Imagine what it was like for Eric Broadley to have come up with the T70 coupe after the heady days of his venture with Ford. The Ford program had earned the company some money and provided the impetus to develop the T70 in both coupe and open form. The T70 was driven in the Can-Am by men such as Dan Gurney, Mark Donohue, David Hobbs, and John Surtees, with Surtees taking the 1966 Championship by posting three wins from six races. The gorgeous T70 was an immense boost for Lola fortunes, and the car enjoyed success in both Can-Am and endurance racing for several years.
When the rules, styles, and technology began to change, however, so did the cars, and Lola’s next generation was to be spearheaded by the T160. It faced living up to a reputation that was almost too good to be true and, not surprisingly, it had trouble doing so.
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