Ginetta G10

The Ginetta G10 was a British race car, first of a short series of race and road kit cars from Ginetta Cars. It was originally built as a Ginetta G4, but in 1965 it was fitted with a much larger Shelby Mustang 289 cubic inch V8 engine in order to go racing in America. It kept the proven space frame of the G4 and gained a new glass reinforced plastic body with MGB doors and windscreen. The prototype made 290 brake horsepower and later cars with a modified block made 350. It was aimed at rivals such as the Shelby Cobra, and at its Brands Hatch debut a prototype driven by works driver Chris Meek beat a Jaguar E-Type. Ginetta never obtained a homologated version, so the car was forced out of competition after only three had been produced. A hand built replica, the G10 Remastered with an LS engine, is sold today.