UNIPOWER GT®
Owners Club & Register
The original Owners Club founded in 1972
"The Mini-Miura"
The Unipower GT Owners Club & Register - The Club for Owners and Enthusiasts of the marque
Membership of the Unipower GT Owners' Club is international and open to anyone who either owns or has owned a Unipower GT
The Club provides unrivalled experience of the marque, as well as owning all the surviving factory documentation and records. Its Register of cars is without doubt the most comprehensive held anywhere, with details of past & present ownership of every car produced and their specifications
The first book to be published on the history of the Unipower GT
Limited edition with only a few copies left
This fully authenticated publication written by Gerry Hulford, is a 500 copy Limited publication released initially through the Club's website and now through Chaters Booksellers.
With a Foreword by both Ernie Unger and Val Dare-Bryan, the history of these cars is told in great detail from its conception though the 4-years of production as well as all those involved along the way with many anecdotal stories of their exploits. The efforts of the 'Works' factory racing campaigns as well as those of the Privateer teams is discussed in great detail along with an extensive listing of known competitive participation in events from 1967 to date, as well as biographies of the cars competed in.
The official Register of all cars produced world-wide is published for the first time ever, along with historical images, providing an insight into the details of each car. Technical aspects of the cars are covered in detail along with guidance on suspension setups for both Road and Competition use.
Published as a hardback edition extending to 172-pages 225mm x 270mm on high quality paper designed/printed in the UK, featuring in excess of 425 Colour & Black/white period photographs, this book is the accumulation of over 50-years of Gerry's knowledge and is the definitive reference for owners and all those interested in the Unipower GT marque.
"You are to be congratulated on the depth of your research in to every aspect of the cars from their development, building, people involved, politics and the register of the owners and their cars. It’s a masterpiece and every owner should have a copy "
Gerry W - ex-Unipower Cars employee
" I am MEGA impressed, - your book is world class! Simply ace!
What a lot of sheer enthusiasm, professionalism and hard work plus time must have gone into it. "
Christian S - Austria
" t's hard to imagine a more complete work on this fascinating vehicle "
Graham H - UK
Click the BUY NOW button below or visit the Club's Shop to purchase a copy. Please note that ONLY copies purchased through this website will be signed by the Author if requested.
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Unipower GT - Registered Trade Mark
The Club is pleased to announce that the name 'Unipower GT' has been legally registered as a Trade Mark for exclusive use by the Club and is the Intellectual Property of the Club's founder
A new car for Sale has just been added to the website, so with the recent weakening of the Japanese Yen against both UK Pound/Sterling and the Euro, this has had a very positive effect on price of current cars for sale in Japan. If you are thinking of buying a restored car, then perhaps now is the time to consider revisiting these options.
Club Website recent updates - August 2022
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Latest updates on current Restorations and stories in the Blog Pages
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A 1968 UPD car for sale on this website (Aug '22)
Unipower GT Restorations - Latest Updates
The last of Unipower GT's being rebuilt is well into its next stage of going to paint having been 'dummy' built to ensure all parts fit correctly. To see how this car is progressing and reports on other earlier rebuilds click HERE...
Currently there are three Unipower GT's of different models for sale. For more details see HERE....
Fabrication of various parts like gearchanges are currently underway for some owners. The Club has access to many other hard to find or obsolete parts as well as all the body panels. See HERE....
The Club on Facebook and Instagram
For some time now the Club has had a presence on Facebook and Instagram. Click on the Icons to go to our pages
Interested in buying a Unipower GT ?
If you are interested in buying a Unipower GT, then register to be notified of cars when they come up for sale HERE....
LTM80G had its first outing since its rebuild at the Prescott Hillclimb
More detail on the Blog pages
Upcoming Events
Sept 24th - 25th 2022 Kop hill climb
Location: Princes Risborough, Nr. Aylesbury
Unipower GT LTM 80G will be taking part at this well known venue
Nov 11th - 13th 2022 Classic Motor Show
Location: NEC Birmingham, North Ave, B40 1NT
**** The Club will be on Stand 3-268 at the NEC again this year with some exciting new exhibits ****
Club Members, please visit the Members Area for substantial Discounts on Admission Tickets
Featured Unipower GT
1966 RHD
Built in mid 1966, this road spec chassis was built towards the end of 1966 and was to become the works demonstration car that would appear in many magazine articles and road-tests of that period.
Fitted with a 998cc Cooper engine, as UPD had thought that this would be the most popular choice of customers, it was the very first production car fitted with sliding door windows. The earlier cars being retro fitted with new doors and sliding windows due to issues with the original wind-up windows not sealing well enough.
The car was fitted with all the factory options available at that time and was subject to additional fitment as time went on. Remaining with the factory until its closure in late 1969, the car was sold to the factory's Storeman who then sold it on to the then Unipower agent, Monty & Ward Motors in Kent in 1971.
Featured Photos
Chassis 766.2 Competition GT 1966 RHD
Built in very early 1966, the ex-Works raced Competition GT chassis was photographed recently as part of a Members Car Collection feature for the Ferrari Owners Club of Great Britain's magazine.
Also in the picture are a Ferrari 458 Spider and a very rare bespoke Jaguar Project 7.
Latest Club Blog Posts
Featured Unipower GT Video
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In 2013/14 chassis # 766.2 had undergone its first comprehensive strip down and rebuild for the first time since it was last raced by the factory team in 1969.
This video is of the shakedown test carried out in April 2014 (track-day rules applied on overtaking) at the famous Goodwood race track in Sussex, England driven by its owner Gerry Hulford. The Jaguar on track had a 5ltr supercharged engine of 500hp and the Aston was the latest Vantage V8 at the time.
The car was running a new setup and tyres, so the on-track pace was exploratory whilst slowly building pace, to determine if all was well with the car's mechanicals. All was well !. The latest changes on its setup had improved its handling considerably. These settings and the history of this very successful race car are published in the new Book on the history of the Unipower GT marque which can be purchased through the Shop on this website.