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Other notable victories included the Mille Miglia   Connecticut. Livanos sent the GT350 to Chris
            1000-mile endurance race in 1955 behind the wheel   Liebenberg of Danbury Connecticut, who converted
            of a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, and the 1954 12         it to R specifications, in the process creating an ideal
            Hours of Sebring driving an O.S.C.A. MT4.           candidate for vintage racing.
            Although Moss officially retired in 1962 following a   In the course of Sir Stirling’s vintage racing tours, he’d
            devastating crash, he never completely walked away   had the opportunity to drive a GT350 at the Monterey
            from the sport. As vintage racing grew from an obscure   Historics and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
            hobby into an organized circuit, Moss became an     Consequently, Moss purchased SFM 6S089 in 1992
            active participant.                                 and first raced it at the Targa Tasmania with his wife
                                                                Susie as co-driver, where they won their class, the
            As for the 1966 Shelby GT350, SFM 6S089, its
            early ownership trail kicked off in San Antonio,    Classic Division B7 for Touring and GT cars over
            Texas. It was later sold and moved to Boston, and   4000cc. He raced the Shelby in vintage competitions
            then purchased by Peter Livanos of Greenwich,       all across Europe, including at Silverstone in 1995 and


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