Lenham GTO Gallery
A selection of photos of Lenham GTO cars (more please) Link to Lenham Main Page
Dave Matthews tells me that Lenhams withdrew the GTO from sale after barely a dozen kits due to difficulties preventing water entering the boot area. A mould was re-created at Dave's request in the early 90's with modifications including round wheel arches. The mould is today with CCK Historic.
Shaun Rainford's newly built Lenham GTO, ROU 4G ~ 2011 |
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Photos courtesy of John Baggott |
Spotted at the Silverstone Classic 2013 |
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PEA 254F ~ acquired by David Scothorn in Oct 2011, re-sold Oct 2021 |
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David bought this rare beast to go with his Lenham Le Mans. Apparently it was dry-stored for some 25 years, and is fitted with an MGA 1622cc engine and B-series gearbox, which necessitated reconstruction of the transmission tunnel. It is also fitted with an A.J.Thorpe bonnet (of which we have now seen 4 or 5), and has genuine Minilite wheels. It is believed to be one of the original 16 GTOs built in 1966. THIS CAR HAS NOW BEEN SOLD |
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Escort rear lights don't really suit it |
Original Minilite wheels |
A.J.Thorpe bonnet with Mangoletsi badge! |
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OYM 760A ~ Walter Heale's new acquisition March 2016 |
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Walter Heale is the new owner of OYM 760A - first registered on the 17/07/61, according to the V5 - an Austin Healey Sprite with a Lenham (GTO) tail and Frogeye front. Walter is hoping the readership of this website might be able to provide some information on it.
It was reputedly raced at some point in its history and he would love to find out more before mechanical restoration commences. He was told there had been many old track passes on the roll bar but sadly these were removed when the previous owner started working on the car. There is a Monterey Classics badge from the 80's on the dash so perhaps it was in the US at some point!? He says: "
I attach some pictures that may help or at least provide you and your readership some amusement!". ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING OF ITS BACKGROUND ? PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA FEEDBACK The registration number is, oddly, from 1963 and the bodyshell would appear to be later than that, having wind-up style doors!
Only a very few of the GTO bodies were produced, so that is quite rare. |