In no particular order, and for no particular reason, the next three posts are snapshots of cars that elevate my pulse. These pix happen to be Lotuses, save one.
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| A Lotus Eleven, replica/clone of the 1955 Le Mans 1.5 liter class-winning car. |
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| I call these guys "Team Teal." They call themselves "Puppies Racing." There are two other cars; one is a Mazda RX-3 sedan. All are turned out in teal and silver, numbered 101, 202, 303, and 404. Foreground: a Lotus Eleven clone street car with wire wheels and windshield. Background: a small-block Corvette Singray. |
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| Cockpit of the Lotus Eleven clone: "All Mod Cons." I'd drag this one to the Dragon. |
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| The original Lotus Elite. It was a fiberglass monocoque with a metal subframe for the engine and transmission in front and a steel hoop at the A-pillar. This made it extremely light, and also prone to the suspension pulling out at the attachment points. |
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| All-aluminum, SOHC Coventry-Climax engine in the Elite above. The stock engine was 1.1 liters, but some cars were built with 1.5 liter race-prepped engines, of which this might be one. Either way, these are the biggest Weber carbs I've seen on an engine this small. Do you need this much carburetion on a non-crossflow head? Purdy, though... |
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