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24 Jul 2003, 19:14 (Ref:670527)
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Lotus identification help
I keep seeing a Lotus on my journeys to and from work, and would like to know what it is. It's old enough to need a black/silver numberplate, BRG, has a long bonnet and round headlights like an E-type, and an open cockpit with cage like a Caterham. I've looked on a couple of Lotusography sites, but haven't found it yet. I appreciate it's not much to go on, but any ideas?
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25 Jul 2003, 11:43 (Ref:671020)
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Sure it's a Lotus? Sounds like nowt I've ever heard of but then I am by no means an expert. Could be that someone has stuck a Lotus badge on a cheap and nasty kit car.
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25 Jul 2003, 13:14 (Ref:671079)
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Here's an odd thing.
I was thinking Maisie's description sounds close to a Ginetta kit, so I did a Google image search on "Ginetta" and ended up finding Lotuses (Loti??) here... http://www.jeffchan.com/cars/historics2001/index2.html There's even a green one... |
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25 Jul 2003, 13:40 (Ref:671106)
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Isn't that a Lotus Eleven?
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25 Jul 2003, 13:46 (Ref:671109)
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Lotus 11
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25 Jul 2003, 14:39 (Ref:671143)
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It definitely has the plectrum-on-a-gold-medal badge on the nose, but it doesn't look like the 11. It looks a little less sleek, and more mean. I did think Ginetta, but none of them look right either.
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25 Jul 2003, 15:04 (Ref:671162)
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I think garcon's picture might be a 15 (the same car that David Heynes was killed at the GP).
The early full-bodied cars all had a developing shape with variations on the teardrop rear wings and (what I call) the 'flabby' nose design, until the 23, which was much tighter. So, Maisie, is garcon's picture, spot-on, or close? If it's not right, we can try higher, or if you can point out areas that are noot quite right, we can look more in the 8-20 range (by which time someone with the excellent Lotus Book, which has photos of every Type, might have turned up!) |
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25 Jul 2003, 23:29 (Ref:671517)
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Hmm... not immediately. I can see I'm going to have to scrutinise the Lotus more carefully next time I see it!
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26 Jul 2003, 01:54 (Ref:671598)
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Could it be the Type 14? http://silverstone.fortunecity.com/c...633/Type14.htm
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26 Jul 2003, 08:02 (Ref:671702)
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Pictures would really help in this situation, i guess. Or you could just stop the owner and ask 'em what car it is!
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26 Jul 2003, 20:10 (Ref:672118)
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Not quite - it's open to the air. Guess I'm gonna have to lurk at the roadside with a camera one morning!
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7 Mar 2006, 19:36 (Ref:1539756)
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Unfortunately, Maisie hasn't posted since November 2004; perhaps she did get locked up! It's a shame that we were unable to identify this mysterious car for her, or that she was unable to furnish us with a picture.
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