The history of the three James Garner/American International Racing (AIR) cars is unique in automotive history, not simply because James Garner’s AIR team sponsored three cars under one banner; not just because the three cars were all-new L88s; but mostly because of the high profile role of James Garner, Hollywood movie star and car fanatic.

The AIR #44 car, offered here, provides a time capsule overview of race cars from the late 1960s, as well as those that would follow through the 1970’s glory years of racing.

Three factory-built L-88 cars left the St.

Louis plant for delivery to James Garner’s American International Racing (AIR) team in November of 1967.

These three Le Mans Blue convertibles were the first production models featuring the new L-88 engine with first generation closed-chamber aluminum heads.

Of course, the cars were all Central Office Production Orders (COPO)—a system which provided for an incredible range of production specifications.

These three cars, sold to ...