The Lola T70 was produced between 1965 to 1969, conceived by Eric Broadley of Lola Cars and honed by John Surtees with the intention of manufacturing a V-8 race car to attract sales from the United States.

This Lola T70 Mk III, Chassis number SL73/111, was supplied to the Swedish driver Yngve Rosqvist on 2 June 1967. Rosqvist would field the T70 in five Swedish races; winning two, finishing second in one, placing third in one, and being disqualified in another. It would claim one last Swedish victory on 4 August 1968, driven by Per Brandström. In 1968, the T70’s first American race was the SCCA National in Kent, Washington, with Ed Leslie behind the wheel. The car would compete in three other SCCA races, failing to finish due to mechanical issues.

In 1972 the Lola was sold to Ron Southern and fielded in a three-hour endurance race at Laguna Seca, retiring due to losing the gearbox drain plug. Later that year, Southern raced at a SCCA National Race, taking second place. Barry Blackmore purchased the car in 1985, rebodying it to a Mk IIIB coupe. In 1989, Blackmore sold the car to Monte Shallet. Shallet received an invitation to race at the 1989 GT40 Reunion at Watkins Glen. The car was driven to victory by Monte Shallet and Mark Simpson as number "77" as they competed against ten Ford GT40s. In 1996, George Stauffer acquired the car and rebodied SL73/111 back to Mk III Coupe, with costs exceeding $9,500. SL73/111 was purchased by Mr. Guikas, its current owner, in 2004. It was raced at the Le Mans Classic in 2008.

SL73/111 today is presented in red, the colour it sported when first driven by Rosqvist, but has the addition of a central white stripe. The T70 is powered by a Chevrolet small-block V-8 fuelled by four Weber 48 IDAs. It retains the five-speed Hewland L.G. 600 transaxle gearbox. This Lola T70 presents a wonderful opportunity to acquire a rare British-made race car with fantastic history and documentation, eligible to most of the greatest classic car races such as Le Mans Classic.

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