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[Paglesham]

Can anyone explain to me when Lola stopped the single obvious numbers (it seems there's no Mk 7) and took up the numbering system we know.?

 

Cheers,

Martin

[Tim Murray]

My understanding is that when Formula Junior came to an end at the end of 1963, Lola/Midland Racing Partnership were left with a few redundant Mk5A FJunior cars. One of them was fitted with an F3 engine and became the T53 (presumably Mk5/3) and a couple of others became F2 cars (T54), with the T-numbers continuing onward from there. See this page on the Lola Heritage site:

http://www.lolaherit...pes/t53/t53.htm

Edited by Tim Murray, 02 February 2016 - 16:53.

[Roger Clark]

I always thought that the change came when Broadley started producing Lolas again after the Ford contract came to an end.

[RA Historian]

Not to mention the change c1985 when they went from the T-000 system to the T-two digits of the year/two digits designating model. Of course the latter system has had so many variations that I have never really been able to figure out a consistent pattern.

Tom