Toyota 87C

 

Here we have a Toyota 87C, as raced in the All Japanese Prototype Championship and in the 24 hours of LeMans.

 

Its LeMans line up of drivers included ex-F1 World Champion Alan Jones and Top Gear's Tiff Needell.

 

The 4 cylinder engine was enlarged and now fitted with 4 valves per cylinder.

 

All this work payed off as it won the second race in the All Japanese Prototype Championship.

 

It qualified fairly well on LeMans but the cars were struck with bad luck, as the first car stopped with a dead engine after just 33 minutes of racing the other car retired at 8.30 pm after being in the pits twice with major engine problems.

 

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