By far the most successful racing car of the Group 5 era was Porsche’s iconic 935. Having been reserved for works use in 1976, customer cars began to come on stream for 1977, at which point the…
Read MoreChassis P/1018 was one of two Mk1 GT40s built to race trim for promotional use. It was commissioned by Ford on behalf of Carroll Shelby whose firm had undertaken much development…
Read MoreIn order to get the GT40 homologated into the new-for-1966 Group 4 Sports car class, Ford had to complete a minimum of 50 copies. Without sufficient demand for that number of racing variants, the…
Read MoreChassis SL76/147 was dispatched on May 20th 1969 to Lola’s European distributor, Jo Bonnier. Bonnier in turn sold the car to renowned Swiss tuner, Louis Morand, who planned to race it with an…
Read MoreFor 1967, Lola created a Coupe version of the highly successful T70 which for the previous two seasons had proven so effective in Can-Am, the Unites States Road Racing Championship and the…
Read MoreFerrari created two top flight Group 6 Prototypes for the 1967 season which would be the last year for these epic unlimited engined leviathons before the FIA imposed a three-litre limit to curtail speeds.
Read MoreChassis 0854 was one of four 412 Ps created for the 1967 season. Of these, two were assembled from a pair of ex-works 1966 330 P3s (chassis 0844 for NART and chassis 0848 for Scuderia…
Read MoreChassis SL76/150 was one of 16 Lola T70 GTs built to Mk3B specification. It was originally sold to renowned British privateer, David Piper. David Piper was among the best known sports car entrants…
Read MoreDavid Piper was among the most prolific privateer sports car entrants of the 1960s and early 1970s. Having started in Lotus single seaters, Piper switched to sports cars for 1962. He purchased a Ferrari…
Read MoreChassis 017 was one of the 917s loosely built up for the FIA homologation inspection on April 21st 1969 and then dismantled to be properly assembled at a later date. For the 1970 and 1971 seasons…
Read MoreDuring 1968, the Alan Mann Racing-built Ford P68 had shown devastating speed, but appalling reliability. Undeterred, a third P68 was built for 1969. It was expected to race alongside the…
Read MoreChassis 01 was the first Ford P68 completed. It was built by Alan Mann Racing with a shorter wheelbase than subsequent examples which meant the P68’s naturally nervous handling…
Read MoreChassis 025 was one of the few Porsche 917s sold to a privateer. Most were reserved for works use or the factory-supported John Wyer / Porsche Salzburg / Martini Racing outfits. 025’s purchaser was…
Read MoreUlf Norinder was a wealthy Swiss privateer whose grandfather manufactured Lakerol pastils and lozenges. By 1968, Norinder had owned and raced a variety of cars to include a Maserati 200 S, two…
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