Lola T70 Replica Making Movie Stars

Inspired by the world’s fastest race car of 1966; the Lola T70 replica now brings back the day of the Can-Am Championship  that stunned so many race enthusiasts in those days.  It can also make you into an instant movie star. You might just remember Steve McQueen driving one of these sweet little cars in his film "Le Mans" or in George Lucas' first film, “THX-1138”.

Lucky for you struggling actors, the UK company Gardner Douglas now produces the T70 Spyder with styling that is perfectly reproduced from the Lola car.  They use an aluminum space frame chassis with GRP paneling and produce a real authentic looking replica of both the Spyder and MkIIIB coupe T70.

The Lola T70 was originally constructed for sports car endurance racing in Great Britain and in 1966, it was the open-cockpit Mk II version that “wowed” the audience by winning five out of the six races that year. Lola also took the 1969 “24 Hours of Daytona” and has been extremely popular ever since. 

With more than 100 example vehicle built in 3 different versions, the first of the star studded vehicles was the open-roofed Mk II followed by the Coupé-version Mk III and then the Mk IIIB.  The T70 also comes in an open-top "spyder" configuration which is probably the most aesthetically pleasing of the bunch. 

With its Chevrolet V8 engine, the car is still available from Lola today and the replica is therefore highly prized for its similarity to the present production. The Lola T-70 Mk3b Coupe replica kit goes for about $US23,500 and the body is absolutely perfect in every way. For a replica that can be built into a movie making fortune for a lot less money, it’s hard to beat this producer’s dream.