{"id":46251,"date":"2014-08-08T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=46251"},"modified":"2014-08-06T15:49:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T20:49:03","slug":"hot-gear-friday-the-dream-is-always-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=46251","title":{"rendered":"Hot Gear Friday: The Dream Is Always The Same"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Ford GT40 – one of the dream sports cars of the ’60s and ’70s – found in junk-filled garage:<\/p>\n

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From the article<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This isn’t just any Ford GT40, either. This is chassis No. 1067, and while it appears to lack the racing pedigree of some other GTs, it is among the rarest. The World Registry of Cobras & GT40s says it is just one of three GT40 MkI cars to come with the MkII’s rear clamshell, and of those three, it is the only survivor. Furthermore, it was the last GT40 to be produced in 1966 and was the last GT40 to use a Ford serial number\u2014all subsequent GT40s wore the serial numbers of J.W. Automotive Engineering.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But that’s not all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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On the door? Salt Walther – a race car driver from the sixties and seventies renowned for having less success than almost any other driver of some of the best, hottest cars around (including the GT40), and\u00a0survivor of one of the most spectacular Indy car crashes of all time:<\/p>\n