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David Pozzi · 05-27-05, 01:25 AM

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David
Johan's Blue one is a replica. (Heritage) There were 4 Donohue T70 Spyders. I have one of the four Pensky/Donohue Spyders
SL 71-32. It's now a coupe. Johan's Bartz car wasn't the yellow one. It's the first one they built. SL 71-34.
The Yellow one wasn't built on a T 70 Tub but was 160.

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The coupe's attract more attention but I'd rather race a spyder. We had a coupe roll over at Laguna Seca years ago, Terry Jones was driving and it landed on it's roof! He couldn't get out of the car until they righted it. Good thing it didn't catch fire...

I'd like to build a Coupe for street use some day. I've been saving parts...

Has anyone used a Hewland for street? A friend built a McLaren Coupe and the Hewland in that made a HUGE noise! I could hear the gear whine long before I could see the car coming. But I had anoter friend with an original T-70 Coupe with Hewland LG600 and his was very quiet.

05-27-05, 01:25 AM	#81 (permalink)
David Pozzi Rookie Join Date: May 2005 Location: I Vintage Race a Lola T-70 MkI Spyder. (Ex Buck Fulp Lola) GT40: California, USA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 4	Re: T70 barn find ? [ QUOTE ] David Johan's Blue one is a replica. (Heritage) There were 4 Donohue T70 Spyders. I have one of the four Pensky/Donohue Spyders SL 71-32. It's now a coupe. Johan's Bartz car wasn't the yellow one. It's the first one they built. SL 71-34. The Yellow one wasn't built on a T 70 Tub but was 160. [/ QUOTE ] The coupe's attract more attention but I'd rather race a spyder. We had a coupe roll over at Laguna Seca years ago, Terry Jones was driving and it landed on it's roof! He couldn't get out of the car until they righted it. Good thing it didn't catch fire... I'd like to build a Coupe for street use some day. I've been saving parts... Has anyone used a Hewland for street? A friend built a McLaren Coupe and the Hewland in that made a HUGE noise! I could hear the gear whine long before I could see the car coming. But I had anoter friend with an original T-70 Coupe with Hewland LG600 and his was very quiet.