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I have a bit of a problem. - (at least according to certain people I live with). I like to acquire interesting automotive-related historic pieces. Nothing extravagant, but interesting and occasionally rare. I was fortunate enough to acquire a pretty interesting home movie of the 1966 LeMans race out of Germany earlier this year. It was a bit of a crap shoot when I bought it as the seller (an auction house) was not exactly clear as to what was on the Super 8 film and Google translate isn't always 100% accurate. However I rolled the dice and won the bid. The first 90 seconds is good. There is footage from the pits of the Ken Miles driven GT40 of "Ford vs Ferrari" fame. Also cools shots of Ferraris, Matras and Porsches. The last 2 minutes is unfortunately damaged.

Long story short - word of the film got back to the RK Collection and I got to meet the owner of the actual car (it's in Charlotte, NC). In addition to that car, the collection also contains Mark Donahue's 917/30 and the 1931 LeMans winning Alfa Romeo. Also had a chance to show the film and they are going to see if they can possibly restore the last 2 minutes of it.

As I said, it was a pretty good day.