Way back in Scuderia Veloce’s formative stages David McKay imported two Lolas to Sydney, Australia in October 1960 : an ex-factory Mk 1 Climax FWA engined sportscar, chassis number BR15, and a new Ford engined Formula Junior, chassis number BRJ18.
The letter to owner of the Mk 1 in 1971, Kent Patrick, above is indicative of the way Lola looked after their customers long after the racers in-period lives. I experienced the same type of responses when I sought assistance with my modest 1975 T342 Formula Ford in the late 1990s.
The car specification and maintenance material shared below about the two cars was provided by Lola to McKay at the time of purchase, and remained with subsequent owners of the Mk1. Melbourne man, Kerry Luckins bought the car from Patrick in 1974. Luckins, a well known member of the motorsport community as a senior employee of Paul England Engineering and President of the Light Car Club of Australia accumulated an interesting archive which passed to his nephew, Soren Luckins and recently to another Melbourne identity, Greg Smith.
While the number of Lola owners who can use this information is small, I’m hoping there are enough Lola anoraks out there who will find it interesting and appreciate the quality of the material Eric Broadley and his merry-men provided to purchasers of the then Bromley marque to help them stay in front of the opposition.
This piece about the SV Lola Mk 1 tells its story and also provides some background on McKay and Scuderia Veloce: https://primotipo.com/2018/01/12/bert-and-davids-lola-mk1-climax/ The Lola Heritage website is a sensational resource, check it out here: http://www.lolaheritage.co.uk/index.html
Lola Mk 2 Ford…
Lola Mk 1 Climax…
Credits…
Greg Smith Archive via David McKay, Kent Patrick, Kerry and Soren Luckins and others, lolaheritage.co.uk
Tailpiece…
Ah, there is nothing like the titallation of an unseen old racing file for a sad ole’ spectrum-dwelling fukkah like moi!
Finito…
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