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Originally posted by Kojima_KE007
Hi.
I hope what I am just about to write here will help solve some people's questions about chassis number 03 of Lola T280.
It was delivered to Noritake Takahara in Japan on 30th of March 1972 to be raced in the Grand Champion series at Fuji Speedway. He then took the championship and went to Kojima Engineering.
It still remains in Japan (not at Kojima Engineering) in its original state.
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That's very interesting. Can I be cheeky and ask you what your source is for this information? Also you mention that this will help solve some questions about chassis number 3. Are you sure that it was chassis 3 that was delivered to Takahara and not 4? This would make sense as, if it was delivered in March 72 then it would certainly have been the third one built...
What I don't understand is why Takahara didn't use the car from the first round onwards! Was there some problem with it?
It would be really nice to make contact with the current owners and share the information/pictures we have uncovered in the past few months - do you have this info. Perhaps you could send me a private message or email me on
michael.oliver@oliverandcompany.co.uk if you didn't want to post this on the list.
Many thanks for the information - very interesting!
Michael Oliver