Ginetta G4 Series 4

The Ginetta G4 Series 4 was a revamp of the original Ginetta G4 sports car, announced in 1981. The Ginetta Owners Club says that in the early 1980s Ginetta decided to update the G4 and unveiled a prototype with a flip-up headlight bonnet like that of the earlier Series 3, but with a motor in place of the spring and manual operation, which had proved troublesome as the springs weakened. The design also added pod indicators and pod sidelights below the bumper line. The motor for the lights proved troublesome too, so the flip-up headlights were dropped and the bonnet changed to a frogeye design, although four owners who had seen the prototype asked the factory for the original bonnet. The club records 33 cars built, most with the frogeye bonnet with a large hump, and engines of 1.3, 1.6 or 2.0 litres from the Ford Crossflow and Pinto families.