This Lola-looking racecar is actually a McKee, the third chassis McKee Engineering constructed. The story is that Carroll Shelby ordered it for Bob Johnson to compete in the 1964 USRRC and until recently its whereabouts were unknown. There is some great information on the early McKee chassis and this car specifically in a thread you can find here at Autosport.com. What you need to know is, this car used to be an open cockpit with a unique body. By all accounts, it was involved in a few shunts and the original body needed modification and eventually the car ended up with the nose from Dan Gurney’s Lotus 18. In the early 70’s or so, it seems a fellow had the current Lola T70 body fitted to make it more competitive with the cars running at the time. Fully original it is not but this car has a unique history which is always welcomed.

Here is a video of the car, from the start of a recent vintage race:

This racer has been for sale for a number of months, albeit at a much higher price. The seller had been asking well into the 6 figures but the car was just listed on EBay with the Buy-It-Now set at $95,000. It would need quite some work to get it back to a spyder but it looks like the seller might be willing to negotiate. Even though it’s not in it’s original specifications, you know we’d love to see it on the vintage racing circuit. There is more info on the EBay auction. The car is located in Tiffin, Ohio and the seller claims it’s ready to race.