History of a Lola T492 Sports 2000 chassis? - Page 15

Steve Wilkinson · 28 Jan 2009, 10:14 (Ref:2381304)

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Originally Posted by Dan Rear

What model is that March, Steve, an ex-S2000 I assume?

Yes ex-S2000 - no idea off the top of my head as to the year.

driftwood · 28 Jan 2009, 10:48 (Ref:2381326)

see above comment 3 post back !!

Steve Wilkinson · 28 Jan 2009, 11:13 (Ref:2381339)

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Originally Posted by driftwood

see above comment 3 post back !!

Yes, I did see it Drifty but unlike your normal input it was quiet vague.

Dan Rear · 28 Jan 2009, 11:51 (Ref:2381352)

Do you mean quite vague Steve, or silently vague... Surely you must know the year of the March, if 81, I suspect the ex-DB Motorsport car?

Steve Wilkinson · 28 Jan 2009, 12:16 (Ref:2381362)

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Originally Posted by Dan Rear

Surely you must know the year of the March, if 81, I suspect the ex-DB Motorsport car?

I do know the year of the March and stop calling me Shirley!

Patrick Pantera · 29 Jan 2009, 17:23 (Ref:2382197)

Hi all,
I am new to this forum. In fact , it's 911thillclimber who advised me to consult you ( Thanks Gerald ).
I am considering the purchase of a Lola T490 VIN HU12.
The present owner-seller hasn't researched the car's history. The car apparently needs full restoration.
Before starting this operation, I would like to know if any of you would know anything about this particular car ? Origin, owners, history....
I don't know much about protos, in fact I race a factory Group 4 De Tomaso Pantera, but am considering a change to a lighter car ( Factory GR4 Pantera remains quite heavy despite all efforts ) . For those who are interested, see my amateur website on www.detomasogr4.com.
Many thanks
Patrick

bob k. · 29 Jan 2009, 18:45 (Ref:2382237)

Patrick, to start you off, the 490 designation was used on the first 10 chassis, numbers 1 through 10. HU11 began the 492 designation. HU12 was sold on Oct 19 1977 to Southport Mmotor Spares. Original colour was white

hope this starts you off on a successful hunt.

bob k.

Steve Wilkinson · 29 Jan 2009, 20:08 (Ref:2382284)

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Originally Posted by bob k.

HU12 was sold on Oct 19 1977 to Southport Motor Spares. Original colour was white.

bob k.

Southport Motor Spares was owned by John Bury who also drove the car which was entered by "Athur Hough Pressings/Castrol ARK Racing" - the Arthur Hough Pressings concern were the sponsors and the Castrol Ark Racing part was John's motor sport concern.

I saw it just the once in 1978 (Oulton Park 22nd July) when, according to the programme, the engine was tuned by PMED. John practiced the car but didn't start the race.

By the start of the 1979 season John had sold the Lola and was racing a Martin BM17 in the same category.

911thillclimber · 29 Jan 2009, 22:24 (Ref:2382337)

There! 10 x 10th's rocks!
We should have a 'T 490:492' thread all of our own...but this is IT!

Graham

Sorry, just spent 3 hours in the heady fumes of paint solvents.....
Bloody cars will be the death of me yet.

RickT · 30 Jan 2009, 10:10 (Ref:2382566)

Hi Guys

I thought that this name rang a bell so asked Dad about it, sure enough he remembered John Bury having a substantial accident in the Lola. Dad went over and bought lots of the ancillary bits that were left undamaged (pedals, gear linkage, etc, etc). He was not sure what happened to the chassis, but remembered it being quite badly damaged, hence why John was not repairing it and was selling it off as parts. It looks like it got put back together at some point though.

Cheers
Richard

911thillclimber · 3 Feb 2009, 19:50 (Ref:2387655)

250 bhp, and 250 lbft of torque...

A thing of beauty for some.

driftwood · 3 Feb 2009, 22:05 (Ref:2387735)

flat 6 VW Beetle engine

Steve Wilkinson · 3 Feb 2009, 22:24 (Ref:2387751)

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Originally Posted by 911thillclimber

250 bhp, and 250 lbft of torque...

A thing of beauty for some.

What does it weigh?

911thillclimber · 3 Feb 2009, 22:25 (Ref:2387753)

Sort of! No missing the design similarities, but the engineering quality and materials are way over the 4 pots.

Clutch on its way soon, and the box can be fitted and the lot popped back into the prepped chassis.
Rear suspension all ready except for the rear spring rates (going for 350 instead of the 550 lb/inch on the dampers at the moment).

Still stacks to paint...nearly as long winded as the welding.

Got to be back together by end Feb so I can prep my 911 for the hillclimb season.

Steve: 185Kg. (Pinto is about 160Kg)

Steve Wilkinson · 3 Feb 2009, 22:30 (Ref:2387759)

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Originally Posted by 911thillclimber

Steve: 185Kg. (Pinto is about 160Kg)

So what sort of performance can you get from the 2 litre?

911thillclimber · 4 Feb 2009, 06:51 (Ref:2387924)

A 2 litre 911 flat 6 can give about 180 bhp on webers but would be very cammy, so not good for a hillclimber, but this one for the Lola is 3200cc and has a proven 250 bhp/250 lbft on large webers.

I have a set of 40's for it which will give a lot deeper torque, very flat and from very low rpm. This is at the expense of power, but the engines in this form are exceptionally drivable and a bit like a steam engine just one long run of power through the rev range (to 6500 red line).

The throttle response is much crisper with the webers than the normal injection (like my road 911 has) and it will have a lightweight clutch to help the cause.

This should make the 550Kg weight Lola very easy to drive.

911thillclimber · 15 Feb 2009, 21:45 (Ref:2398016)

A little bit of progress with the engine back in till the end of 2009 I hope.
Still a century of work to get done. Aiming for July 09 for the first outing at Loton Park hillclimb.
Looks like the car will be painted after all, so a bright silver i think.

michaels977 · 9 Mar 2009, 17:41 (Ref:2412338)

Hello i owned the Auger car,build at the factory by Lola for Brian Auger, he was a good friend of Eric Broadley his son David did the MNews with it ,i bought it from Brian and ran it... sold it... and bought it back!!......do you want to know more... Tony Dickenson and myself were the only ones using the same moulds,,i was a crazy fan of special saloons as well as a racer... you can call me on 07770 993769 Regards Michael McErlain

driftwood · 9 Mar 2009, 18:07 (Ref:2412366)

Did David Auger run the lola as S2000 car 1st or just go straight into Special saloon body spec i recall 1300 BDA was fitted
The Augers also had Lola T280 HU4 before Ray mallock bought it ran in Thundersports

michaels977 · 10 Mar 2009, 16:41 (Ref:2413057)

no the Auger car came straight out of the factory with no body work...Brian owned so many fab cars...T70s Mirage,etc.... he took most of them with him when he moved to Australia....

ant · 10 Mar 2009, 17:58 (Ref:2413114)

wow having read the first 10 pages of this thread properly i have just realised how long i have been sitting here and that my dinner is almost ready

what a brilliant car with tons of history 8)

thanks

driftwood · 10 Mar 2009, 18:15 (Ref:2413122)

which mirage did he have?

911thillclimber · 11 Mar 2009, 18:08 (Ref:2413783)

I think I'm about 60% of the way to finishing.

Graham

michaels977 · 11 Mar 2009, 23:16 (Ref:2413970)

A Gulf car,.. i think it had a Gurney Weslake in it,iam going to look up some pictures,we raced at Donnington one week end ,and David drove it along with another sports car ..lola 2 litre i think..You have made a nice job of the Lola Mr Hillclimber...it was better as a Skoda though!!!! good luck...

michaels977 · 11 Mar 2009, 23:25 (Ref:2413977)

....by the way i ran the Skoda with a 1298 BDH..in fact heres one for you,this engine came out of my Escort and was looked after by Ian Richardson..it never let me down in all the years i owned it ... but ..it came from Susan Tucker-Peaks Escort!!! who can remember her..so it had seen some snow as they say..wheres that now??...in fact iam looking for a BDH now if anyone knows of 1...The Auger engine..dont know what happened to that..

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