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.

Mar 12, 2019 · Stored for almost 50 years, the original Lola GT is back together, making appearances around the world and again turning heads everywhere it goes. This 1963 Lola MK6 GT is a living artifact.

Feb 6, 2017 · 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...

Largely forgotten for many years, the GT Mk6 was a crucial car both in the history of the Ford GT40 and Lola Cars. Although very few parts were interchangeable, the GT did lay the foundation for the car that won Le Mans in 1966, 1968 and 1969.

John Frayling was commissioned to design a low drag coupe body for the chassis. His previous work included the original Lotus Elite. The fibre glass body he sculpted very well suited the small chassis, with very short front and rear overhangs.

1963 Lola Mk 6 GT Coupe. This car is the prototype Lola GT MK6, the first of only three constructed before Ford Motor Company hired its designer and ...

At the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dickie Attwood and David Hobbs would take to the wheel of the Mk 6 GT around the famed eight mile circuit. Taking advantage of the 530hp, 5.7-liter Chevrolet V8, Attwood and Hobbs would come all the way from the back of …

With its the mid-engine V8 289 cu in (4.74 l) Ford engine, the Mk6 GT was the first mid-mounted, high displacement V8-powered Grand Touring car, a chassis arrangement that had been used, up until that time, only on formula cars and smaller, more affordable GTs.

Jul 1, 2014 · Similar to the GT40, the Lola Mk6 GT had a mid-mounted Ford V8, a space-frame chassis, a lightweight body with a Kammback profile and an exceptionally low roofline. The Mk6 was entered into the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans, due to the lack of a transport truck the Lola was actually driven to the circuit from the Lola factory in Slough, before ...

530 hp, 5,700 cc Chevrolet V-8 engine with four Weber 48DCOE carburetors, four-speed manual Colotti Type 37 transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension with coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers, and four-wheel Girling hydraulic disc …