At the 2024 Concours at Wynn Las Vegas, the following cars were a sure bet to be crowd pleasers.
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“This car ran in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1949; it was one of the factory team cars but it unfortunately crashed out during the race—the other two cars took first and second,” says the owner’s caretaker for the vehicle, Fred Russell. According to Russell, it also ran in the Mille Miglia that same year, taking second to another factory-team car.
“It was bought by Beau Boeckmann of Galpin Ford, and I led the restoration to put it back to the way it was in ’64,” says Shuten. “I’ve restored a number of Ed Roth’s vehicles, and the trick is to restore it without removing any of his fingerprints. You leave all the mistakes and just make it as good as you can.”According to Ford, the development of its seminal Mustang model was based on the realization that the automobile market was growing exponentially bigger while reducing in age.
If that provenance wasn’t enough, the actor wrote on one side of the car the inscription, “‘Finished’ Thanks for staying together” then signed it. Further enhancing its star-vehicle status is the fact that Jerry Seinfeld has been the current owner since 2001. That, however, is about to change, as this 917 K will be available at Mecum’s Kissimmee auction on January 18.
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