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[C1] 3535 at 2018 Indy Bloomington Gold

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Old 06-21-2018, 06:45 PM
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Walking around a not crowded, wet Indy Bloomington Gold today and spotted this truly ugly car:



Almost kept walking then thought, that car looks familiar - sure enough, it was the long lost 1960 Cunningham Le Mans car #1. There were a lot of signs around and this person was taping feature callouts to the car:










The car was drawing a crowd but these guys put up a big banner:



And drew even more interested spectators:





I certainly hope it is going to be restored soon, it will be a big job:



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Was it Gino's car?
Old 06-22-2018, 04:21 PM
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Whoa now ! This car has a great story behind it, one of both intrigue and lost titles ! Thanks for posting the photos, I have never seen the weird modifications of the dash and the rear end.

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so I guess the law suit is over? does Mckay there does he still have stakes in the car along with Lance Miller?

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If that car ever gets restored, it should be worth a few more $$ just for the crazy litigation history on top of the race history.
Old 06-23-2018, 05:31 AM
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That car has the rancid stench of con men and trial lawyers. That smell can't be removed by a restoration.
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so true, and whomever turned it into a clown car should be strung up.
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I don't see anything on that car that looks like a 1960 Corvette. Hood, front end, dash, rear end, doors.
Did somebody drop part of a '55 body and '57 on a 1960 frame ? How could it even be called a B-C 1960 Lemans car?

Doug

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