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Might be a home run for the seller. Remember the 4+ million Parade of Progress trucks (buses?).
But he may be disappointed he didn't hire some guy to give it a spit & polish detail job. 10 years ago Mecum was defiantly #2 in auction results but today they may be surpassing BJ.

You might want to post your pain level. I've seen some kits as low as $25,000 to aluminum bodied CSX continuation cars for near $400,000.

Why it doesn't look like a Fiero.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paEQCZxclPQ

CA has a system where they can apply % of fault to each involved in an accident. Insurance companies argue back and forth to keep their drivers % and their exposure as low as possible.

[The factory VIN on a rack and pinion small block Cobra is on the left front A-arm mount.]

I don't get the supposed missing VIN issue. If the damage was to the right hand front of the car, there is no factory VIN to be damaged. The factory VIN on a rack and pinion small block Cobra is on the left front A-arm mount. It should still be there if the car was damaged at the right front.

On cars of this age there was 1 VIN location to be used for registration and it was picked by the manufacturer to be on the engine or car. The Feds standardized the number system and location in 1968. Over the years the VIN has become required in more places and on more components to reduce theft - but the VIN for registration today is the one on the dash you can see through the windshield.
The Cobra got so many parts stamped with "serial/VIN" numbers is because they were hand made and fitted. The numbers allowed the parts to be kept with the chassis/body they had been fitted for. Gotta love the cottage industry.

..if you read it again, my page just said September 4hour race, not September 4th..:-)

I read 4h not 4hour. My old eyes and lack of reading comprehension took that as 4th....

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I like the choice of the cover car for the Publisher's edition. Ray Wolfe's back door effort that Cantwell also drove. http://www.ponysite.de/66_notchback_Ray_Wolff.htm

Ponysite does have the Wolfe/Cantwell date wrong it was 9-18-66. The Riverside 4 hour when Ford pulled out all the stops to win the first Trans Am title. Take a look at the drivers list. They even let Al Dowd behind the wheel - or was it just hey give me a name for the entry.
https://www.racingsportscars.com/entry/Riverside-1966-09-18.html

Paper or Plastic? Early ones were thin cardboard at some point they started making them on plastic.

I think that car also ran at LeMans. It wasn't a factory effort.

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Good to see the Alzheimer's hasn't set in yet...... 

Don't forget to take a pinch of salt with internet info.....
There was a FakeBook post about 3 months ago that said they went bankrupt. It was being run by Art Francis' son.

Phillip,
What you stumbled across TAP was one of the first conglomerates of speed equip. Today when you look at those individual old brands like Holley, Mallory, Hooker, American, etc you'll find they are all under one roof like "Driven Performance Brands". When you dig deeper you'll find some giant investment fund as the owners. They are stockholder driven - not product quality or customer satisfaction driven.
Evolving out of early wheel ventures tied to Dick Rader Jr. and Mickey Thompson's Wheel Corp of America, Trans American Products evolved from Mickey Thompson's Wheel Corp of America and Dick Rader Jr.'s wheel operations following financial and business transitions. They took over production and distribution (using MT & Rader trademarks).
the Rader family departed the company in 1966, leading to quality control issues, declining sales, and eventual bankruptcy by 1974.
MT started his Wheel Corp of America in 1963. As the manager of Lion's drag strip and a Bville racer he would not have stood for any junk that could effect safety. I got my drivers license in 1966 by the time I was looking for a set of wheels in 1967 the word was out - don't buy Rader.

I love the dark green. Rader Wheels were known in SoCal as the bottom of the heap. A lot of them were being cast in Mexico. Barris used them because they'd give them to him free for any tv or movie car he was building.
The time line is interesting. Just as Hertz is wanting 200 cars Ford is putting the padlock on Shelby American.
Tom McIntyre still has his. He's put American's on it. https://youtu.be/x8Jh5QI8N_8?t=527

Another wise buyer who didn't check the sunroof option.
I like the car. I'd love it in a darker color with black interior though. Are any still riding on the original Rader wheels?

..... I remember the first time I saw it. It was laying on its side in Jack's garage. It had been recently painted by Richard Rodeck.

It was at SAAC 1 - painted shell on a trailer.