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Old 10-29-2002, 08:06 AM
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As most of you know, Ken miles was killed while testing The J-car at Riverside in 1966. The J-car was rebodied and renamed the GT-40 MkIV. The car was designed by Ed Hull and built at KarKraft in Dearborn, Michigan unlike the previous GT-40s which were built across the pond. After the crash, KarKraft outfitted a surplus GT-40 Mk?? for testing and performed a barrier crash, which I am sure was done because of legal implications, better known as trial lawyers.
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