it was sold again, this time to Anwar al Mulla, a Kuwaiti car dealer. During Mulla's ownership the XNR appeared in a photo taken in Kuwait in the May 1969 issue of National Geographic. It was sold again in the early 1970s to a man in Lebanon who kept it in underground storage until Karim Edde found the car during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975–1991 and recognized it. Edde acquired the car and kept moving it to various locations to protect it from damage during the fighting. After the war Edde sent the car to RM Restorations in Canada in 2008 for a full restoration. The restoration was completed in March 2011, after which the car was reintroduced at that year's Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. In August of the same year the XNR won the Gran Turismo Trophy at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. On 18 August 2012, the XNR sold for $935,000 at RM Sotheby's Monterey auction. Features The XNR uses both the chassis and "G-Series" Slant-6 straight-six engine from the Valiant, both of which were new for the 1960 model year. In Chrysler's Slant-6, the row of cylinders is inclined 30° from vertical. There are two common models of the engine; the LG, with a deck height of , and the RG, with a deck height of . The LG has a bore and stroke of , and displaces . The RG has a bore of , and a stroke of either or , for displacements of and respectively. Connecting rod lengths vary from engine to engine. The XNR is fitted with a 170 cubic inch LG, which is the only version low enough to fit under the car's hood. The engine was fitted with Chrysler's Hyper Pak performance package. When so equipped, the 170 cubic inch Slant-6 typically developed around . Apart from the Hyper Pak kit, the engine in the XNR is distinguished by being one of just twelve Slant-6s built to "NASCAR" specifications, which included other upgrades. It is thus related to the engines that powered Slant-6 Valiants to the first seven positions in the inaugural Cannonball Compact Car Division NASCAR race held in January 1960 at Daytona. A power output of is often quoted for the engine in the XNR. The XNR was built on the compact-sized unitary chassis of the Valiant, which was cut down and then had its sills reinforced for