The Sebring Roadster (originally X-1) had served as an early CanAm car without much success. It was re-bodied with a GT40 MKII front and rear clip. After it was taken back to the Shelby facility in California after winning Sebring, the government showed up demanding that it either be shipped back to England, import duty paid or the chassis destroyed. Shelby sought the later route and had the car cut up and buried.
Wouldn't it be interesting to know how much the Import Duty was versus what it might be worth today?
Jim
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