Things You Can Buy:
For Sale adverts, from the Winter 2011 HLR magazine:
Set of Lotus Type 30 Body Moulds - Original Lotus production equipment, plus recent Lotus 30 GRP body produced from the moulds. Also miscellaneous Eleven and Seven items. Full list available. Contact Victor Thomas (see address in Contact section).
Engine plate for Climax FWP to suit Austin A.30/Morris Minor 803 gearbox, complete with new crankshaft oil seal. Allows for 10 degree tilt of engine as in the Eleven. New and unused. £211. Peter Ross (see address in Contact section).
Lotus Twelve replica of car known as the Sabakat. The original car (chassis #351) was
destroyed in 1960 at the Australian Grand Prix meeting and this re-creation was finished in 1979. At the time the Confederation of Australian Motor Sports (CAMS) had a policy that an approved recreation could be built provided it was both identical to the original car and the original car no longer existed. The history is described in detail in "Historic Lotus" #52 Spring 2008 and listed in Grand Prix Lotus Register in Doug Nye's book 'Theme Lotus'. The car is a very faithful recreation of the first Twelve to run in 1957 and has a conventional gearbox attached to the engine with step up gears to the conventional rear axle Final Drive Unit (similar to the Eleven set-up). This was because the Lotus "Queerbox" was not ready in time, so this car avoids all the complications of the "queerbox". It has the Chapman Strut rear suspension. Fitted with a 1475cc Coventry Climax FPF engine and MG gearbox (both 6 meetings old). Has full CAMS certification allowing it to compete in historic events which should be accepted by the FIA as a Historic Technical Passport. Has a long and successful race history since the build finished in 1979. In excellent condition and ready to race. Located in Australia. Price GBPounds 90,000. Peter Statton P.O. Box 758 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 3220 Phone 0011 44 409002881 email pstatt@ncable.net.au
Lotus Eleven, chassis 271, Club Model. Car well-known by the HLR. Some racing history explained in Graham Capel's book "Lotus the Historic Years". Restored by Mike Brotherwood and very little used since. Original chassis and log book. V5 and French papers. New aluminium polished body and FIA winscreen. Some original body panels come with the car. Very pretty car now fitted with a 1300 BMC engine. Price 90,000 euros, with CLIMAX engine available by separate negotiation. Philippe PERNAC: philippe.pernac@wanadoo.fr
WANTED
Lotus Wobbly web wheels. Front 15 x 4.00, Rear 15 x 5.5. Aluminium or Magnesium acceptable. Peter Ross (see address in Contact section).
Back issues of Historic Lotus magazine
Most issues still available @ £5 each. Contact: Charles Helps.
Binders for Historic Lotus
Covers for the magazine may be bought from Modern Bookbinders Ltd., Pringle Street, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 1SA, England Tel: +44 (0)1254 59371.
Each binder can hold 14 to 20 issues, depending on how many pages in each. The A4 size (210x298mm) you need costs £6 and the name tag £1. Postage is £2.75 within the UK. Click here for their website which gives full details (including the cost of postage to overseas). Select "Plain binders" and then the "Wirex" type.