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    I'd say Matra M670 and porsche 917...
    I have one lap on Lemans with Pescarolo in the matra with the sound...incredible sound!!! one of the most beautiful car sound i've ever heard ( with some porsche (908/6 910/8 etc)
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    The best Le-mans car ever.... hmmmmm.....
    I'd have to go with the 1991 Pontiac
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    it;s not funny .. not at all
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    there is just winning

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    These three all left their mark: Jaguar D-type
    Ford GT40
    Porsche 917

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    Matra M670, Porsche 917, Ford GT40, Ferrari 250 GTO, and the Audi R8. I think all these are great LeMan cars.
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    Ferrari 512

    There were also some beautiful cars that went to Le Mans and didn't win, such as the ferrari 512s. There were eight of them in the 1970 race to my knowledge.
    No. 5,6,7,8
    Then the 2 Scuderia cars
    Then the Francorchamps car
    Then the american racing ferrari of Sam Posey
    Any other cars you guys think looked real good at Le Mans, stylistically that is, that didn't win.
    There are also some late 60', early 70's Alfa's I'd have to put on there too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dustin917
    There were also some beautiful cars that went to Le Mans
    The long-tail Alpine A210s
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    Alpine

    Nice Alpine.
    There were some pre-917 porsche cars that were pretty sweet too. I can't get pictures, but I would also have to include the ferrari p4, mercedes slr, and the Shelby Daytona Coupe. They were all awesome cars, but again, I must say that the coolest and best Le Mans car of all time, without a doubt, is the Porsche 917.

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    Shelby Daytona coupe...it is sad to say other then the black and white pic with carool shelby and a few others that the only pics i have of the car are one i found in www.carinbarns.com very sad siteof good american cars that are rotting away in people sheds and driveways apprentkly that rotting daytona coupe is parked in some little old ladys driveway who has asked for $500,000 for the car...she knows what it is sadly...i would love to buy itand SAVE it
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    more pics of the GT40 and hopefully not reposts on my part....

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    some of the daytona coupe, this time a French owned one that is regularly run is historic races. (there are some people who think this particular is not an original one though) The first pic shows the driver (Henri Pescarolo) just visible behind the car. Pics taken at Silverstone in the late nineties when Coys festivals were still booming.
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    Well even if its a faker its very well presented...it would be running a 289 or 302 windsor there wouldent it? (i cant clearly see the manifold )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Falcon500
    Well even if its a faker its very well presented...it would be running a 289 or 302 windsor there wouldent it? (i cant clearly see the manifold )
    As far as I know these cars ran as 289's
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4
    As far as I know these cars ran as 289's
    thats what i thought too but that would be a good way to tell if it was a faker or not hell to gain an edge he may even be running the 347 stroker...wehad a guy in historics who was suppsodily running stroked 350...383 i thinkhe had...when rumors started spreading his camro resurfaced with a new engine....it also had some breathening changes...smaller carbies etc etc...i guess well never know....this was back in the appendix J days when i was all but 5 years old
    And silly queastion Matra was that long tailed alpine offerd to the general public?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Falcon500
    And silly queastion Matra was that long tailed alpine offerd to the general public?
    No,
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