470.29.05709 - Cutler/South Pointe Porsche GT, Parking Lot Find Options

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In September 2014 I was watching a video of my friend’s race car on youtube and off to the side was this video (Two Abandoned Cars 1970-1973 Porsche 914 1.7) I usually check them out to see if it is a 914/6.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRMaKvWTTvQ


Halfway thru the video he approaches the 2nd car and right away I notice the marker lights on the roof. In case you didn’t know they were used at night for the crew to identifying the car and also to signal the pits from the car before radios were affordable.

The best part (at 5:20) Charles says:
"Took this Porsch and built it for racing, totally destroy the value of the car when you do this.."

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So I start looking thru my data and find a car that raced at the 24hrs of Daytona in 1973 The car in the video is yellow inside and the fender flares are correct, also Lee Cutler (the driver) is from Sarasota FL.

I do a google search and find a later (1975) picture of the car and see it was painted black now everything matches. This was also one of the cars missing from my research for the IMSA 914 book.

5/19/1974 - 4 hrs Ontario


I have to find this car!! Using clues offered in this video I find the building (you can see the address is 1345 in the video). Here is the fence from google street view.


I called Steve Gaglione and he was kind enough to drive down from Tampa.
He shows up and the car is right were I sent him on the map, the shop owner is there and by 1pm I make a deal with the car’s owner!