Lem Ladd is presented with the spoils of victory after driving the Old Grey Mare to another win at Montauk in 1939.
The Old Grey Mare waits in the paddock at Mt. Washington prior to the 1938 hillclimb, where Ladd set a new hill record that would stand for 15 years.
The Old Grey Mare rolls out ready to race at Briarcliff Manor, New York, in 1935, after Lem Ladd figured out how to rectify a front-end shimmy problem.
Rope-wrapped steering wheel gives driver control leverage, basic gauges adorn simple aluminum dashboard and shift lever for Ford gearbox falls readily to hand. Note rear-view mirror.Photo: Sean Smith
Twenty-one-stud Ford flathead V8 provides more than enough motive force despite being fed by only a single-barrel carburetor.Photo: Sean Smith
Some 19 cars contributed parts for the Mare, including a Whippet chassis, Ford engine and running gear and a Bugatti tail.Photo: Sean Smith
Winning GT40MKII of Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon speeds along the pit straight to complete one of it’s 360 laps. Photo: Roger Dixon
Tony aboard his Brabham BT33, the car with which he briefly held the outright record at Shelsley Walsh.Photo: Tony Griffiths Archive
TG with his Austin-Healey in the early days of the Chateau Impney Sprint.Photo: Tony Griffiths Archive
Back in GriffithsÕ open-wheel days, there were no fancy transporters like today, and he made do with just a van and a trailer.Photo: Tony Griffiths Archive
The first entry in GriffithsÕ extensive scrapbook was made when he proved fastest at Chateau Impney in the ex-Graham Hill BRM P48.Photo: Tony Griffiths Archive
