Le Mans Mini Marcos project gets ACO approval

Today is a grand day for the Le Mans Mini Marcos project as I received a parcel from France that had been eagerly awaited, putting things pretty mildly. It comes from the ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest), which is the organizer of the 24 hours of Le Mans race since human memory. It contains a copy of their full file on my car. This means all the documents are there, from the very first application form to all the official records that they took at the 12 different posts where they checked, verified, measured and weighed the car prior to the race on June 18, 1966. It's all dated and full of technical detail. It is a gold mine for the restoration.

It's even more than that as it also means the ACO have now officially approved my car as the real deal. And to say they take things seriously, certainly is no exaggeration. To get to this point, I had to send all of the possible evidence that I had over to an ACO jury. When the head of the club's Heritage Service contacted me six weeks later with the now classic words 'It's good' it made my day!
I'd like to thank Gérard Boulin for getting me in touch with the right person in the first place plus Stéphanie Lopé and Antoine Letrésor at the Automobile Club de l'Ouest for their support.