1961 Ginetta G-4
A RHD right hand drive car...
This is the most 'real' G4 in the world.
Even down to the tubular space frame chassis, bonded wood door posts, and I purchased it in England in 1983 LONG before ANYONE would ever both to 'create' a fake one. OR a cheap square chassis reproduction.
....M old race car...had a wonderful time during the mid 1980s though 2001...fast, gorgeous, reliable, and VERY competitive with many wins at Watkins Glen, Lime Rock, the old Bryar circuit, Waterford Hills, Summit Point, Bridgehampton, and Pocono. Even ran it in Freeport (in the Bahamas) for the 'Speed Week' event in 1987 (I recall that one ended in a 2nd place finish).
An early round tube car with a well designed space frame chassis, later fitted with more attractive Series II rear bodywork, tallblock pre crossflow 1600 Cosworth modified Ford engine, steel crank, heavy duty main caps, twin cam rods, A6 camshaft...
- lightened flywheel, dry sump, steel rocker posts, twin 45 DCOE Webers, 2000E close ratio trans, scattershield, Salisbury LSD, hardened axle shafts with double bearing rear hubs, dual circuit brakes with balance bar, fuel cell...
- Minilite type alloy wheels, Avon race tires, adjustable ride height shocks/springs, racing radiator with twin thermostatically controlled fans, large racing thermostatically controlled oil cooler...........remarkably also fitted for road use as an incredible, fast, exotic road car.
For road: twin seats with racing belts, removable forward roll bar strut, removable windshield, working wiper, lights, new alternator, air horns, handbrake, speedo, and even a beautiful stitched leather covered dashboard.
Featured in a three page article in Autoweek, displayed at the prestigious Meadowbrook, Grand Bahama, and Greenwich concours, this is one FANTASTIC car.
- And a unique opportunity to own and drive this rare (one of perhaps 500 G-4s of all Series built) and easy to service/maintain exotic classic.
Ginetta? A fabulous company producing innovative designs...never quite achieved the international success of competitor Lotus but very competitive in every class entered in England and, to a certain extent...
- Europe. The G-4 being their first great car...built for road but clearly designed for racing. Much like rival Lotus' Super Seven.
Started by the Walkett brothers in the mid 1950s, hit their heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, brothers retired, name still lives with different owners...and still building a modern form of the G-4... As beautiful today as when first built in 1961.
With a weight of not much more than 1,100 pounds and with an engine of, maybe, 150+hp, my ol' red G-4 is a fantastic road car with phenomenal performance and, as a competitive historic racer, an incredibly exotic looking entry at modest price.
All reasons I ran this car through seventeen very happy seasons with no serious mechanical problem, never a scratch, and getting three and four race seasons between rather simple engine 'ring and bearing' rebuilds.
Not to mention afternoons of ever so slightly terrorizing my neighborhood with quick runs through country roads!
Note:
It was raced in Modsports in England in the early 1980s, black with a hardtop, large rear fender flares, an air dam in the front, and a wing on the trunk lid.
$37,500 Firm USD or dollars...
More pics coming soon and on request...Serious players and racers please....
We can export this race car from the local New Jersey USA shipping port...
$38,500 Firm USD or dollars...
Price (GBP)£24911. in the UK pounds...
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