I have this recurring fantasy where i find the Ford GT targa 7 liter that won Sebring in '66.The last guy I knew who was there when they shoved it in a hole
at a land fill died before I could ask him
precisely where that landfill was. My hope would be that
whoever was there when they dumped it in harbored thoughts
of retrieving it so parked it near the edges. On the other hand
it could be under tons of debris and squashed flat. I wonder
if Ford junked it because they didn't want to pay some piddling
little customs import duty? Why throw away a car that won a key race?
Metal detectors probably wouldn't detect the chassis if it was aluminum
but maybe nowadays there are detectors that show big shapes buried underground?
Anyway the city I heard the landfill was in was Torrance, but I don't even
know the year it was scrapped, 1966 , 1967 or later? That was the days before computers so someone looking at city records might have to shovel through a lot of paper.
at a land fill died before I could ask him
precisely where that landfill was. My hope would be that
whoever was there when they dumped it in harbored thoughts
of retrieving it so parked it near the edges. On the other hand
it could be under tons of debris and squashed flat. I wonder
if Ford junked it because they didn't want to pay some piddling
little customs import duty? Why throw away a car that won a key race?
Metal detectors probably wouldn't detect the chassis if it was aluminum
but maybe nowadays there are detectors that show big shapes buried underground?
Anyway the city I heard the landfill was in was Torrance, but I don't even
know the year it was scrapped, 1966 , 1967 or later? That was the days before computers so someone looking at city records might have to shovel through a lot of paper.