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Originally Posted by Historybuff
The two hardtops at LeMans had a hole in the top for the gas cap.
So if someone is saying that their hardtop is the real top from '63 LeMans it would have that hole or a sign the hole was once there.
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You can clearly see in this pic of my Dad from 1968, where the fuel filler is located on one of the original Le Mans hardtops(click on pic):
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Originally Posted by Historybuff
The reason vintage racers fitting the fastback hardtop don't like the top gas cap system installed is because if the car were to be in an accident and the top shifted with the impact , and it had gas in the filler tube at the time of impact, you would be looking at a gasoline shower for the driver.
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May be why the scrutineers made my Dad remove the top here:
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Originally Posted by nikbj68
In 1968 at the Silverstone 6 hour relay race, My Dad went to scrutineering with the hardtop fitted, but because the fuel filler was inside(I don`t know if the pipe from the hardtop-mounted filler cap was fitted), he was told to remove the hardtop.
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Originally Posted by Historybuff
Actually there were three roadsters with hardtops built for LeMans but I don't know if the top ever got readied for the third car which apparently didn't make it or wasn't entered.
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Although 3 roadsters(CS2130, CS2131 & CSX2142) were earmarked for Le Mans, I believe only 2 actually had hardtops, and the "Shelby American Inc." entry, car no.9 was not granted entry by the A.C.O, and was listed as a "Did Not Arrive" in the Le Mans `63 entry list.
It is frequently written that Shelby American prepared 2 cars for Le Mans, but they (and CS2130) were completed 'in house' by AC, and to my knowledge, 2131 has never set a wheel in America to this day.