Ot: Lola gt For the car guys

[Tickdoc]

Boredom has me looking at cars and I came across this Lola that was the origin of the mk40.

https://static.goodwood.com/globalassets/.road--racing/race/historic/2018/jan/lola-mk6-gt/lola_mk6_gt_goodwood_19011817.jpg?crop=(0,0,2600,1 463)&width=1600

What a simple and beautiful car unknown to me until now. I would put this one in miura standing which I’ve always considered the be the pinnacle of automotive design.

Not a huge jay leno fan, but his review of the car with the owner is really good here.

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/DUBmDu3HXaU

[tuscanyswe]

Ive seen that before. Its a really nice car / episode

[goonster]

Pretty sure that is a Mk6. No road cars were ever produced, which makes it an unfair comparison to the Miura. This is much prettier!

[Tickdoc]

Pretty sure that is a Mk6. No road cars were ever produced, which makes it an unfair comparison to the Miura. This is much prettier!

Dino, gto, and Miura were my childhood dream cars and I can’t believe I’ve never seen this one before.

Yes this one was prototype and race car only.

[NHAero]

The Lola MK6, original E-type Jag, and the Ferrari 275 GTB - the only reason I don't own one is that I can never make up my mind which is the prettiest :)

[msl819]

The floor in Leno's garage was so clean their shoes squeaked when they walked. That and the car were both impressive.

[goonster]

There are a lot of fancy cars owned by wealthy people, in private collections, museums, etc. Jay Leno has pretty much set the gold standard for how such cars can be "shared," no?

[Hawker]

What a gorgeous car...just spellbinding.

It's amazing how much Leno knows and how he ended up a comedian as opposed to working in the automotive business?

[goonster]

It's amazing how much Leno knows and how he ended up a comedian as opposed to working in the automotive business?

Because he knows that first you have to build the pile of money before you can set it on fire. ;)

[jpritchet74]

whoa..........

[Plum Hill]

Broadley did produce a road car. The T70 coupe was available with a 350 Chevy in 1969. I believe it sold for $10,500. Magazine review said the interior was terribly hot below 100mph as it had no A/C.

[zap]

Broadley did produce a road car. The T70 coupe was available with a 350 Chevy in 1969. I believe it sold for $10,500. Magazine review said the interior was terribly hot below 100mph as it had no A/C.

If I'm not mistaken, I have a R&T review of the T70 road car.

[gbcoupe]

The Lola MK6, original E-type Jag, and the Ferrari 275 GTB - the only reason I don't own one is that I can never make up my mind which is the prettiest :)

Yeah, that's where I'm at as well. :rolleyes:

I love my MCoupe, but I'd trade for any of those without much thought. Only thought being, the Jag would have to be a coupe and not a 2+2.

[eddief]

whatever lola wants, lola gets.

[NHAero]

A 2+2 does NOT count as an E Jag in my book.
A good friend who has now passed had a '66 roadster which I had the exciting pleasure of driving up in the hills above Palo Alto. Wowza. In his youth he was a competitive bike racer and he also had a beautiful Frejus (bike content).

Yeah, that's where I'm at as well. :rolleyes:

I love my MCoupe, but I'd trade for any of those without much thought. Only thought being, the Jag would have to be a coupe and not a 2+2.

[tylercheung]

After that darn movie, all I can hear w/r to the Lola and the Ford GT is Christian Bale yelling "SHE CAN GO FASTER! I CAN FEEL IT!"

[NHAero]

Who was the body designer on the Lola? Was it a Pininfarina design?

[gbcoupe]

Who was the body designer on the Lola? Was it a Pininfarina design?

If nobody else comes up with it, my oldest brother would know for sure. And probably anything else you needed to know about it.

[tuscanyswe]

Who was the body designer on the Lola? Was it a Pininfarina design?

As per wiki:

The coachwork, designed by John Frayling and made by FRP, had its own features such as reduced overhangs, Kamm-tail, roof-integrated engine air intake and special doors which extended into the roof to give the drivers greater access to the cockpit once they were open, an idea that was kept on the car's successor, the Ford GT40.[6]

[soulspinner]

Wow way cool

[bikinchris]

As per wiki:

The coachwork, designed by John Frayling and made by FRP, had its own features such as reduced overhangs, Kamm-tail, roof-integrated engine air intake and special doors which extended into the roof to give the drivers greater access to the cockpit once they were open, an idea that was kept on the car's successor, the Ford GT40.[6]

The door design was so drivers could run across the street at LeMans and jump into the car faster for the old style start.

Ironic that the British guys on Top Gear were giving Ford a hard time for designing the car that way when it was a British designer.

[mowyang]

Any of you who played with slot cars in the mid-60's would recognize the Lola GT. Not sure the paceline's demographics means that would be many of you though . . .

[oliver1850]

My brothers and I had 1/32 scale slot cars circa 1970, maybe a bit earlier. We had a Chaparral and a Ford GT which IIRC was a J car. They are probably in a landfill not far from home.

The T70 is one of my all time favorite race cars. I never got to work on a Lola of any type despite working in CanAm and CART for most of the 1980s. A rare perhaps, but dubious distinction for mechanics of that era.

[Hawker]

Any of you who played with slot cars in the mid-60's would recognize the Lola GT. Not sure the paceline's demographics means that would be many of you though . . .

That would include me in the mid 60s. Aurora was one of the big manufactures of that stuff back then. My city had several large indoor tracks that we all begged our parents to take us to. I remember how we used to wear holes in the small copper contacts the cars had. Crap..I'm old.