<< Prev Page 2 of 2 Following the motor show debut, the prototype was quickly converted to make its first competition appearance in the Redex Trophy for GT Cars at Brands Hatch late in 1965. In addition to the more powerful engine, the competition car was also fitted with a hard-top and received wider wheels, shod with Formula 1 specification tyres. Works driver Chris Meek, placed the car on pole and went on to win the event outright after a race-long battle with a Low Drag, Lightweight Jaguar E-Type driven with great verve by Robbie Gordon.
Amazingly this would be the car's only works outing, as for a variety of reasons, Ginetta returned to running the G4 and also switched their attention to the all-new mid-engined G12. Plans to run the G10 in the United States were thwarted by the governing bodies' refusal to homologate the Ginetta as a GT. That forced the car to run in the prototype class, where it faced the latest Lolas, McLarens and also the new G12. As a result, the considerable interest shown in the G10 did not result in any orders and only two or three were built.
Developing the G10 had come at a considerable expense, and to get a little return on that investment, the car evolved into the G11. Similarly shaped, this version was powered by an MGB sourced four cylinder engine and also featured MGB rear suspension. Part deliveries from the British Motor Corporation were, perhaps not surprisingly, slow as the G11 was a direct competitor to the MGB. This disrupted the Ginetta production to the extent that only a handful of G11s rolled off the line.
Although the star Ginetta G10 and G11 shined only very briefly, they did proof that the Walklett brothers could build proper Grand Tourers, and not just fibreglass kit cars as some critics at the time claimed. Today, these fabulous machines are a very rare sight indeed, and it is believed only one G10, the Brands Hatch winner, has survived as a complete car. Some G11s were later rebuilt with V8 engines, effectively turning them into G10s. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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Following the motor show debut, the prototype was quickly converted to make its first competition appearance in the Redex Trophy for GT Cars at Brands Hatch late in 1965. In addition to the more powerful engine, the competition car was also fitted with a hard-top and received wider wheels, shod with Formula 1 specification tyres. Works driver Chris Meek, placed the car on pole and went on to win the event outright after a race-long battle with a Low Drag, Lightweight Jaguar E-Type driven with great verve by Robbie Gordon.