Yep, thats true Roger, an amazing piece of history, although to my mind this car will probably never leave the US, because its so important there.

In the case of HMC rules, there are some exceptions, these being cars with NZ racing history, ie, the Coppins Firebird, Marwood Camaro, etc, that actually raced in period up until 1973, can be presented as they raced in period. This is similar to the laws in Australia regarding Group Nc. Any original cars that actually competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship up to the end of 1972, ie, Pete Geoghegans GTA Mustang, Bob Janes HQ Monaro, Allan Moffats Mustang, Norm Beecheys Monaro etc, can race as they were in period, rather than to Nc rules. The reasoning behind this is that we're celebrating history, not trying to change it, and it'd be criminal to expect an original car to be changed to meet a set of modern historic regulations.