Fate of the original GTX-1?
In 1966 Ken Miles and Floyd ruby finished first at Sebring
in a red GT40
7-liter targa
(Yeah, I know , they didn't make the GT40 roadster in big block
but I got the picture right here).
and then to commemorate this feat, to acknowledge its achievement, Ford dumped the car into a
landfill to avoid paying customs duties because although it was designed and
engineered in the US., it was considered a British import.
I thought the car was still buried but Mark Gerish , the guy who makes the modern X1 out of '05-'06 Ford GTs, says he knows someone near Wisconsin (it mighta been Minnesota) who owns the X-1. I think his friend may own some sort of Ford Can Am car (which the X1 was before it was rebodied iwth a Mk. II nose and tail). but not the X-1 which was a one off car.
On the other hand, maybe someone dug it up when I wasn't looking....
Anybody have any theories on where it is...?
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