UNIPOWER GT® Owners Club & Register 

This fully authenticated publication written by Gerry Hulford, is a 500 copy Limited publication released initially through the Club's website.

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.

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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. 

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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. 

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"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

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" 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

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" t's hard to imagine a more complete work on this fascinating vehicle "

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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.   

John Blanckley (1937 - 2021)

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The Club was recently informed of the passing of John Blanckley, well known racer in the 70's. An obituary is featured in the Blog pages. 

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NEC Classic Motor Show 2021

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The Club displayed a unique combination of three examples of the marque on Stand 5-230. A lovely LHD version, the last remaining 'Factory entered' race car and what created huge interest was the bare body/chassis unit currently being totally restored as part of a complete return to Factory spec project with its rebuilt chassis and all new body panels using the original factory moulds carried out by Gerry Hulford.

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Club Website recent updates - September 2021

• Latest updates on current Restorations in the Blog Pages

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• New stories in the Club's Blog pages​

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Unipower GT Restorations - Latest Updates

All three Unipower GT's that were sold to new owners early last year are now well into their respective restorations, To see how these cars are progressing see HERE...

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​Unipower GT's for Sale

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Currently there are three Unipower GT's of different models for sale. For more details see HERE....

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Unipower GT Parts

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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....

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The Club on Facebook and Instagram

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For some time now the Club has had a presence on Facebook and Instagram. Click on the Icons to go to our pages

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Interested in buying a Unipower GT ?

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If you are interested in buying a Unipower GT, then register to be notified of cars when they come up for sale HERE....

Late February 2022         London Classic Car Show  

                                                 Location: Kensington, London

April 8th - 9th 2022         Goodwood Members Meeting                                                                             Location: Goodwood, Sussex

June 23rd - 26th 2022     Goodwood Festival of Speed  

                                                 Location: Goodwood, Sussex

Aug 26th - 28th 2022       Silverstone Classic  

                                                 Location: Silverstone Circuit

Sept 16th - 18th 2022      Goodwood Revival   

                                                 Location: Goodwood, Sussex

Nov 11th - 13th 2022       Classic Motor Show  

                                                 Location: NEC Birmingham, North Ave, B40 1NT

Chassis 1266.8    1966  RHD

Built in late 1966, this chassis was displayed on the UPD stand at the Racing Car Show in January 1967 fitted with a 998cc Cooper engine. Sold off the stand to Count Giovanni Volpi, the car has lived all its life in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Whilst built as a road car, it never the less competed in hill-climbs in Switzerland for a while, where it's initial Red paint would be replaced by white with a blue stripe down its centre. Wide wheel arches and the oft fitted wide rear clamshell were fitted along with a bag fuel tank along with a Monza fuel filler on the front wing. 

The car has been undergoing a true ground up restoration for a while now, recent pictures showing a total strip down with all the paint taken back to the bare resin coat. 

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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.    

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Also in the picture are a Ferrari 458 Spider and a very rare bespoke Jaguar Project 7. 

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• Part 5 of LTM80G's rebuild

• Obituary - John Blanckley (1937-2021)

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• Part 5 of the rebuild of a Unipower GT from Cornwall

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• Report from the Club's Classic Motor 2021 Show stand

• Part 4a of the rebuild of Unipower GT blog from Cornwall

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• Racing in the USA

• Preview of the London Concours 2021

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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.

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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. 

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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.   

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