Aaah, but bare ali is 'period correct'; for the Le Mans test, A98 was devoid of paint, and even headlights!
Also devoid of the rear spoiler & bonnet vent, it was only capable of 155mph on the Mulsanne, almost 10mph
slower than 39PH had gone the year before!
If you believe the caption on the
AC Heritage website, the test car(no.4) was in fact a sister car to the race Coupé (no.3)...
...or is it more likely that it`s the bonnet in the foreground, and that the number changed between practise & race?