Now fast forward to 1979. 2263 was supposed to be destroyed after the agreement taken with the insurance company, but instead it was stored behind the factory since 1972. So as to build a GT5 road car demonstrator, the factory reused 2263, stamped it with a new number 8263 and put a regular Pantera plate on it.
Here it is, as found in 2016 :
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