Reply to "Let’s see some Pantera pics! Part 2"

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I'm sure this will be the same guy if he lives in Calgary. As you say, how many real GT-40s can there be in the city?

I don't know him personally, but I was told by someone in the ZR group that he acquired the car in connection with a business he had in the 1970s building replicas. I was also told (and I can't vouch for the veracity of any of this, of course) that he acquired the rights from Ford for the name "GT-40" at that time. The story goes that when Ford decided to build the GT, they tried to buy the rights back, but he declined their offer. In consequence, the new car had to be called the "Ford GT" instead.

All I know for sure is that he drove that GT-40 like it was stolen, and had no trouble keeping up with the modern exotics on the track that day. The noise it made was ear piercing.

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