OK Phillipe but it still does not explain why they had to make the pictures on the box single headlights for the Daytona win. Even if they model the car before the Daytona going through different configurations? The only thought to me would be that they made the Ford GT to be the Daytona winner even though they could not retool? Why could they not have made the slotcar based on the Daytona winner itself? Instead of committing themselves to a configuration that was not raced even though and i appreciated the subtle changes from Nurburgring to Le Mans were more suited to the shape they modelled on.
As for Ken Miles helmet colour it was anything to do with his tank regiments colours? Like Graham Hill London rowing club coloured helmet! Also I agree with you Phillipe, morally he did win the 1966 Le Mans
Regards Allan
Alan,
If I had to guess, I would say that Cox wanted to model their car after the most current GT40 at the time of its release. I would think that they were planning to mold the car in white and add dark blue/black numbers etc as decals similar to what K&B had done. Now just before Cox releases the car, Shelby takes over the Ford GT program and repaints the car in dark blue. Well, now Cox is in a pickle and their simple solution is to just change the plastic color from white to blue and design new decals to represent the new stripes, numbers etc. Then change the box art to indicate the new configuration of the car. Wouldn't be the first or last time that the box art and the actual model inside didn't match.
They weren't going to invest mega dollars to retool a mold that they hadn't even used yet. That wouldn't make good business sense and it was just a toy anyway and how many kids would know the difference.
I think it was case of "close enough is good enough". Just a thought. 
