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1 July 09	The Summer 40-page issue No. 57 of Historic Lotus was posted to members on 27th June. To look at the contents click here.
16 Jun 09	The BOGOF offer (Buy One Get One Free) offer for tickets for Classic Silverstone (last weekend in July) has been extended untul the end of June. For details, and to find out how you can display your car on the infield, click here.
27 Apr 09	If you missed the Jim Clark programme on BBC4 on 18th April you can see it on our links page under "YouTube".
17 Mar 09	Trip to Classic Le Mans 2010. 7th - 12th July 2010. Format similar to 2006/8. Contact Charles Helps or John Watson to provisionally reserve your place (contact details on page 2 of magazine).
15 Mar 09	Click here for details of where to buy covers to bind copies of "Historic Lotus"
13 Mar 09	For Sale and Wanted. We have opened a new page for HLR members to offer items for sale and wanted. It is in the section "Contact Us". Click here
6 Mar 09	Historic GP at Oporto 11/12th July. Joao Cunha on behalf of Club Lotus Portugal would very much like to organize a dinner for HLR members coming to Portugal to attend this event, either as drivers or spectators. Click here for details.
01 Dec 08	The Forthcoming Events section of Calendar/Events has been brought up to date with most of the important events for 2009. Please let us know of any we have missed. The registrars for the Lotus Mk VI have added some information on the history of this model. See "The Cars>Lotus Mk VI".
23 Aug 08	Walter Okon has sent us an index for the HLR Newsletters and this has been added to The Magazine-Back issues-Previous Back issues page. You can see it if you click here. There is still some work to be done to make it look more presentable.
6 Aug 08	The webmaster of the Williams & Pritchard Sebring GT Register has suggested that their website might be of interest to HLR members. Amongst other information it includes some nice pictures of Lotus cars taken at Classic Le Mans 2008. Click here.
19 Jul 08	HLR won the Concours Club award at the Le Mans Classic for best historical display (together with the French Club Lotus , who very generously conceded the Cup to HLR/ Club Elite as it was our very well arranged display which really established the history ). For some pictures of the HLR stand and Lotus cars click here.
18 Jul 08	There is information on the News page about a free magazine about personal number plates, and how you can find the issue date and value of your plate. Click here
8 May 08	We have received some back issues of Historic Lotus No 28 and can now offer all back issues published since Mike Wilson turned it into a professional magazine.
9 Apr 08	Click here to see an introduction page to the new online magazine Kit Lotus
9 Mar 08	We have added links to companies offering Lotus spares and bodywork, and to a YouTube video of Patric McGoohan driving his Lotus Seven around London in the 1967 TV series The Prisoner.
25 Feb 08	Club Elite UK have now got their own website. See on the Links page.
17 Feb 08	Ark Trading have added to their range of HLR regalia which now includes fleece jackets, baseball cap, knitted vee neck sweater, cloth badge, coveralls, coffee mug and stickers. For details go to "Introduction" and scroll to bottom of page.
24 Nov 07	Our Links page now has links to You Tube and other videos.
30 Oct 07	There is now a complete list of the contents all of the fifty HLR magazines that have appeared. It is possible to search through the list for Lotus types, names of authors etc. using the "Find on this page" facility. To see the list click here. Many back issues are still available.
22 Sep 06	The Lotus 26R racing version of the Elan, the Lotus 47 racing version of the Europa, and the Lotus 31, 59 and 69F single seaters have been added to the cars covered by the HLR, and for whom we have a Registrar. We are pleased to welcome John Mihalich, Jr as Registrar for the single seaters, Tony Thompson as Registrar for the Lotus 26R, and John Bolding as Registrar for the Lotus 47. See "The Cars" and click on the thumbnail images.
22 Sep 06	A new section called Photo Gallery has been started. On it you will find images from recent race meetings taken by professional photographers. Go to Calendar and click on Photo Gallery. The first covered are Le Mans Classic, and more pictures of the Monterey Historics.
20 Jun 06	A new section called COMPETITION CORNER has been added for you to send in results of races all over the world in which historic Lotus cars have taken part. This will be as good as the reports that are sent in, so please help. Click here to see.
01 Jun 06	We have increased the price of magazine back issues to £5 and added the cost of postage. Overseas members may now pay for these by Credit Card .
10 Apr 06	The Lotus 23 is now one of the cars covered by the Historic Lotus Register. We have three joint registrars: Bill Steagall in California, Marc Schagen in Australia, and Nick Adams in the UK. For details click on the thumbnail photo of the 23 in "The Cars".

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