car # 1061 resides in Tucson, Arizona where i live. it has been owned by Jim Click for like 15 years now. Jim Click owns lots of ford dealerships, etc in the southwest and is a BIG-time vintage car racer. he purchased the car in its original condition from Bib Stillwell who used to own and operate Gates-Learjet back in the 70's. back when Bib owned the car in the late 80's i went over to his house and sat in the car. Bib also owned one of Nikki Lauda's old Ferrari F-1 cars. me and a few other guys picked up the F-1 car and put it on saw horses so they could work on it. that F-1 car was very light. Bib used to be a vintage racer too.
anyway, Jim bought the car from Bib for $1 million 15 years ago. Jim modified the car for vintage racing and brought it up to full Gulf racing spec. it took 2nd place at the GT-40 race reunion at road america in 96'. i used to work at Jim Clicks Ford dealership here in Tucson back in 1986 and he had a original 60's cobra with a BIG block in it stored in a shed at his dealership. Jim still has the Cobra too. back in the mid 90's i used to road race wheel to wheel with the Cobra in my highly modified Datsun 240-Z. one day Jim strapped my Brother into the passenger seat of the GT-40 and i got to race against the GT-40. they were on my tail in the corners as i fishtailed wildy thru the S's. i remember thinking whats gonna happen if this $1 million race car runs into the back of me :eek as we made our way onto the main straight away they blew by me like i was chained to a tree stump. :skep my bro said they hit a top speed of 150 mph at the end of the main straight. :bow i managed a mere 135 mph. at the time that car had the track record for a full bodied car in our local club racing scene. it was 8 seconds per lap faster than me and my POS datsun. i would bet the car is worth at least $2 million today. :cheers