I know that the last race was on the Left Coast, but for me, Vermont or New Hampshire or Maine in the fall is the idyllic place to hold a rally. Why? Because John Buffum...

New England. John Buffum country. Best place to hold a rally this side of Europe.

Yeah, there are actually quite a number of 60s F1, Endurance and sports car racing out there. The 1969 Sebring 12 hours would rank as one of my all time favorites given that there was the Penske/Donohue Lola. 2 John Wyer Ford GTs, a Ferrari 312 prototype and Porsche 908s. Alfa Romeo Typo 33s and a bunch of other Lola…

Jim, I got to see this car at a historic race at Road America in 1980. I have many pictures of it. There was a documentary about the car and team done by Sears I believe in 1969. At the time, Penske had Sears as a sponsor using the Die Hard battery as the tie in. I have tried in vain for years to try and find this…

I don’t know why Mitsubishi shot themselves in the foot and has let the company bleed to death. In the 90s, they were really on their game. When the Evo series came, they were the envy of anyone who loves Japanese cars. Had they come out with this ZT Concept, who knows how things might have gone.

I have kind of been waiting for this to happen.

You are correct.

The site I went to said it was the same car, but I dug my Lola T70 book out by John Starkey and it is not the same car. The Penske/Donohue car was SL76-139 while Jim’s car is chassis SL71-32. This car was originally a spare tub for John Mecom’s T70 for use in USRRC and Can Am. As such, it was built on the earlier open…

I knew Jim had a Lola T70 Mk IIIb coupe, but wasn’t aware that he had the actual Penske/Donohue car. Did a little searching and it is indeed the same car. When the car was stolen and later recovered, the car was given some creature comforts and a more docile engine so as to be driven on the street, based on the book,…

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha.... OMG, too funny.

Fell on floor, rolling with laughter. Wags. Best comment of the day!

Great to know. The Green Berets and the Seals would make the best trainers for this job.

Good move on Nismo’s part. The car needs a lot more development. LeMans showed exposed weaknesses in the car that can now be addressed because of the extra time to sort the car out.

Back in 1963, Eric Broadley who owned Lola and was the chief designer, took a ferry across the English Channel and drove his Lola GT Coupe directly to LeMans. The car was then entered in the 24 hour race.

In 1969, Roger Penske and Mark Donohue fielded a Lola T70 coupe at the American endurance races. They entered and won the Daytona 24 hours. They then went to Sebring and did extremely well, but dropped out to to suspensions problems. The decision was made to get the car ready for LeMans.

Yes, a base one is okay, but when you start adding options, it gets pretty expensive. The ones I saw were all in the $80 thousand range, which is a little too pricey for me. But, I do like the smaller package and it looks good to boot.

I was hoping, in fact waiting for your retort. I found this wonderful Yiddish which seems to be delightfully tailor made for YOU:

OMG, I am so glad that they are okay. Hope those perps are caught. Jenson is a decent guy and I also hope that the ring can be recovered.

Good points all.

Well, both of my Sciroccos had 3 doors. A 4 door hatchback would have 5, but I assume some people feel that the hatch is not a real “door”.