However, for such profitability it is necessary to wait 50 years.
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This copy was released in 1962, in 1970 he got into an accident. The body was not damaged, but the owner decided that there was no point in repairing the chassis, and sold the car as is. Charles Betz and Fred Peters bought it from the landfill and restored it to factory condition by the year 2000.
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Source: Gooding&Company
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