Stan Anderes has a black Eleven in California with
additional plexi covered driving lights which looks
like it would have been a factory LeMans expedient.
I have the serial numbers from Steve Earle's Mont-
erey program but cannot access them from here as
we are battened up for Floyd this week.
Tony Clark wrote:
> Ed McDonough inquired of the Lotus Elevens at Le Mans in '56.
>
> A history of the 1955 - 1958 has been done:
>
> "LOTUS - the historic years - 1955 - 1958"
> Auth : Graham Capel ISBN 09525732.1.0
>
> 1995 address from the book:
>
> Graham Capel
> Bx 7
> Horley
> Surrey RH6 ODT
> England
>
> There is also a website for the "Historic Lotus Register"
>
> http://idt.net/~lotusf1/historics.htm
>
> which lists the various correspondents for the early Lotus race cars.
>
> >From a quick glance at the coverage of the '56 Le Mans cars, Capel
> indicates that there were 3 wide chassis cars constructed and entered and
> that the registration numbers were:
>
> Car # 32 reg # 9 EHX 1500cc Chapman/Fraser
> Car # 35 " DEC 494 1100cc Allison/Hall
> Car # 36 XJH 902 1100cc Bicknell/Jopp
>
> Only the #36 car finished, in 7th position.
>
> The article does not mention chassis numbers . . . Lotus was casual about
> chassis numbers on their race cars but HLR may be able to elaborate further
> as an extraordinary amount of effort has been made to identify and
> "fingerprint" the early Lotus cars. Having said that, I must mention that
> Capel and the HLR have, with full knowledge, documented and publicized an
> early Eleven which is a fake replication containing not one original part
> except a chassis number plate! ( #150 built by Mike Brotherwood who IS
> good!)
>
> Tony Clark - Sherman, TEXAS
> Eleven S1 Le Mans #153 - very original - the first Eleven as determined by
> HLR founder and Eleven correspondent, Vic Thomas and documented in "Lotus
> World" magazine in a 2 part article Oct & Nov 1987.
> lotus.tony@airmail.net
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