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1973 Trojan T101 F5000
COYS • United Kingdom • 7 Sept 2017
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This 1973 Trojan T101, chassis 101, boasts a rich racing history, driven by notable figures like Keith Holland and Bill Wood. Recently restored to its original McLaren orange, it features a rebuilt engine, gearbox, and suspension, making it race-ready and a class winner in the 2016 HSCC Derek Bell Trophy, complete with a full spares package.
Condition
9
The car was exhumed and brought to specialist Maidstone Sports Cars and extensively ”nut and bolt” restored to the condition you see today. The bodywork was soda blasted and repainted in original McLaren orange. The engine and gearbox were rebuilt. All uprights, wheels and suspension arms sent away for crack testing. Suspension parts were nickel coated back to original specification, with new rose joints and bearings fitted throughout. The original dampers were rebuilt, and new springs fitted. The original callipers were refurbished, with new discs and pads and brake lines. New 2015 FIA specification fuel bag tanks fitted, also new fuel pumps. Radiators were rebuilt to original brass specification
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Transmission:
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Chassis No:
T101/01
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Reg Number:
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RHD/LHD:
RHD
Trojan’s first in-house design, the F5000 Trojan T101, was an immediate success, winning eight F5000 races either side of the Atlantic, and propelling Jody Scheckter to US championship success.
Trojan had been building McLaren’s production cars since the very beginning of the McLaren marque, signing their first deal to produce the McLaren M1A in November 1964.
All McLaren Formula 5000s came from Trojan: the all-conquering M10A and M10B, the disappointing M18 and the uncompetitive M22.
With McLaren pulling out of the production market, Trojan pressed on for 1973 with an in-house F5000 design, basically joining the front end of the Formula 2 M21 designed by Ralph Bellamy to an M18/22 F5000 rear end.
As McLaren were unwilling to allow this to be marketed as a McLaren, it became the Trojan T101.
Ex-Brabham designer Ron Tauranac was brought in after the season had started to try to get the car to “make sense”.
Five T101s were sold, with Jody Scheckter dominating the US series until a ...
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£108,158
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£108,158
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£108,158
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