Low, wide, and lithe, the Lola T70 is the very picture of a potent mid-1960s competition car, driven with great success by a who’s who of the era’s racing greats.

This example, chassis number SL71/28, is one of 33 improved, lightened Mk II Spyders built.

As documented in John Starkey and Franco Varani’s tome on the T70, it arrived with US distributor John Mecom of Texas in February 1966.

Fitted with a Hewland LG 500 four-speed gearbox but no engine, it was sent to Chaparral Cars’ Jim Hall the following month, apparently for evaluation purposes.

In April it was purchased by Woody Young of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; a 289-cubic-inch Ford V-8 was installed, and Bob “Jake” Bucher was chosen as driver.

Bucher, a WWII pilot, was a “BARC Boy”—a member of New York’s Binghamton Auto Racing Club/Fraternity—and he raced the Lola under their auspices.

A period photo shows the car in white with blue stripes, sporting #29.

The car posted strong results in a highly competitive SCCA field during ...