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SOLD - Lola T-620 Formula Super Vee

NO LONGER FOR SALE! SOLD. No, this isn't a car from the Team Terrific stable. Well, not exactly. Rather, it's a car that was restored by Bob Alder (of Team Terrific Racing fame) for its owner, Robert Ames. It turned out really nice! It was restored January to July of 2012 in a full ground-up restoration. When viewing each photo, be sure to read the captions below each image as you go from one to the next.

Now here's the real great part of the story and you ain't gonna believe this. It was purchased by the original owner of the car, Charlie Miller now living in San Diego (see very last picture). He purchased it new from Hass back in the day and raced it out of Denver for several years in the FSV Pro races. But he moved on after that, selling it back in the early 80s. The car was raced subsequently but just two owners until parked in 1998. Then in 2012 Robert Ames/Bob Alder brought it back to life. Charlie just happened to see the car advertised in early 2013 and realized it was his actual original T-620, serial #HU-25. He even still has the original Hass bill of sale info, setup data, etc. from when he owned/raced it. In addition to confirming chassis number (HU-25) he was able to identify things on the car that he'd done when he owned it. Way cool to see the car return "home" after all these years. He's looking to get his now-grown kids in it and probably race it out in Calif. with VARA.

May 2022 -- Epilogue on the Lola T-620, HU-25. It's a very sad ending on many levels. See pics and captions on last two pictures in this gallery.

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When received, the car was in very rough shape. It had been ridden hard and put away wet (if you know what I mean) and been in storage for years. Luckily there was no evidence that it had ever been bent or wrecked. But it needed everything, including a new engine.
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When received, the car was in very rough shape. It had been ridden hard and put away wet (if you know what I mean) and been in storage for years. Luckily there was no evidence that it had ever been bent or wrecked. But it needed everything, including a new engine.

  • When received, the car was in very rough shape. It had been ridden hard and put away wet (if you know what I mean) and been in storage for years. Luckily there was no evidence that it had ever been bent or wrecked. But it needed everything, including a new engine.
  • Nasty everywhere
  • Really nasty.
  • Another "before" picture.
  • Needs work, you think?
  • Footbox equally bad.
  • It had Dellorto carbs on a really badly fabricated intake manifold. Webers and a different intake were sourced for the project.
  • Another before pic. There was a fire bottle in this space (only remaining cradle shown), but this space behind seat was revised to accept battery. The new new fire system bottle moved to over the footbox.
  • Front outrigger for nose was trashed and tossed. See later pics of replacement rigging..
  • Ugly, huh?
  • Fortunately, most all the plated parts (pedal assembly and all suspension and engine bay space frame components) were in really good shape, only in need of dis-assembly and cleaning..
  • OK. Enough "before" pics. You get the idea. Now the cleanup and restoration begins with removal of pedal assembly, etc..
  • Before it was over, all old wiring was tossed and all new wiring put in place.
  • This is really a "before" picture. The tranny and rear suspension was removed as a single unit, Both trailing arms on the car's left side were in usable, but less than ideal shape. Lots of little dings and small dents. Also the right rear toe link was bent (Someone no doubt jacked the car by it). So new links were made for those three links.
  • Hard to understand this picture. This is the <u>underside</u> of the front nose splitter. The white material is hard nylon material used for a skid plate across the <u>entire</u> bottom of the nose splitter. It's attached to the 1/2" plywood filling the recess via nutserts installed in the plywood. The plywood is separately mounted to the splitter again using nutserts in the plywood.
  • While the tub had never been bent, it had been rubbed and scraped rather badly on the right front corner. I had a local racer/fabricator (Mark Mercer, Triple Crown S2000 winner) replace that little bit of the monocoque and then apply a huge 1/4" Jabrock skid plate under the front of the tub. No more front tub wear!
  • This is the new bit of tub replaced at the right front. This new piece wraps around on the bottom of the tub.
  • With the rear of the tub exposed, the Fuel cell was accessed, removed, and sent out to Hartwig (MN) for foam replacement and total refurb.
  • Here's the bladder before sending out for new foam and refurb.
  • The fuel cell after it came back from being completely inspected and refurbished including new foam.
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