{"id":494896,"date":"2015-10-21T10:24:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=19258"},"modified":"2024-08-22T15:12:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T15:12:33","slug":"resurrecting-a-titan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/resurrecting-a-titan\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting a Titan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P5280010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-521607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P5280010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P5280010.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P5280010-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P5280010-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P5280010-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The road was as straight as the crow flies without any trace of the slightest change of scenery. Driving down the long unwinding highway, in the late summer of 2013, my mind had the tendency to wander. Time was passing with the same speed of the desert tortoise I saw a few hours ago trying to cross the scorching pavement. Driving for hours with no one to talk to does put strange thoughts in your mind. \u201cWeren\u2019t you on a similar road trip seven years ago?\u201d I asked myself. You see, I had found the lost Lola T-190 chassis #03 stashed in the basement of a home in Philadelphia. 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