Don silawsky biography and does

Don Silawsky was stunned when his pride and joy, 1966 Ford GT40, Chassis No.

1040, appeared in a catalog offering it for sale at a June auction in Paris.

That’s because Silawsky, who did a six-month stint on an Arctic Ocean research station in 1970 to raise money to buy his first sports car, is quite certain he owns the one and only Ford GT40, Chassis No.

1040.

Don silawsky biography and does

And as far as he knows, the car he bought for $50,000 in 1978 sits disassembled and in storage, awaiting a planned restoration.

“I never sold 1040. I have a bill of sale for 1040. I have a title to 1040,” says Silawsky. “My car has been examined by many of the world’s experts who confirm it as 1040.”

So how could his car—or one with the same No.

1040 attached to it—appear at a European auction? Did someone fake it?

Perhaps a bigger question is: Whose responsibility is it to make sure the world’s limited