CHASSIS REGISTER

1967 LOLA T70 MkIII SL73/102

SL73/102 on its debut at Reims in June 1967, drivers were Denny Hulme and Frank Gardner. Sadly the race ended in retirement. (Picture courtesy of Håkan Sandin)

1967 Lola T70 MkIII GT Chassis SL73/102

Following the sad death of Anders Hedborg SL73/102 passed to Bill Kincaid in the US who is currently (2020) restoring the car to its original Sid Taylor livery.

Below is the history of this famous T70:

"Autosport magazine reports in their 6th January 1967 issue that:
"Denis Hulme will again be driving a sports car for Sid Taylor next season. Taylor is having one of the new Lola T70 Mk 3 cars prepared to Group 6 specification, and he will fit a six-litre Chevrolet engine..."

The car was not delivered to Taylor until the middle of June and a week later it made its race debut in the Reims 12 hours race in France with Denis Hulme and Frank Gardner sharing the driving. The following weekend Frank Gardner wins the "200 Meilen von Nürnberg" at the Norisring track in Germany.
Taylor kept the car for about a year and the last appearance under Sid's management was the 1968 Norisring event, before John Woolfe bought it and his first race was Vila Real in Portugal.
John Woolfe Racing, JWR, painted it blue with yellow stripes. JWR also experimented with fuel injection at some meetings in 1969.

SL73/102's first win came at the Norisring in July 1967, with Frank Gardner driving. That's the man himself, Sid Taylor, topping up the fuel. (Picture courtesy of Dieter Fischer)



SL73/102 in the Brands Hatch scrutineering bay for the BOAC 500 6 Hour Race in 1967. Note the Sid Taylor transporter in the background. (Picture courtesy of Barrie Smith)

Right after Woolfe's untimely death at Le Mans the car was sold to Willy König in Munich, Germany. He kept the JWR colours while in his ownership. At the Tauplitzalm hill climb in Austria König went off the road and bent the car.

Bernd Seidler from Friedrichsdorf bought the T70 after König's mishap in Austria and rebuilt it during the winter for the 1970 season. When run by Seidler it was orange and black and carried a Mk3B tail. The 1971 Lorch Panzerstrasse hill climb was perhaps a fitting end to a five-year long career of racing. Many thanks to Jürgen Lasser and Lutz Montowski for helping with information on the Lola's German history.

Anders Hedborg bought the car 1976 and it stayed with him until his death when it was purchased by Bill Kincaid who lives in California.

RACE RESULTS

The front row at the 1967 BOAC 500, on pole the SL73/102 of Denny Hulme and Jack Brabham, in the middle the works T70 of John Surtees/David Hobbs and on the outside the eventual winner, the Chaparral 2F Chevrolet of Mike Spence and Phil Hill. (Picture copyright unknown)



At the Norisring again, this time in June 1968. SL73/102, driven by Frank Gardner, and Vic Elford's Porsche battle for the same piece of track. (Picture copyright unknown)



As Denny Hulme receives the 1968 Tourist Trophy, a delighted Sid Taylor can't stop grinning. (Picture courtesy of Sid Taylor)



Denis Hulme and JWR mechanic Ron Barnes working on the car in the paddock the day before the 1969 Daily Express Silverstone event. The following day saw Denny Hulme take SL73/102 to victory. (Picture courtesy of John Woolfe Racing Archives)



SL73/102 is back at the Norisring, this time driven by Bernd Seidler in 1971. (Picture courtesy of Reinhold Hofmockel)