Thursday, September 20, 2012

Some Nice Oldies: A Lotus Pix Post

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.

A Lotus Eleven, replica/clone of the 1955 Le Mans 1.5 liter class-winning car.

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.

Cockpit of the Lotus Eleven clone: "All Mod Cons."  I'd drag this one to the Dragon.

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. 

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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