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Originally Posted by smadsen
The Agapiou brothers bought a pair of GT-40s directly from Ford, reputedly for $1.00, when the international racing program was closed down. The cars were highly modified as spyders in Los Angeles and then run in the latter days of the Can-Am and in select international races. Many notable drivers of the era drove for him. Having beers with Charles Agapiou would be a hoot, fixing Bentley's is only scratching the surface.
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I really understand that now. It's kind of apropos in a way, though, that a smart mechanic would specialize in Rolls/Bentley in the Beverly Hills area. They are absolute POS cars that constantly need servicing and the $$ to be made fixing them is real. Jay Leno was a RR/Bentley wrench, even if he'd never made it in comedy, he would be affluent. Not crazy rich like he is but not poor.
I've always enjoyed talking to Charlie, even before I found out about this interesting history. When I dropped off the car, we were talking Porsches and I told him about my history at the old Westwood Porsche and Bob Smith in Hollywood, (both gone), and my very small role in care taking McQueen's 911S and Speedster when we stored them for him. He was really enjoying talking McQueen, whom he obviously knew pretty well.