The Fords won Le Mans again in 1968 and 1969, while the T70's only big endurance win was a one–two finish in the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona when the Sunoco Lola T70-Chevrolet of Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons[5] bested the Traco-built small-block 302 cu in Chevy V8 powered American International Racing T70s of Ed Leslie and Lothar Motschenbacher.

When forced to run on commercially available "pump fuel", with a lower octane rating than the "Avgas" permitted under American rules, engine failures related to detonation became an issue.

[citation needed] A T70 coupe also appears as a car of the future in George Lucas' 1971 feature THX 1138, his first commercial film.

The required runs were made on a section of the R45 between Vredenburg and Hopefield in the Western Cape province, and were completed despite an early mechanical failure in which the car's fifth gear was irreparably damaged.

This record would stand until November 1988, when a new two-way average of 224.30 MPH was set by an Audi 5000CS driven by Sarel van der Merwe with official backing from Volkswagen South Africa.

A UK company, Gardner Douglas, produces the T70 Spyder with styling inspired by the Lola car, and using a tubular spaceframe chassis with GRP panelling.

A South African company, Universal Products, produces a tubular spaceframe-chassis version, clad in aluminium, of the T70 MkIIIB.