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[Wolfi]

I am looking for pictures and ANY information about a Lola T70 Spider Mk II raced by Jerry Crawford in 1966 and 1967 (chassis number 71720). It was painted white and had a blue belly This is the race history according to John Starkey:


Date Race Race# Driver Result

05/22/66 USRRC Bridgehampton 200 #70 Crawford DNF(engine)

Re-engined with a Chrysler 305ci V8

09/11/66 CanAm St. Jovite #70 Crawford 18th OA
Player´s 200 Mont
Tremblant Can Am

09/18/66 CanAm Bridgehampton #70 Crawford DNS
Raceway (34th in practice)

09/24/66 CanAm Mosport Park #70 Crawford DNA
6th Canadian Grand Prix „Lola MkII Chrysler“
for the Pepsi Cola Trophy

11/27/66 US Champions, Riverside #14 Crawford 4th OA

04/14/67 Marlboro National SCCA #0 Crawford 2nd OA

04/30/67 VIR Race #7 #0 Crawford 10th OA, 2nd IC
SCCA National Virginia VIR

Re-engined with a 5.9 litre Chevrolet V8

5/21/67 USRRC Bridgehamton 200 #0 Crawford 10th OA
„Lola-Chevrolet“

05/28/67 Thompson National #0 Crawford 1st
SCCA

07/04/67 English Lime Trophy #0 Crawford 3rd OA
Lime Rock Park

07/09/67 Mount Equinox Hillclimb Crawford 1st

07/29/67 Lime Rock National #0 Crawford 1st OA
SCCA


Regards


Wolfi

Edited by Wolfi, 30 July 2011 - 15:48.

[SCHKEE T332]

Hi,
There is a picture on RacingSportscars.com

http://www.racingspo...7-04-30-000.jpg


You have listed a chassis number that is either mis-typed or wrong.

Edited by SCHKEE T332, 01 August 2011 - 12:29.

[Allen Brown]

This car is said to be chassis SL71/20 - I think Wolfi just typed '7' when he meant '/'.

It is currently for sale at Coys.

[Wolfi]

This car is said to be chassis SL71/20 - I think Wolfi just typed '7' when he meant '/'.

It is currently for sale at Coys.

Not any longer, I bought it. And 71/20 is of course correct.

Regards


Wolfi

[SCHKEE T332]

Fantastic !
What are your plans for the car ?

[Allen Brown]

Not any longer, I bought it. And 71/20 is of course correct.

Regards


Wolfi

What have you been told by the vendor of its history after 1967? Coys implied that it was with Jerry Crawford until fairly recently.

[Wolfi]

What have you been told by the vendor of its history after 1967? Coys implied that it was with Jerry Crawford until fairly recently.

According to a report by John Starkey which I have (and which is completely different from what he wrote in his two Lola books about 71/20) the car "retired from active competition and placed in storage" after July 1967; he does not mention by whom it was put into storage.

According to an e-mail from Chris Fox to me he bought the car in the US from a dealer and sold it to Nigel Kemp in 1992. In 2006 Kemp sold it through Chris Fox to David Clark who resold it to John Bendall in the same year.

Regards


Wolfi