Lotus Number 1

PostPost by: Matt Elan » Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:27 pm

I was just going through some old copies of Motor Sport looking for early TVR adverts, when I came across the following in the issue from October 1956 - may be of interest seeing our cars distant ancestor:
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PostPost by: RogerFrench » Sun Apr 02, 2017 6:58 pm

Interesting!
This was the first car called Lotus, but nowadays it's generally called the Mk2, and the earlier Austin Seven special is called the Mk1.
By the time this ad appeared we were up to the Eleven.
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PostPost by: rgh0 » Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:10 am

What was the film that the car was used in ?

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PostPost by: RogerFrench » Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:16 pm

rgh0 wrote:What was the film that the car was used in ?

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It was a comedy, Brothers in Law.
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