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This car was built new
in 1988 by Richard Lloyd Racing (Formerly known as GTi Engineering) and features
a monocoque and base chassis designed by Nigel Stroud. This car was the second
962C built by RLR and featured all the developments made throughout the 1987,
season making the car appreciably different to a Porsche built version.
The 1987 car featured
modifications to the front of the car including the fenders and nose being
rounded off, while the front brake cooling ducts and smaller headlights featured
an all-new design. These front end improvements were continued into 1988 with
the construction of this car, chassis #200.
The central gap on the bottom of the nose was filled in, allowing for the
relocation of the brake cooling ducts towards the center of the car, while
an extended splitter was added to aid front downforce.
The rear of the car was completely redesigned, with the rear wing no longer
part of the long tail bodywork. Instead, the wing hung off the rear of the
car, attached only by struts at the centre.
After an up and down season
in 1988 with a number of different drivers, a podium finish in Tampa, Florida
at the hands of Price Cobb (USA) & James Weaver (GB) was the car's best
result.
In the 1989 World Sports Prototype Championship in the hands of Derek
Bell & Tiff Needell, the car finished five of the seven races it entered,
achieving a best result of 4th in Mexico.
The car is offered in
fantastic condition, beautifully finished in the Le Mans 24Hr livery from
1989.
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