[Excaliber]

Thanks Cal, it does now appear from a "couple" of sources that the 227 mph was more a "show car" number than a real number.

I recall reading about the endurance run with the Coupe. The record is really something. What surprised me was the fact that they had some kind of "problem" with the car and lost a lot of time in the pits while setting that record! To "average" 170 AND spend some time in the pits they must have been running it close to full throttle the whole time.

Impressive performance for the ENGINE to say the least (a 289 with Webers if I'm not mistaken)!

Ernie

You know a while back I made a comment about "rumors" I had heard/read about the GT-40 being somewhat of a handfull at high speeds. I was kinda "shot down" for makeing such a statement........... Perhaps I wasn't that far off the mark!