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Originally Posted by rkshanahan
Hi Everyone,
Allen Brown recommended this site to try and gather information on my Lola T60. I have owned the car 10 years after buying it from a friend, who had also owned it about 10 years, always as a roller without engine or trans. My friend bought it from an estate, and it came without history or chassis tag (had been removed for "safe keeping"). I know a little bit about these cars with the help of Robs Lamplough, who raced one from '66 to '68. There were only 12 built, and he remembers one owned by Bowlie Pittard (destroyed), one by John L'Amie (Ireland?), and one by Michele Daghorn (France).
I am hoping to figure out the history of mine, which appears to be an early T60. Is there anywhere that the chassis # would be stamped, other than the chassis plate? Does anyone remember one of these cars going to the states?
rkshanahan
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I AM the owner of Lola T60 SL60/2 which I purchased off Don Black approx 12 years ago in a complete but sorry state. This forum which appologetically I seldom look at has provided an extensive history on most T60's and has been resoponsible for introducing me to Rob Shanahan (USA) who was closely connected with Robs Lamplough (UK) with Rob eventually selling him one of his current cars meantime Rob and I have had much correspondence over the years.
RL (Robs) ran his car for the first time at Goodwood Revival 2012 as a T61 with a few minor variations from my car and I am hoping with his help to run with my son Tom driving in 2013 at the same event ... both cars are of course ex Midland Racing Partnership and apart from different coloured nose cones look identicle.
Only since this event and also actually meeting these two (above) at Goodwood this year have I renewed my interest to a high level in our car and am embarking on even more research via forums etc to be even more precise when quoting it's details including analysing all the 1965-6 F2 UK/Europe race results (originals) I have which always listed driver etc plus chassis number.
I will try and put together a summary on each Lola (where/when/who etc) and will have this available on request ... should be available early 2013 but I must say I am already impressed with the volume of T60 info already circulated by you guys but see a couple of anomolies I can possibly clarify very soon.
My car details etc can be viewed on
http://www.ibcholdings.com.au/cars (see Lola) when it was taken with a couple of other of my cars to CTS Auctions as a drawcard only to bring attention to their first Sydney auction (my only car intended to be sold was the Labatts Sierra RS500) and it was their photography and presentation that formed the basis of this webpage.
I will update other details shortly.
Cheers RT