These colors are called the Gulf Oil livery. They were made famous on a different car made by Carroll Shelby that won the 24 hrs of LeMans in the late 60s. The car actually won 4 times in a row, but only twice in this color scheme. Later, Porsche raced with the same color scheme.
I do not think I will have the white circles (called meatballs) on the car. If one were to take it to the track, you could put decals on with any number you are given. That is not of primary interest for me. I just love the way it looks, and think it will be interesting to put a famous paint scheme on a car that was around then, winning races, but not like this.
On the building front, I have still been waiting for parts from Hurricane and also doing bench assembly of the fuel tank. I am just about finished with that and will be installing it soon with Nathan's help. And another post, with pictures, will be coming soon on that.
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