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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember John Turco
saying something like:

>> > Thus, Ford UK built a redoubtable racer around this mighty motor, and
>> > the legendary Ford GT was born.
>> >
>> > (Did I get anything wrong?)
>>
>> Close enough.
>
>How unsporting of those Britishers, to rely on American iron! Not very
>honorable, I must say.

I recall a Ford ad for a GT40 in a UK magazine in 1966-ish. £6000 it was
on sale for, iirc. I tried to persuade my father to buy one, but since
at that time that was the cost of a decent house, he unaccountably
showed no sign of rushing down to the showroom.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember John Turco
> saying something like:
>
> >> > Thus, Ford UK built a redoubtable racer around this mighty motor, and
> >> > the legendary Ford GT was born.
> >> >
> >> > (Did I get anything wrong?)
> >>
> >> Close enough.
> >
> >How unsporting of those Britishers, to rely on American iron! Not very
> >honorable, I must say.
>
> I recall a Ford ad for a GT40 in a UK magazine in 1966-ish. £6000 it was
> on sale for, iirc. I tried to persuade my father to buy one, but since
> at that time that was the cost of a decent house, he unaccountably
> showed no sign of rushing down to the showroom.


You should've asked for the "Matchbox" or "Corgi" versions; much more
reasonably priced. (Assuming that either of those UK firms ever offered
a GT40 die-cast miniature, naturally.)

Once, I owned a "James Bond" silver Aston Martin (replete with operating
ejector seat) and a black Batmobile. Yet, I don't remember the latter
vehicle doing anything out of the ordinary...it might have fired "rockets"
or something.

I'm unsure whether those were Corgi puppies (pun intended), or Matchbox
products. (They were 1:32 scale, or thereabouts.)

--
Cordially,
John Turco

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