Mantrack

April, 1999

Cunningham's ComebackThe Cunningham C4R was a 400-horsepower bear of a two-seater that its creator, wealthy yachtsman Briggs Cunningham II, pitted against Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar at Le Mans back in the Fifties. Cunningham never won the race, and within five years he folded the company. Today, an original Cunningham goes for more than $1 million--if you can find one. The good news is that Cunningham's son, Briggs III, is manufacturing hand-formed aluminum replicas (pictured here) of the...

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