[DeTomaso] GR 4 Works

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/10/10 6 27 58, wdemelo at cogeco.ca writes:


> Is this a GT4 or GR4 car?
> 

Yes. :>)

Although the original plan was to make them in two series, with the Gr4 
being the race car and the GT4 being a road car, the reality was that they were 
all built the same, as race cars.   This one was technically a GT4 
apparently.

This one has a well-known history, as it was the only one of the series 
originally sent to the USA.   I have photos of the car taken in 1972 as it sat 
in front of Bill Stroppe's fix-it center on Signal Hill in Long Beach.   It 
toured the show car circuit, and was then sold to Warren Tope, who raced it 
and modified it until he was killed driving a Can Am car.   It then went 
through various hands, with apparently little racing success.   By the time it 
was finally sold to the current owner, it had been extensively modified, 
crashed, and what was original was badly rusted.   He took it to Europe and by 
all accounts, did a pretty extensive restoration (although I have been told 
by several who have seen it that it has been hot-rodded quite a bit and thus 
might not be vintage-legal in the more stringently regulated series).   It 
has been for sale now since 2006 with no takers....

Mike

Mike