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Title: Lola w/289 became the prototype fpr the Gt-40's:
Post by: machoneman on June 24, 2019, 11:19:56 AM

https://petrolicious.com/articles/this-lola-mk6-gt-prototype-made-the-first-ford-gt40-possible

Title: Re: Lola w/289 became the prototype fpr the Gt-40's:
Post by: TomP on June 24, 2019, 12:02:45 PM

I wonder if this is the same car local Pantera guy Jim Brokenshaw was working in the 80's. It was a Lola pre GT40 and he had a Colotti transaxle. Maybe there was more than one. Allen Grant was local for a time too, I met him at the Westwood reunion a few years ago.

Title: Re: Lola w/289 became the prototype fpr the Gt-40's:
Post by: falcongeorge on June 24, 2019, 02:14:55 PM

I think there were several with the 289/Colloti combo.

Trevor Harris quote about what it was like to work for Broadley " some of his early engineering drawings were on the back of old quotes". IMO, the T-70s were some of the prettiest race cars ever built. Always loved the Cortina taillights in the Lola GT6, they look like they were made for it.