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winning the first four races and six
overall. Moore had a couple of back-up
team cars and the car in Click’s collec-
tion is the one driven by Peter Gregg.
Any Ford collection worthy of the
name must have a GT40, and Click’s
is no exception. P/1061 was originally
used by Ford as a promotional vehicle
in the Southeastern Regional Sales
District in 1967 as part of dealer dis-
plays, auto shows and demonstration
laps at SCCA events. The car eventu-
ally went to Australia where it was
raced before returning to the U.S. It
was purchased by Click in 1992. After
being prepped by Don Roberts it was
raced by Click in vintage events such
as Laguna Seca, Riverside and Palm
Springs.
It is one thing to purchase a car
that is capable of being vintage raced,
but finding one (or more) which are
turn-key ready and need nothing ex-
cept a tankful of gas is quite some-
thing else.
Having a collection of vintage race
cars like this makes it difficult to de-
cide which one to bring to a track on a
particular weekend. With cars that
compete in more than one class, bring-
ing two or three to an event means two
or three times as much track time.
This is the purpose of vintage racing.
Deciding to sell a collection like
this is no easy decision. However,
when it’s time to let go, you know it.
After all of the enjoyment cars like
this have provided over two and a half
decades, seeing them sell for more
than you paid for them has a way of
taking the sting out of looking at all
that empty garage space.
The SHELBY AMERICAN
Summer 2016 89
P/1061