Hello Rod and Jeff,
Many years ago, in the 1960s, a neighbor of mine who raced Cortinas and
Escorts ordered a twincam from Lotus. I remember the day the engine
arrived -- I was a TR4 owner then and already aspired for a Lotus. In the
crate with the engine was a Lotus steering wheel, complements of Lotus. I
was green with envy.
There must have been a number of "loose" TCs imported here, going into
Escorts, Cortinas,Formula racers, etc. The Ogle GT (ex Stirling Moss) at a
friend's garage has a TC. I've bought as scrap two Lotus heads. So in this
far-flung island, we had a lot of TCs. But only three Type 45 Elans and one
Plus 2. Replicate this situation in other countries, and the stockpile gets
accounted for.
But let me know if you find a mint NOS twincam!
Regards, and I am happy there is a resurgence in the Chapman Era List.
Andres
Manila
Lotus 23 and 45
PS: My steel L-block engine arrived last week from QED, adding to the local
inventory!
-----Original Message-----
From: rodbean@ix.netcom.com <rodbean@ix.netcom.com>
To: mikec@dial.drakken.com <mikec@dial.drakken.com>
Cc: Jeff Cocking <jeff@cocking.com>; chapman-era@autox.team.net
<chapman-era@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: Total number of TC engines
>Mike Causer wrote:
>
>> rodbean@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>>
>> > 7000 Cortinas? There were about 2500 Lotus Cortinas. The others would
>> > have pushrod engines.
>>
>> Ah Rod, you forgot the Mark II Cortinas. And Jeff missed out the Twincam
>> Escort come to think of it.
>>
>> There really is a huge mystery here anyway -- where did all those Twincam
>> engines go? Either they never made as many as claimed, or there is an
>> aircraft hanger still piled high with them even now.
>>
>> Mike
>
>Yes, I did miss the Mk. II. This is a silly error I would typically be the
>one to point out because it is commonly overlooked here in the US where we
>didn't get too many of those (let alone TC Escorts... or any Escorts for
>that matter).
>
>As for the missing TCs, please keep your ear to the ground. Maybe the
>phantom owner of the stockpile will own up some day.
>
>Rod
>
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