It’s a bit incongruous but here’s my S1 sandwiching an Audi A6 with a Lola T70Mk3B once owned and raced by Jo Bonnier in what looks like the back yard of a house with a rather cheap looking lean-to attached.
I was reminded of it as I was leafing through the October edition of MotorSport where the Lola is up for sale with Speedmaster.
The pic was taken in November 2012 at a Lancs Auto Club meeting where Le Mans winner Richard Attwood and sports car legend David Piper were speaking.
Amazing where an Exige can take you down “Memory Lane”
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This image reinforces the size differences in a race car to a road going performance car to a luxury car!
I thought the S1 was small but the Lola is tiny!
Loving that Lola😍
The perspective makes the Lola look small, it’s actually quite a big car in comparison.
The pic above was found on iCloud. Here are a few more found in the depths of Picasa in case anyone is interested. If I recall correctly, the car was brought along by a father and son. I think the story was that they were in some garage our other and saw this intriguing shape under a dust cover. Father or son recognised what it was and bought it perhaps not realising at first its history.
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It looks low though? Like its been squashed?
They are low…much lower than an S1!
The Lola is around 1m high, so under 40 inches - roughly 6 inches less than an S1 Exige.
If you want to see crazy low, look out for the original Shadow Can-Am car, which ran on 10" (ie. Mini dia.) wheels and the driver’s feet were splayed out sideways…all dwarfed by the huge V8 engine!!
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