Sebring 12 hours 1964. The Shelby American Cobra of Bob Bondurant and Lew Spencer under lights. The Cobra managed a fifth position behind the winning Ferrari 275P of Mike Parkes and Umberto Maglioli.
Welcome to the berserk world of the fuel altered. Overpowered and under engineered, these barely controllable fibreglass missiles were driven by deranged madmen, often sideways, in a haze of tyre smoke and nitro fumes. The combination of an extremely short wheelbase, light weight and ludicrous amounts of horsepower may not appear to be the ideal design for drag racing but as far as the fans were concerned it was the perfect formula.
The Porsche 908/01 of Steve McQueen and Peter Revson at the 1970 Sebring 12 Hours. McQueen and Revson finished a scant 22 seconds behind the winning Ferrari 512S of Andretti, Vaccarella and Guinti.
Here's what happens when tomorrow suddenly becomes yesterday. The poor old Ala Kart wasn't cutting it with the small fry so AMT gave it a psychedelic face lift.
A flying leap at the start of the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours. Nino Vaccarella and Jean Guichet drove this Ferrari 275P to victory that year for the factory.