[Leica] More GT-40 shots

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

Digging around in my basic shoe box, I found these prints from August
1965. They were taken in Candlestick Park's parking lot set up for a
road race, the last ever held there.

The interior of the roadster GT40. Check out the size of that wheel!

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Note the shift is over on the right-side by the gas tank assembly. I
remember that in the original version of the car there was ducting to
push air through the seats to make them cooler, but later evaluation
revealed they were using precious horsepower to keep the driver
comfortable.

I was greatly disappointed that I only got to see the roadster as it
was the Lola-derived coupe that I really loved. Somewhere I have a
model of it, or did although it may not have survived a move or two.


And three exterior shots:

A Shelby GT-350 flanks the GT-40:

<http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/GT40003.jpg>

Note the wire wheels

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The 17-year-old version of me. Things were a bit more formal in those
days, especially in the Bay Area. I was there looking at colleges.
Later I would fly to LA to go to the Claremont Group colleges. On the
way home I flew over the smoking Watts which was in full riot. I
hadn't had a clue it was happening until the woman in the seat beside
me explained.

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My shot of Phil Hill has vanished. <frown>

Adam