CHASSIS REGISTER

1968 LOLA T100 SL100/7

All pictures courtesy of Dean Baker.

Jorge de Bagration in T100 SL100/7. (Picture courtesy of Dean Baker)

Dean Baker is the proud owner of this beautiful T100, chassis number SL100/7, he acquired the car in 2009 from the former owner Tim Gaffney. It was raced in European F2 events during 1968 by the Spanish prince Jorge de Bagration who raced in many different categories including motorbikes, hillclimbing, rallying (in a Mini Cooper) and touring cars. The T100 was entered by Escuderia Nacional CS with Alex Soler-Roig in the sister car, de Bagration had a best finish of 6th at Madrid.

The car was imported into the US by Fred Opert in 1971 and was then owned by Ron Raneri during the early 1970s.

By the mid 1980s the car had moved on to Steward Bone and then, in 1993, Tim Gaffney purchased it after finding it in a barn in a poor state of repair. Fitted with a Lotus T.C. in place of the original Cosworth FVA Tim Gaffney then competed with it a number of times in Vintage races.

When owned by Tim Gaffney SL100/7 was presented in the Team Surtees colours although it was never a Team Surtees car.(Picture courtesy of Tim Gaffney)



The Lotus twin-cam engine fitted to the T100, the legendary 1600 Ford Cosworth FVA was the original power plant. (Picture courtesy of Tim Gaffney)



A Hewland completes the package. (Picture courtesy of Tim Gaffney)



The chassis plate for SL100/7. (Picture courtesy of Tim Gaffney)



The cockpit. (Picture courtesy of Tim Gaffney)