# Lola T370 (F1)

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/lola-t370/
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- Type: car · Brand: Lola
- Discipline: formula, historic-racing
- Series: f1-historic
- Era: 1970s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06
- For sale on RCN: https://racingcarnetwork.com/for-sale/lola-t370/ (0 live listings right now)

The T370 is Lola's reluctant F1 chapter: the 1974 Embassy-Hill car — Graham Hill's last seasons in customer carbon-fibre-free iron — the every-formula house's grand-prix cameo before the Hill marque turn.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 3.0 Cosworth DFV V8 |
| Power | ~470 hp |
| Commission | Embassy-Hill customer build |
| Driver | Graham Hill's final seasons |
| Ledger | 1974-75 campaigns, GH1 lineage |
| Diligence | Chassis biography + Hill provenance |
| Years | 1974–1975 |
| Class | Customer F1 cameo |

## History

Lola's every-formula catalogue touched Formula 1 again with the T370 (1974): the Embassy-Hill commission — Graham Hill's team-owner turn (the double champion's Embassy-sponsored operation buying customer construction from Huntingdon), the DFV-Hewland kit grammar (the era's independent template beneath the Lola badge), and the workmanlike seasons (the points-chasing 1974-75 campaigns the twilight-Hill years ran) — racing the mid-seventies grids: the 1974 season's steady midfield (the Hill-and-Schuppan-era entries), the 1975 evolution (the T371's development becoming the Hill GH1 as the team took construction in-house — the lineage the marque transition absorbed), and the tragedy-shadowed epilogue (the 1975 Elstree air disaster ending the team the type had served) that closed the chapter in mourning.

The commission economics frame the type: the customer-F1 model (the house building grand-prix iron to order as its method always allowed), the DFV-kit rationality, and the sponsor-era structure the Embassy livery documents.

The cameo identity structures the market: the Hill-provenance gravity (the double champion's last-seasons cars the emotional summit), the per-chassis scholarship the tiny run keeps, and the tragedy-touched romance the story carries.

The present is historic-F1 custody: chassis-biography law, DFV economics, and the twilight-chapter memory throughout.

## Palmarès

The 1974-75 points-chasing campaigns — Graham Hill's final driving seasons — and the GH1 lineage the team's in-house turn continued.

## What to check before you buy

Twilight-chapter law: per-chassis scholarship first (the T370 run's tiny population — the Hill-driven biographies the emotional-provenance summit, the Schuppan-and-Stommelen entries beside), DFV-Hewland rationality (the kit custody the era's sane economics), lineage precision (T370-versus-T371/GH1 transition truths), and restoration honesty per the era's tubs. Historic-F1 eligibility structures the racing life; the Hill romance prices the chapter — the double champion's last cockpits and the tragedy-shadowed team story trading on memory at the storybook tier.

## Did you know

- The champion turned owner: Hill's Embassy team buying its first cars from the customer house.
- The lineage went in-house: the T371 becoming the Hill GH1 as the team took over construction.
- The chapter closed in mourning: the Elstree disaster ending the team the type had served.

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