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Classified Advertisements—continued

LOLA

THE CHEQUERED FLAG (COMPETITION

CARS), LTD.

Lola-Climax sports-racing car. 1,100 c.c.. Stage

III Climax unit, Weber carbs., mag. wheels.

ex-Gammon / Reece. Potential AUTOSPORT

Championship winner ... £865

Gemini House. High Street, Edgware. Tel. 6171.

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CLIMAX 1100 SPORTS

The aluminium-bodied ex-Reece, Mrs. Dickinson's

car fitted with special head, Webers, brand new

tyres and just resprayed light blue with yellow

wheels.

As this car must be sold OFFERS are invited to:

BAWDEN'S GARAGE,

St. Ive. Liskeard, Cornwall.

Callington 3296.

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LOLA CLIMAX sports (latest type) just received

meticulous overhaul for next season, very

special 1,220 c.c. engine (stripped for inspection),

whole car in absolutely perfect order, spare body,

diffs., etc., included in price. Export arranged if

required. £950.—John Ewer, 1 Lindfield Gardens.

Hampstead, London. N.W.3. Tel.: Hampstead

9197

 

Autosport, 12 January 1962, Page 68

 

The garage in Cornwall was connected to Nick Garbett? 

 

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 27 November 2021 - 15:25.

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Lola sports/racing, just overhauled, new diff., repainted gold/

white. Perfect. Offers. Won 1962 Autosport

Championship, ex-John Nicholson.—H. O'Brien,

Kirkby 2353; Anfield 5993.

Autosport, 23 August 1963, Page 273

 

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LOLA

LOLA sports racing car, 1,098 c.c. Climax, engine

new and just run in, Gearbox completely over-

hauled and fitted new twin-plate clutch. All brakes

overhauled, all new tyres. Bodywork perfect in

every respect. Finished in red. A very fast car.

£950.—P. R. Dickinson, Venture Garage, Ltd.,

Belper Road, Holbrook, Derbys. Phone: Horsley

400.

Autosport, 20 April 1962, Page 576

 

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Silverstone First Clubmen's Championship, 7 October 1961

Sports car race, Lola entries:

#81 John Woolfe, NS

#82 Brenda Dickinson, Lola/P. Dickinson

#83 J. Nicholson

#84 D. A. Clydesdale

#85 J. Bekaert, Lola/Derek Wilkinson, VBL 858

#86 L. W. Keens

#87 I. G. E. Harrison-Hansley

#88 R. C. Kerrison

#97 J. Ewer, Lola 1,216 c.c.

Sports Racing Cars results:

1. G. Lee (Lister-Jaguar) 93.98 mph

2. L. W. Keens (Lola)

3. John Bekaert (Lola)

4. Mike Beckwith (Lotus)

5. Graham Warner (Lotus Elite)

6. John Nicholson (Lola)

 

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 29 November 2021 - 07:37.

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Snetterton West Essex, August 21, 1960

#18 Lola Mark 1, registration VSF 230, Snetterton, August 21, 1960:

https://revslib.stan...log/gn435dv7765

 

Can we identify driver and chassis number?

 

Updated link: https://library.revs...ion=p17257coll1

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Autosport caption:
ELEVEN HUNDREDS: D. M. Bertram
(18) sweeps through a cluster of slower
cars at the hairpin during his chase of
Keith Greene. In the picture also are
Harrison-Hansley (14), R. Brown (19)
and J. Hellings (26).

 

So VSF 230 is driven here by David Bertram.

 

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J. C. Kilburn has taken over the ex-Art O'Connor G-Mod Lola.

Competition Press, 15 October 1960, Page 7

(Art O'Connor won the semi-main at Laguna Seca, California, 5 June 1960, in the "red English Lola.")

https://library.revs...una-seca/442795

Did the car transfer to Fort Worth, Texas?

Car entered SCCA National, Ascarate Park, El Paso, Texas, 30 October 1960?

 

See thread from here: https://forums.autos...s/#entry3341828

 

See also: https://forums.autos...jc-kilburn-rip/

 

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 07 April 2023 - 06:43.