Ginetta G5

The Ginetta G5 was the name briefly given to the Ginetta G4 when it was fitted with the 1500 cc Ford 116E engine. According to the Ginetta Owners Club, the first 1500 cc Ford engine went into a G4 chassis for a customer at the beginning of 1963, and in the ultra light G4 the performance was exceptional for the time, so cars with this engine were to be called G5. The option proved popular and a high proportion of later cars were built with the larger engine in various states of tune. By September 1963 customers were still calling the car a G4, so the G5 title was dropped and the model became the G4 1500, part of the G4 Series 2. The club lists the G5 as a sports racer priced at 524 pounds, with its production counted within the G4 totals.