<< Prev Page 3 of 3 Broadley's solution for most of the problems was to offer the Mk3 T70 as a Spyder and a Coupe with both bodies easily interchangeable. The Coupe body was required to be elligible for the Group 6 class. Mechanically the Mk3 was fairly similar to its predecessor. The suspension geometry was altered to suit the new generation of much wider tyres. The Mk3 also sported larger brakes and the five speed LG 600 was available as an option. Many of the British customers replaced the open T70s with the Mk3 Coupes and Denny Hulme was again among the most successful T70 pilots. The Works Coupes were equipped with the new Aston Martin quad-cam V8, which proved to be an absolute disaster.
To defend the Can-Am title, Lola prepared four special lightweight Mk3s for 1967. Close to 50 kg was shaved off the weight by drilling many holes in the front and rear bulkheads. The lightweight cars also were adapted to fit even wider tyres. Known as the Mk3b Spyder, these were raced in the Can-Am by among others Surtees and Roger Penske's protégé Mark Donohue. Although obviously a major step forward from the 1966 cars, neither the standard Mk3 or the lightweight Mk3b were capable of taking on McLaren's new M6 in the hands of Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme. It was the start of the Bruce and Denny show; Lola's days were numbered in the Can-Am.
In 1968, the T70 Spyder was replaced by the T160, which was again very similar in design to the original T70 introduced some three years earlier. In Coupe form the T70 was raced for another three seasons with an overall win at the 1969 Daytona 24 Hours as an absolute highlight. In an amazingly short time Eric Broadley created a race winning machine almost from the ground-up and with very limited resources. There is no doubt that the T70 was an essential and highly successful chapter in Lola's rich racing history. Today many examples are still actively raced and needless to say with great success. The demand for them is so high that Lola has recently introduced continuation versions of both the Coupe and the Spyder. << Prev Page 3 of 3
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Broadley's solution for most of the problems was to offer the Mk3 T70 as a Spyder and a Coupe with both bodies easily interchangeable. The Coupe body was required to be elligible for the Group 6 class. Mechanically the Mk3 was fairly similar to its predecessor. The suspension geometry was altered to suit the new generation of much wider tyres. The Mk3 also sported larger brakes and the five speed LG 600 was available as an option. Many of the British customers replaced the open T70s with the Mk3 Coupes and Denny Hulme was again among the most successful T70 pilots. The Works Coupes were equipped with the new Aston Martin quad-cam V8, which proved to be an absolute disaster.