Andretti GT40 MkIV

Mario Andretti is, hands down, my all-time favorite driver.  I've marveled at his full body of work, which has him winning in almost every prestigious race in existence.  On his racing résumé, he has won the Indy 500, Daytona 500, Daytona 24-hour, Sebring 12-hours, an IndyCar championship (4 times), and an F1 championship. He also won the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and an IROC championship.  He is the only driver to have won a Formula 1 title, Indy 500, and the Daytona 500.   I've been fortunate to see him drive in Long Beach and see him up close and in person at an auto show.  

I recently acquired the Mario driven yellow Sebring-winning Ford GT40 MkIV.  It will display nicely next to the LeMans effort from 1967 that he drove.  

Photographing the two cars together enables me to easily see the differences between them.  The LeMans car has been outfitted with headlights, external mirrors, and an opening access panel to the... (ahem)... "spare" tire.  The Sebring car, which is a 12-hour and not a 24-hour race like LeMans, has the headlights covered or, probably, no headlights at all.  There are also access panels in the engine hatch that are missing on the LeMans car.  Also, I noticed only a single front NACA duct.  Those ducts are there to direct fresh air into the interior cabin.  Uncharacteristically, Exoto, which has an exemplary record for sweating the details to ensure accuracy, left the underside ducting intact on the Sebring car, even though there is no external duct to direct air to it.  Perhaps Tony K reasoned that the cost of redesigning the underside ducting was too great to justify this tiny inaccuracy. 

The most glaring difference is that the engine covers open opposite of each other.  Perhaps there is a rules requirement between the two series that is the impetus for those differences.