Le Mans Hard Top--Scarcity and Value

[TERRY M KRYSTOFIAK]

CAL,
SPOKE TO RICH TODAY. HE MENTIONED THAT THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO SELL HIM THE "ORGINAL ?" 390 ALUM. BLOCK. HIS DOCUMENTATION FROM CORESPONDANCE FROM FORD TO SHELBY WAS FOR A NUMBER OF "EXPERIMENTAL" ENGINES. THE AL BLOCK BECAME THE FIRST CHOICE...SO IT SEEMS. WITH MORE ENGINES FOR SALE THAN WERE SUBPOSE TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, ID BE ALITTLE WORRIED OF WHAT IS REAL AND WHOM IM DEALING WITH. THE BEST ANSEWER IS TO WALK AWAY AND NOT PURCHASE A MAYBE. WHILE A POINT WAS MADE THAT RACERS ARE NOT "CONCERNED" WITH ORGINALALITY, VINTAGE RACERS, FOR THE MOST PART, ARE QUITE CONCERNED. MOST HAVE THE ORGINAL ENGINES SETTING IN A CRADLE. IM PART OF THAT BREED AS THE ORGINAL 289 IN MY GT350 SITS COVERED, WITH THE TRACK ENGINE INSTALED. AWHILE BACK I WAS TALKING TO STUART HALL WHO IS ON PAR WITH MCCLUSKY. HE RESTORED MY OLD CSX2192 AND THAT ENGINE IS IN A CRADLE! BY THE WAY, HE'S RESTORING THE DAYTONA THAT SOLD AT MONTEREY FOR 4MIL. ANYWAY, WHENEVER THERE IS A CLOUD OF CERTANTY, IT WILL HARDLY EVER GO AWAY.
BY THE WAY, WHERE DID WE STAY IN MONTEREY (SALINAS)?