![]() The P68 was conceived and built as a result of the FIA having instituted new rules for the premier “Prototype” class of endurance-racing cars beginning in 1968. If the buyer’s intent is to race the car in historic events, this presents a most serious issue. The most significant difference is that apparently this car actually works and is competitive as a racing car, while the original versions most emphatically were not. This car was built by David Piper from scratch in the early 2000s, roughly 35 years after the fact, incorporating at most a small fraction of original body parts, and differs significantly from the specifications of the original cars. ![]() It looks like one and even legitimately wears the Alan Mann livery, having passed through his ownership in its history, but it is not original. The most important point that needs to be made as we open this discussion is that the subject car is not a 1968 or 1969 Ford P68 “F3L” as built and raced by Alan Mann in period. This car, Lot 229, sold for $665,805, including buyer’s premium, at Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival sale in Chichester, U.K., on September 8, 2018. ![]() 1968–69-Type Ford P68 “F3L” Group 6 Racerįederation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA)ġ968 Porsche 908, 1969 Mirage M3, 1968 Matra M 630 ![]()
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