Lotus Eleven

PostPost by: SJ Lambert » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:02 am

image.jpg and


This may well be the Lotus Eleven owned by Andy Walker who had gone to school with Jim Clark. Graham Gauld thinks that that it was the original Lotus Eleven brought to Scotland by Perthshire Ford dealer and Lotus distributor Lewis Fraser and later sold to Tommy DIckson.

Image

This photo turned up in a copy of Doug Nye's "History of the Grand Prix Car" that I recently purchased.

The pic is annotated "Lotus 1956 Motor Show" - presumably London.

I like it!
Ford Escort Mk1 Lotus Twin Cam
Elfin Monocoque (Twin Cam)
Elfin Type 300 (Holbay S65 - 120E) mechanic

[email protected]
User avatar
SJ Lambert
Fourth Gear
Fourth Gear
 
Posts: 738
Joined: 19 Nov 2010

PostPost by: Elan45 » Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:22 pm

It does look like a Series 1. You can just make out the line on the top of front wing extending to the rear, indicative of a S1. I notice that it appears the screen does not extend back onto the doors and that makes me wonder if it might be a club model.

In addition to my Elans, I also own 4DTN, Keith Hall's last Eleven of three. An early S1 and a new S2 for each of '57 and '58 seasons. Keith was based in Newcastle on Tyne and occasionally ventured into Scotland. 4DTN was sold to the Bertram brothers in Edinburgh for the '59 season and to USA in 1960.

Give my best to Graham. We haven't spoken in 20 years.

Roger
'67 Elan S3 SS DHC
'67 Elan FHC pre-airflow
'67 Elan S3 SE upgrade to 26R by Original owner
'58 Eleven S2 (ex-works)
'62 20/22 FJ (ex-Yamura)
'70 Elan +2S RHD
'61 20 FJ project
'76 Modus M1 F3
Elan45
Coveted Fifth Gear
Coveted Fifth Gear
 
Posts: 2518
Joined: 23 Nov 2008

PostPost by: SJ Lambert » Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:56 am

I must admit that I don't know Graham, I learned of his views re the 11 via this tread on the AS forum.

http://forums.autosport.com/topic/12959 ... jim-clark/

It would appear as though Graham's active on that forum these days.

Cheers

James
Ford Escort Mk1 Lotus Twin Cam
Elfin Monocoque (Twin Cam)
Elfin Type 300 (Holbay S65 - 120E) mechanic

[email protected]
User avatar
SJ Lambert
Fourth Gear
Fourth Gear
 
Posts: 738
Joined: 19 Nov 2010

Total Online:

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 19 guests