Duncan Hamilton talks in this video about how he and Tony Rolt had been told their car had been disqualified, so they retired to a French bistro on the eve of the Le Mans race.
They were still there in the morning.
In the video, Hamilton recalls Williams Lyons pulled up to the bistro and informing his drivers that he had paid a 25£ fine and the car was back in the race.
Hamilton and Rolt then faced hours of black coffee and hot baths before the 4 p.m. race start of the 24-hour race, which they won in record-setting form.