We are deeply saddened to learn that American collector Doug Magnon has lost his fight with cancer. He is best known for founding the Riverside International Automotive Museum as a reminder of the great track in the Los Angeles area that is today covered by a shopping mall. Among the cars on display in the museum are five of local man Dan Gurney's Eagle racing cars. The most of famous of these is Magnon's own Eagle Mark 2 Ford. Chassis 201, this is the very first Eagle Indy racer and was virtually identical to the Eagle Formula 1 racer. Powered by a quad-cam Ford V8, it was driven by Gurney himself at Indy in 1966 but an opening lap accident ended his charge early. The car was raced for several more years but has since been restored to its debut configuration. Over the years, we have captured the Mark 2 Ford on both sides of the Atlantic with the late Magnon behind the wheel as can be seen in this 26-shot gallery.
After producing a three iterations of 275 GTB-based competition cars, Ferrari curtailed the customer GT racing program. That did not stop the Italian manufacturer's customers to continue to race the company's production Grand Tourers. To do so, they, led by Luigi Chinetti and his NART team, commissioned the development of a competition version of the 365 GTB/4 Daytona. The result was this Daytona Group 4, which were campaigned all over the world. Using lessons learned with these independently built Daytonas, Ferrari later sanctioned three batches of five 'official' Competiziones, which were built using many of the same components. In this action-packed 99-shot gallery, we have featured four of these privately developed Daytonas. The most exotic variation on this theme was the unique Daytona Group 4 NART Spyder, which boasted a unique body, specifically developed for the 1975 Le Mans. It was, however, withdrawn from the race due to a conflict between NART and the organisers.
We are currently hard at work on our comprehensive Retromobile coverage, including a look at all the auctions, which will be ready on Monday.
Enjoy the links:
1966 Eagle Mark 2 Ford - Images, Specifications and Information
1974 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Group 4 NART Spyder - Images, Specifications and Information
1971 - 1976 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Group 4 - Images, Specifications and Information
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