by hatrat » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:44 am
Hi Len,
Good to hear from you and that you have a connection through your father with the Fitzwilliam Team Lola Mk2. I have a photo of your father's car at Castle Combe in 1968 but this is part of only very limited info I have on the Fitzwilliam cars after 1962.
I have managed to pick up quite a bit of info and photo of the team cars in 1960/61 when they initially raced predominantly in Europe and some info going into 1962/3. I have been able to identify which car ran in which races throughout the 1960 season and have worked out that BRJ1 (my car) had the red nose band, BRJ2 the blue nose band and BRJ3 the yellow nose band. There seems to have been two BRJ3 cars with one being replaced during the 1960 season and the first BRJ3 ending up in New Zealand in late 1961 only a few miles from where I lived.
We could probably work out which team car was your father's and I could then supply you with some 1960 photos. I would be keen to see what info you have as I have built up quite a bit on these Fitzwilliam cars but there are gaps I would like to fill.
Perhaps you may like to contact me directly on : rherrick (at) ihug.co.nz
Regards
Roger