Not Sold (Est: £120k - £160k)
Offered from an important overseas collection 1969 Piper GTR Le Mans Sports-Racing Prototype
Bonhams • UK • 13 Sept 2025
Market Position:
First Public Sale
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Not Sold (Est: £120,000 - £160,000)
Offered from an important overseas collection 1969 Piper GTR Le Mans Sports-Racing Prototype
UK • 13 Sept 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1969 Piper GTR Le Mans Sports-Racing Prototype, chassis number BJS-3, has a rich history, including entry in the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hour Race and extensive racing in the USA. While it has been recommissioned and participated in events like the Le Mans Classic, it is currently being sold 'as viewed,' potentially requiring further work and is subject to import duties.
Condition
6
The car has been raced extensively and was recommissioned in 2005, indicating wear and the need for some reconditioning. It is sold 'as viewed' without recommissioning by the current owner, suggesting it may not be in top running condition and could have some cosmetic or mechanical issues typical of a race car of its age.
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BJS-3
1969
Auction
LHD
United Kingdom
Not Sold (Est: £120k - £160k)
Offered from an important overseas collection 1969 Piper GTR Le Mans Sports-Racing Prototype
Bonhams • UK • 13 Sept 2025
Market Position:
First Public Sale
Track live values and receive listing alerts
Description
• Entered in the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hour Race • Raced extensively in the USA • Recommissioned circa 2005 • Finisher at the 2006 Le Mans Classic • Class winner at the 2008 World Sports Racing Masters at Donington The unique sports-racing prototype was built by the Piper Car Company, an offshoot of the eponymous tuning firm, which had been established in 1966 by George Henrotte and Bob Gayler.
Piper's GT car project took off following the recruitment of up-and-coming designer Tony Hilder from McLaren.
Despite the enormity of the task, the fledgling concern was able to exhibit a prototype in 1967 alongside a Formula 3 chassis.
Brian Sherwood, an existing Piper customer, was interested in the GT project and joined the company, which was split into two separate concerns: tuning components, overseen by Henrotte and Gaylor, and Piper Cars, managed by Sherwood, whose Wokingham premises would be the operation's new home.
Development of the original GT design having reached its conclusion, atte...
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