* Lift a mug for Dave Salls tonight! Hard work on the Lotus 51 and good driving has won him the 2nd place 2008 CVAR Championship in the ff1 class. The first...
Hello Tony, Great news about Patricio and his 51. He is one of our members (Historic Lotus Club) and I ran an article about him in our last magazine so this...
John Oakley
JM@...
Nov 4, 2008 9:12 am
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Superb news! Any link to the race results? On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:50 AM, Elton E. (Tony) Clark...
I've competed against those two in my 61 and they are two worthy opponents who do an incredible job! The formula Ford competitor's with CVAR are credible...
I race So California and Phoenix, AZ.... I've never seen this car on a track so can't provide any info one way or the other. Carl 61/FF/79 ... From:...
That is my old Lotus 61 that I was looking for in previous message1282 on Sept 15th. I hoped it might resurface, but not at that asking price. Maybe I am wrong...
Hi Mike, It's always nice to see what's happened to your old race car! The fellow who bought my series 1 Sunbeam Alpine has it in Oklahoma City and races it...
Hi Carl and Mike, We have a story over here in the UK about an enthusiast who, as a student, once owned a classic English sports car in poor condition. So he...
John Oakley
JM@...
Nov 6, 2008 8:50 am
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Hello all, So I have finally got my Lotus 61 in my garage and made a dummy build of the parts from the boxes http://hhtech.se/lotus61/pics/DSC_9102.JPG I have...
Henrik, Looks like you have your work cut out for you. My partner and I have two 61's. One came from Canada, the other from California. We also have two 61's...
Henrik, Where are you located? With regard to your restoration, I'm making the assumption you want to make a 100% ORIGINAL restoration rather than prepare the...
Continuation from first reply.. 4. The hole to the right on my car is not chamfered either. I installed a rubber grommet and route my wiring through here to...
10. The car originally had Girling 14LF calipers front and Girling 12SP calipers rear. 11. Not original. The 'original entered from the side and exited the...
Carl- Thanks for the nice comments; I'd love to travel around the country and experience other tracks; especially out West where I've never raced. My...
Dave, Understand something... being a retired cop, I'm a "world Class ASSHOLE!" You get a compliment from me; you earned it! I'd go side-by-side into a corner...
Had this request come through from a chap in South Africa, looking for his old Lotus 61. The car is unique with its side pod radiators and closed nose....
Here's a short youtube video detailing racing at Cadwell Park in the '60s that I enjoyed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWPoOwd4wA&NR=1 George in Maryland...
Henrik, Frequent question. If I remember the answer correctly, the frame should be painted light grey (gray). What shade of grey is not determinant. It seems...
Kyle Swanson
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Dec 2, 2008 5:39 pm
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Henrik, I primer freshly sandblasted frames with Rustoleum Auto Primer in the spray can then paint it with Rustoleum Gray in the spray can. Haven't had anybody...
Does anyone include a linseed oil treatment of their frames (inside) as a part of the restoration? Regards, John ________________________________ From:...
Oddly, I've never tried any sort of rust inhibitor on the inside any of my Lotus tube frames, however for my Classic racing bicycles I've used Peter Weigle's...
I’ve always wanted to restore a frame where the inside volume was all interconnected and yet sealed from the outside (a trapped volume). One can pour...
We took the hint of our race car guru-author: Carroll Smith, and chose a color that was easy to find for touchup purposes . . In our case, it happened to be...
My original 51a frame is black. My Crossle 16F frame is gray. I was told that gray was used so that cracks could more easily be found in the frame as grime...
I mentioned the other day that I use Rustoleum (spray can) automotive primer, then Rustoleum gray spray paint. Someone else said "whatever Chapman could get...
Henrik, There is a reference on the Lotus 51 drawings as to "Finish". Only problem is that the drawing is such poor quality that I can't read the information....
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