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Targa Florio, Sicily. Jerry Grant in the FIA Cobra that he shared with Dan Gurney. They finished 8th outright and first in class.


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John Everly/ Johnny Allen leading Dan Gurney (co driven by Bob Johnson) at the Daytona Continental event in February of 1964. The #11 started 11th but was a different while the #16 started 7th and finished 4th. Pedro Rodriguez/ Phil Hill won in a Ferrari 250 GTO


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I don't know if FB links are legal, but here is a link to Chuck Manning's specials.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Montere...b=album&album_id=1247203108955268&__tn__=-U-R

 

Possibly a different John Cannon on the Mecom team - the F5000 racer (who famously lapped the field in the rainy victory at the '68 Laguna Can-Am race) was a UK-born resident of Canada.

 

Great thread about the resurrection of the Cad powered Richards Special, been in the same family since the 1960s:

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/socal-caddy-sportscar.301575/

 

I always thought those "signature" Ferrari vents were really more of an afterthought - because the grill opening was too small - at least for race cars anyway.

 

Moonbeam

 

My HotRod.1955 tbird lowered 3", 351 Cleveland, 3/4 race cam, Edelbrock performer intake with a 3310 Holley, headers, dual straight pipes, torque thrust ii mags.And those flames, gotta have flam

 

LB I'd like to see the Corvette behind it, maybe a 62 or 62?

Pat

 

It sure looks like Moon livery and being right there I thought it would be easy to find but no shots of a Corvette connected to Moon pop up in a search.

 

Hey birdman1, that is a good looking t bird right there!


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Maybe it was the push car.

 

No bumper Rich.

Pat

 

Classic showdown

 

Allen Grand from Modesto with his assistant, a local kid named George Lucas (who went into film making).