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Originally Posted by Charlie A
Here's one I don't remember in this forum:
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a great, great unmolested car. Only has relocated springs & mini tubs. I remember when F. Engelhart picked this one up a few years back. Ex Mancini car
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Correct, this was the car Ron won Indy with in 1970. I have the car he got close with in '69. I understand that this car may be being restored to it's 1970 appearance?
The "Car of the Rising Sun" is a real LO23 car, and accounted for. In that photo, it is being driven by a good friend of mine who owned the car briefly in the early 1970's. I cannot recall the names of the brothers who originally owned the car, but it was built more for ISCA-type shows. They were from Central PA (York?). The car was never really a strong runner when my friend owned it. This car eventually ended up being the plain yellow car Lou Mancini built to drive on the street in the late 1970's/early 1980's. It sold a Barrett-Jackson a few years back for $300k, and I believe still resides in Vegas.
Also...I believe the Valley Motors car was a Sox & Martin "customer" car.