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Lola founder Eric Broadley created the ground-breaking Mk6 GT in 1962 and was showcased to the public in January 1963 at the Olympia Racing Car Show, the stunning streamlined body designed by John Frayling of FRP, who had previously penned the type 14 Lotus Elite alongside Peter Kirwan-Taylor.
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Lola Mk6 GT Ford Article Image gallery (35) Chassis (2) Specifications User Comments (4) Page 1 of 2 Next >> Motorsport was going through a big revolution in the early 1960s; from front to mid engined racers. Not surprisingly endurance racing was the last category to fully pick up on the latest developments.
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As the grandfather of the legendary GT40, the Lola Mk 6 GT is obviously a highly influential model, and it is noted by some experts to be the first mid-rear engine GT race car. Its bold combination of handsome styling, cutting-edge engineering, historical significance, and overall rarity makes the Mk 6 one of the most important sports-racing prototypes of the 1960s.
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Lola GT Mk6. 3,424 likes · 3 talking about this. Original prototype of the GT40 owned by Allen Grant since 1965. Restored/debuted in 2016 at The Quail
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Lola boss, Eric Broadley, decided to quit top flight single seater racing and embark on a major Sports car programme for 1963 instead. His pioneering Mk6 GT was the result and, in true Lola fashion, it mixed cutting edge design with handsome looks. The Mk6 was the first GT racing car to employ a mid-mounted American V8.
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This is the very first Mk6 GT - the culmination of Broadley's clean-sheet design labours based religiously around both the FIA's new regulations for 1963 and the then-new 260 cubic-inch Ford V8. This was the very car that Eric presented to the world at the London Racing Car Show in January 1963.
1963 Lola Mk6 GT
Automotive royalty pays a surprise visit to the garage when Allen Grant stops by with his newly restored 1963 Lola Mk6 GT, the prototype vehicle that led to.
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It's the Lola Mk6, an early-1960s British race car that's both rare and relatively unknown today. But it had a huge influence on perhaps the most well-known sports car racing program in.
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The Lola Mk. 6 GT is genuine cornerstone material in the racing world as it laid the groundwork for what would become Ford's answer to Ferrari: the GT40. It was also one of the first.
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May 1, 2018 12 comments Photography by Patrick Stevenson Imagine pulling the cover off this incredible mid-engine prototype Lola GT in 1965 and buying it for only $3,000. Well, Allen Grant did just that in England over 50 years ago and this freshly restored 1 of 1 Mk6 prototype is that car.
1963 Lola Mk6 GT
That's because it owes its existence to the Lola Mk6 - a British racing car built to the tune of three examples in the early-'60s, and one that changed the face of sports cars forever. And the really good news? We were lucky enough to take one of them for a spin.
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#1 Hi everyone Over the last couple of months I have been involved in various discussions on the feasibility and market appetite for a replica of the Lola MK6 GT, IMHO one of the most beautiful cars in the world. Without this car, the Ford GT40 would not have been developed to its Le Mans winning spec.
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The Lola Mk6 GT Makes A Name For Itself via Supercar Nostalgia The Mk6 GT would also feature a Ford-Colotti engine-gearbox assembly, and was a stressed member with the rear suspension mounted directly onto it. This was a revolutionary technique, that amazingly did not appear properly in Formula 1 until the famous Lotus 49 of 1967.
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Built on a shoestring, the Lola Mk6 GT looked the opposite of a world-beater - especially when it retired from the 1963 Le Mans 24 Hours. But Eric Broadley's genius saw it emerge into the legendary Ford GT40 Ford GT Heritage edition with 1964 prototype Ford Author Andrew Frankel
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The Lola Mk6 GT was a racing car with a production run of only three units, built between 1962 and 1963 by British car manufacturer Lola Cars.
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Lola Mk6 GT: Broadley's Ferrari-beater By Mick Walsh Features 22 Dec 2023 No one, not even designers Eric Broadley and Tony Southgate, could have imagined the impact that their sleek, mid-engined GT prototype, displayed on Lola's stand at the 1963 London Racing Car Show, would have.