CHASSIS REGISTER

1974 LOLA T294 HU7

All pictures courtesy of Felix Haas.

HU7 at the 1974 Kyalami 6 Hours.

The HU7 Chassis Plate comes from a T290 Jo Bonnier Car.
T294 HU7 was built by Heini Mader, who became Lola's European Agent on Bonnier's death, especially for Corrado Manfredini initially as a Hillclimb Car, this was because the 2-litre chassis was lighter than the 3-litre.

Manfredini ran the car in some events, the biggest one being the 1974 Kyalami 6 Hrs.

The history of Lola T294 HU7: 1974:

built at Lola Cars as a T290 with preperation for a Ford DFV.
Heini Mader completed the car, presumably updated to a T294 spec, for Jolly Club Switzerland.

It then competed in some races with Corrado Manfredini.

Interserie -

Kassel 7th,
Nürburgring 5th
Casale Ret.

World Championship for Makes -

Kyalami 6 Hrs. Ret.

1975: New Owner Heinz Schultes -
World Championship for Makes -

800km Dijon Ret.

1976: New Owner Charlie Schirmer -

Dijon
Kassel (Interserie 6th)
Hockenheim
Monza
Zolder (Interserie 2nd)
Zeltweg (3rd)
Hockenheim (Interserie 7th)

1976/77: New Owner Walter Pedrazza - Accident in Testing. 1992: New Owner Heini Mader - Restoration after Accident.

2008: New Owner Josef Maier - Tested at Dijon.

2017: New Owner Mike Gensemeyer (Britec-Motorsports) - Preparation for Season. 2017: New Owner Felix Haas

We have a lot of original photos of the delivery and construction of the vehicle from 1974.
We also have a lot of documents, letters and logs from the time. Likewise regarding the restoration in 1992.
Also there is a confirmation letter from Mader and Staub about the reason for chassis no. 7.

This was the only T294 built as a 3-litre Car!