #108. Not ready to give up the purchase price just yet.
So here is my latest installment. This will have to do until Monday or Tuesday next week. I will check in to read whatever comments are made but will not be able to respond.
I will delete details about addresses and phone numbers to protect individual privacy and make it know by using italics.
Here it is:
"I just located two pieces of correspondence related to my GT40. The first is dated July 28, 1971, addressed to Mr. George N. Sawyer, (deleted), Winona, Minnesota 55987, including a clip of the original ad in AutoWeek, expressing my interest in the car. The second piece is a carbon copy of a letter dated March 2, 1972, to a person in Cambridge, Mass., who was looking to buy a GT40 that I owned one, specifically GT108. The car is described as "equipped with the 5-speed transaxle and Webers." I also indicated that "the car has never been raced and has less than 5,000 total miles of street driving on it." In this letter I claim both possession and ownership of GT108. (Last sentence is to me so I deleted it.)"
"From the August 7, 1971 (as are most magazines today, the issue arrives before the cover date), issue of Competition Press & Autoweek, this is the text of the ad:
"GT40 FORD. Sole roadster in existence. Never raced, ex-Ford showcar, chrome Webers, etc. Driven only once. Licensed for street use. Offers. George N. Sawyer, (Deleted), Winona, Minn. 55987; (507) (deleted)." My Comment: If you find the back issue with the ad you will see the deleted information."
End.
I was informed that additional pictures and copies of documents are on the way and should reach me today or tomorrow. Will share some stuff when I can. Have to dig through the stuff.
Are there any believers out there yet?
Till then.