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Historics - Put At GT40 In Your Garage


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Montery, Jul. 14, 2012: In a time when Ford and Ferrari were running head-to-head in an attempt to control the direction and growth of endurance racing, the clutch of Gulf/Mirage GT-40s were certainly at the top of the most fields.

Now, if you have the checkbook, you can own you own historic John Wier/Gulf GT40 by particpating at RM's Monterey Auction in August. The car being offered isn't your 'average' GT40, since this particular car represents the first unit produced by JW/Gulf Racing team. The car's venerable marigold over powder blue paintjob is clearly one of the most well known livery in racing, and easily the most desirable for collectors.

In this case, however, the car's story is even better than one might think, since the car served as one of Steve McQueen's camera cars during his production of the iconic racing film, 'Le Mans'.