Ultra-Rare Ford GT40 Found

[OnyxRider]

Originally Posted by Historybuff

The fireman's GT40 (with Mk. II rear body style tho it was Mk. I) was intact when he bought it from Salt Walther.It was only buried under cardboard boxes in his SF valley garage.
The buried one has a different chassis number and is explored in Jerry Heasley's Barn Find book except Jerry does not go into that a later owner of that car, once dug up, has had a chassis change yet we are still supposed to believe that it is the real car dug up.
I am a little wary of chassis changes, in fact i threw away my Lola T-70 book after I came across at least ten cars with chassis changes. I mean if you can change the chassis, where's the real car. Everything but the chassis , fundamentally, is just an accessory.
I'd still like to hear what the Fireman paid. He told me but I forgot after nearly 40 years...

I know a little about what you are talking about. Just look at my buddy Collier's Scarab that Morton flipped to avoid an accident. That Scarab was involved in a fire decades ago and had a chassis change. Collier purchased the Scarab from Orosco and then found the original fire damaged chassis. After the wreck over 3.5 years ago the plan was to rebuild the Scarab with the original chassis and destroy the replacement. Not sure what has happened since then. Things like this happen from time to time. Hope those registry guys are taking notes. lol