Hi Jerry
Long time no hear.......
You are 100% correct The picture Barrett & Jackson are showing depicts BEX403, Blue Ace with Black interior, I have pictures of the car from 1990.
BEX404 ( the Real one.... not the copy ) was bought in California by Robert Pass of St Louis, due to his restorer not working to agreed scheduel, Robert gave up and sold BEX404 to Charles Crial, who also I believe has or had BEX403. ( Robert then bought BEX339)
I Have the origonal well faded seat covers from BEX404 which Ron Varney shipped over to the UK in the boot(Trunk)of BEX280 in November / December 2006.
BEX280 was bought by Eiji Taguchi. reference my Letter in ACtion Feb2007. (small world as it was Eiji who bought one of the two fake Aces from Coys a few years back, of which both the new owners took legal ACtion to retrieve their money and expences, not sure who now owns the two Clones.)
Barrett & Jackson web site shows a Corvette as lot number 1289
This confusion doesnt help maintain accurate records of Authenticity of our Aces and Cobras, especially as they are now changing hands for £125K plus & £270K plus respectively.
Jerry, I must send you some pdfs and jpegs of Various USA Racing Aces from the 1950s / 60s, Tony Bancroft, Tim Isles and I are trying to establish and ID of some twenty five or more Aces e.g. put Drivers , Aces (Chassis Nos) and racing numbers together, The drivers - Pilots of the mid to late 1950s are now 75 to 90 years
old so history will be lost if we dont recall this data now.
If any AC enthusiast can help confirm accurate facts and substantiate
with period pictures please email to me ( Keith dot lessiter at faac dot co dot uk) I will forward on to the respective AC Ace /Bristol registrar.
Sorry to bore the Pants off you all.............in the mean time. Best wishes for a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year, may all your Barn finds be NOS, mint and Boxed.
Enjoy ! !
Keith