elj221c wrote:Between Ian Pattie and Malcolm Rickets you can put David Lamyman.
He was the one (with a little assistance from me) who turned it into a race car.
The research continues... just reading a piece in May 1985 Classic & Sportscar Magazine about Malcolm Ricketts 26/R written by Willy Green, who track-tested the car at that time:
"Malcolm Rickett's car was originally owned by Ian Walker who beefed it up for rallying, then it became a road car, and then it was converted for racing by D.Lamyman, from whom Malcolm bought it in 1980."
Before writing the piece, Green had long conversations with Graham Warner regarding how the 26/R came about; he built the car LOV1 (now Jon Fletcher's car) with the blessing of Lotus, who were too busy elsewhere, from a prototype Elan and says it was pretty crap as a track car to start with, he details all the changes they had to make to get it to be a race winner. Lessons learned went into the productionised 26/R from Lotus.
Fascinating stuff, if slightly off-topic in this thread.