mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 05:36 PM |
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nice pic of the man responsible for designing the 7
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mookaloid
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 05:36 PM |
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"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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eccsmk
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 05:48 PM |
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i was talking to a friend a month or two back and one of his dads close friends used to test drives lotus 7's
i did manage to get 5 mins to chat to him and was amazed by some of the stories he had to tell
completely useless information but i thought id share
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morcus
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 05:58 PM |
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The good old days, when you could advertise bacci on racing cars. Good Pic of the double C.
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MikeR
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 06:41 PM |
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Used to work with a bloke who in the old days worked for a boat company. They had this designer called Colin who used to do stuff with them.
He's come in have these ideas and the rest of the engineers had to figure them out.
Said he was a genius Mr Chapman.
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 08:52 PM |
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We live just outside Norwich, about 7 or 8 miles from Hethel. We were tinkering with the Luego on the drive a few months ago and an elderly chap who
live a few doors away stopped as he was walking past and had a good look around the car, we started to explain to him what it was and he said 'I
know, I used to work for Lotus', he was telling us a few stories about how he moved up to Norfolk from London when Lotus moved, then said
''I'll just a minute', he went home and came back with a photograph album of his time with Lotus. He didn't just work
for them he was a works driver for Lotus and raced various cars for them including a 7. Amazing, I only knew him as an elderly chap walking his dog
past my house but he's got some amazing tales from the early days of Lotus. We're competing in the Borough 19 sprint at the Hethel test
track tomorrow, he'd probably be miles faster than me even at his age (wish I'd picked his brain).
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Macbeast
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| posted on 2/8/09 at 07:19 AM |
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Love the way people in the 50s, 60s (eg Graham Hill ) used to race in collar and tie.
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Davey D
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| posted on 2/8/09 at 08:38 AM |
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"Designing sports cars is very much like making love to a beautiful woman...." 
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