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    • A – F
      • “Car” Survey 2012
      • Accles & Pollock: In the Pipeline
      • Aerospace Bristol Exhibition Report
      • Aesthetic Analysis: Car Designers
      • Aesthetic Analysis: Cistalia 202GT
      • Austin Powers: The Austin “A” Series Engine in the Lotus Seven Series 1
      • Avengers and The Prisoner: Episode 2, Take 2
      • Badge Engineering
      • Bentley and Lotus at Le Mans: Twenty Five Years Apart
      • Berkeley: Bonded Plastic
      • Blow-in the Wind
      • Body Shapes
      • Bond: Special Agent
      • Cam Followers
      • Car Designers, Entrepreneurs, Engineers of the Century
      • Carnaby Street
      • Caterham Cars
      • Caterham Seven Scale Model Review
      • Chapman & Brunel
      • Chapman and Can-Am: Big Bangers and Even Bigger Bucks: An Opportunity Missed?
      • Chapman and Can-Am: Big Bangers and Even Bigger Bucks: An Opportunity Missed?
      • Chapman the Circuit Judge sets out his bylaws
      • Chapman, Costin & the Vanwall
      • Chapman’s Catalogue
      • Chapman’s Catalogue: Car Sales Brochures, Advertisements and Promotional Photography
      • Chapman’s Slimline Tonic: The Lotus 21: Anatomy of a FI Racing Car
      • Chassis Design
      • Classic Cars: Lotus Interpretation
      • Colin Chapman’s Conceptual Contribution to Automobile and Industrial Design
      • Colin Chapman, Lotus & British Aviation
      • Colin Chapman: A Man of Letters
      • Colin Chapman: A Man of Note
      • Colin Chapman: Wheeler-Dealer of Warren Street?
      • Compact Disk- an optional extra? Lotus Seven -The Front Disc brake  
      • Consultancy and or Manufacture: Case Study 1. SUV’s – Reaching the Summit or Over the Hill?
      • Contemporaries and Peers 1: Lola, Mallock, Elva, Kieft, Ginetta & Terrier
      • Contemporaries and Peers 2: Frank Costin
      • Contemporaries and Peers 3: Williams and Pritchard
      • Contemporaries and Peers 4: Pluses and Minuses; Four and Against: Colin Chapman /Lotus vs Morgan
      • Contemporaries and Peers 5: Marcos
      • Context and Social History 1
      • Cosworth DFV V8
      • Dellow
      • Delorean
      • Design Decades 1948 -1959
      • Design Decades 1970 – 1979
      • Design Heroes Series: Ernest Race
      • Design Heroes: Buckminster Fuller
      • Design Heroes: Jean Prouve [1901-1984]
      • Designers – Bruce McLaren-“Hey Mr. Tangerine Man”
      • Designers – Coopermen: “Action with a purpose” –a comparison of Cooper with Lotus
      • Designers – Eric Broadley
      • Designers – Gordon Coppuck, McLaren, Yardley and the Y fronts
      • Designers – Gordon Murray
      • Designers – Rory Byrne
      • Designers – Sir Patrick Head
      • Desingers – Maurice Philippe
      • Drive My Car: 100 Objects that made Colin Chapman and Lotus
      • Elite Elegance Advertising
      • Engine Series – Cosworth
      • Engine Series – Coventry Climax
      • Engine Series – Ford 1172
      • Engine Series – Ford Cross Flow
      • Engine Series – Ford Pre Cross-Flow
      • Engine Series – Lotus-Holbay
      • Engine Series – MG XPAG
      • Engine Series – Vegantune
      • Engines: The Power and the Glory – Lotus and Ford
      • Engines: The Power and the Glory – the Ford V8
      • Engines: The Power and the Glory: If So Inclined
      • Evora Borealis: The Northern Lights [Lotus Evora 410]
      • F Gordon Crosby
      • Fine Art of Motor Sport
      • Fine Art: Michael Turner
      • Firestone
      • Formula Junior – No Minor Achievement
      • The Avengers and The Prisoner: Episode 2, Take 2
      • The Daring Daren
      • The Elite
      • The Flying Finns: The Lotus Mk.VIII’s [1954]
      • The Flying Finns: The Lotus Mk.VIII’s [1954]
      • The Fine Art of Motorsport
    • G – L
      • Geoff Goddard
      • George Best and Lotus: Perfection the Goal
      • Getting Groovy in the 1960’s: Lotus and Slot Car Racing
      • Guiding Light: Colin Chapman and Aeromodelling
      • Henry Ford [1863-1947]: Down to a “T”
      • Historic Sponsor Series: Firestone: On the Rim of Success
      • Historical Origins; Chapman/Lotus: Parts 1 & 2
      • Horse and Carriage/Form and Function: Lotus 18
      • Icons Part 1: Colin Chapman
      • Icons Part 2: Ettore Bugatti
      • Icons Part 3: Sir William Lyons
      • Imitation; The sincerest form of Flattery
      • Instruments and Dashboards in Lotus Race & Road Cars
      • James Bond & Lotus
      • Jimi Hendrix: Fenders, Cars, Stars and Guitars
      • John Ross Motor Racing Archive: Lotus
      • JPS/Lotus
      • Karlskoga, Sweden
      • Len Terry [1924-2014] Terriers & Tetrahedrons
      • Leslie Ballamy
      • Llandow
      • Logo on Lotus
      • Lotus & Popular Culture
      • Lotus & Sponsorship
      • Lotus & The Avengers
      • Lotus 108 & 110
      • Lotus 23/23 B: An Aesthetic Appreciation
      • Lotus 38: The Special Relationship
      • Lotus 79: Black Beauty: The Sign of the Black Horse
      • Lotus 79:”May the Force be with you”
      • Lotus and Formula 2
      • Lotus and Formula 2
      • Lotus Components: Lotus and de Dion: The French Connection
      • Lotus Cortina
      • Lotus Elan and the adverts
      • Lotus Merchandising: Watch this Space
      • Lotus Originals
      • Lotus Provides an Oil Platform
      • Lotus Seven: An Aesthetic Appreciation
      • Lotus Type 63: The Four wheel drive: Four Square
      • Louts 19 ‘The Full Monte’
      • The Hills, Spills and Thrills
      • The Lotus Europa Special [GKN 47 D] :Meteoric & Metamorphosis
      • The Lotus Mk.VI: Six of the Best
      • The Lotus Seven Series One 1957-1960
      • The Lotus Type 47& 62: Group Dynamics
    • M – T
      • Pat Dennis’ Mk. VI – POP 444
      • Patently Obvious: The Lotus 25
      • Peaks and Troughs [The Long and Winding Road Series]
      • Peter Hutton
      • Pop Art: Lotus 1 [“Oil on Canvass?” 45 x 56 inches] by Gerald Laing.
      • Power Plant
      • Progress Chassis Company
      • Pursuit of Perfection: Lotus 108 Recycled
      • Raymond Loewy 1893-1986: The Consummate All Consuming Designer
      • Scale Model Car Reviews: Lotus Super Seven 1957-1973/ Caterham Super Seven 1973
      • Scale Model Car Reviews: Morgan 4/4 Series II
      • Scalextric: Slot on the Landscape: Electric Car Racing from the National Grid
      • Seven Sales to the Sunset
      • Seven Wonders of the World: A Celebration of the Seven and the Engines used
      • Shipping a Classic Car
      • Sponsors, Suppliers and Specialists: The Companies that supported the Chapman/Lotus Racing/Road Brand Marque
      • Steve McQueen
      • Steve McQueen and Lotus: Anti Hero & Cool Cars
      • Tail Fins: Lotus o’ Nine Tails: The Lotus Mk.IX [1955]-No lash up!
      • Tail Fins: Lotus o’ Nine Tails: The Lotus Mk.IX [1955]-No lash up!
      • Taking Sides: Lotus Racing Cars: Profile and Presentation
      • The Speed of Light
      • The Sprint “Elan with more dash”
      • The Works
      • To Monaco via Monte Carlo – the Cooper Monaco v Lotus 15 &19
      • Tracks Across America: Riverside
      • Trevor Wilkinson & TVR
      • Types 30 & 40
    • U – Z
      • Squire
      • Very British
      • What a drag it is …
      • Wheelchairs: Club chairs to Club Racers-Breuer and Chapman’s tube frame structures
      • White Elan Man meets Chapman’s Workmate
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        • Jack Knight Development Ltd: The Lotus Knightclub
        • Koni: Shock and Awe (Awe Inspiring)
        • Kugelfischer: Renault, Lotus: The European Union
        • Laystall Engineering: Lady Godiva cranks up Climax with Laystall
        • Lucas: and Lotus charge of the Light Brigade
        • Lucky Strike: Lotus strike a light
        • Mahle
        • Marston Excelsior: Merlin’s, Mosquitos and Marston
        • Martini & Rossi: Martini Racing: Lotus in high Spirits
        • Matra Datavision: from the drawing board to the keyboard and onto the dashboard
        • Meccano: Constructive Learning
        • MelMag (Magnesium Elektron): Rims, racing on the edge
        • Metalastic: Rotoflex Coupling: Getting it Together
        • Michelin: Triple X rated
        • Micromax: Microlight and maximum boost Lotus 98&99T
        • Miller Brewing Company: One for the Road &Track
        • Milliken Research Associates: Equations of Motion=Poetry in motion, chapter and verse
      • February 2021
        • ELF Petrol and Renault Turbo with Lotus make Thunder and Lightening
        • Essex Petroleum Chapman’s refuelling strategy backfires
        • Ferodo: How Chapman was arrested whilst braking and entering (a corner)
        • Firestone Ford, Form and Function in F1
        • Girling Not fade away * and other hit discs of the Sixties
        • GKN When Chapman was inspired by a shaft of light and struck by a bolt of lightening
        • Goodyear Slick Operators
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        • Dan Gurney: Where Eagles Dare
        • Mike Hawthorn and the Lotus Eleven: Knight of the Road to nights on the Track
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Previous Articles

  • Articles
    • “Car” Survey 2012
    • Aesthetic Analysis: Car Designers
    • Aesthetic Analysis: Cistalia 202GT
    • Avengers and The Prisoner: Episode 2, Take 2
    • Badge Engineering
    • Body Shapes
    • Cam Followers
    • Car Designers, Entrepreneurs, Engineers of the Century
    • Carnaby Street
    • Caterham Cars
    • Chapman & Brunel
    • Chapman and Can-Am: Big Bangers and Even Bigger Bucks: An Opportunity Missed?
    • Chapman, Costin & the Vanwall
    • Chassis Design
    • Classic Cars: Lotus Interpretation
    • Colin Chapman: A Man of Note
    • Colin Chapman, Lotus & British Aviation
    • Colin Chapman: Wheeler-Dealer of Warren Street?
    • Compact Disk- an optional extra? Lotus Seven -The Front Disc brake  
    • Consultancy and or Manufacture: Case Study 1. SUV’s – Reaching the Summit or Over the Hill?
    • Contemporaries and Peers 1: Lola, Mallock, Elva, Kieft, Ginetta & Terrier
    • Contemporaries and Peers 2: Frank Costin
    • Contemporaries and Peers 3: Williams and Pritchard
    • Contemporaries and Peers 4: Pluses and Minuses; Four and Against: Colin Chapman /Lotus vs Morgan
    • Contemporaries and Peers 5: Marcos
    • Context and Social History 1
    • Cosworth DFV V8
    • Delorean
    • Design Decades 1948 -1959
    • Design Decades 1970 – 1979
    • Design Heroes: Buckminster Fuller
    • Design Heroes: Jean Prouve [1901-1984]
    • Evora Borealis: The Northern Lights [Lotus Evora 410]
    • F Gordon Crosby
    • Fine Art of Motor Sport
    • The Fine Art of Motorsport
    • Fine Art: Michael Turner
    • Formula Junior – No Minor Achievement
    • Geoff Goddard
    • Getting Groovy in the 1960’s: Lotus and Slot Car Racing
    • The Hills, Spills and Thrills
    • Historic Sponsor Series: Firestone: On the Rim of Success
    • Icons Part 1: Colin Chapman
    • Icons Part 2: Ettore Bugatti
    • Icons Part 3: Sir William Lyons
    • James Bond & Lotus
    • John Ross Motor Racing Archive: Lotus
    • Leslie Ballamy
    • Llandow
    • London and Lotus: The Epicentre of Post War British Motor Racing
    • Lotus & Popular Culture
    • Lotus & Sponsorship
    • Lotus & The Avengers
    • Lotus 108 & 110
    • Lotus Cortina
    • Lotus Elan and the adverts
    • The Lotus Mk.VI: Six of the Best
    • Lotus Originals
    • Lotus Seven: An Aesthetic Appreciation
    • Louts 19 ‘The Full Monte’
    • Lotus 38: The Special Relationship
    • Lotus 47
    • Pat Dennis’ Mk. VI – POP 444
    • Patently Obvious: The Lotus 25
    • Peter Hutton
    • Peaks and Troughs [The Long and Winding Road Series]
    • Pop Art: Lotus 1 [“Oil on Canvass?” 45 x 56 inches] by Gerald Laing.
    • Power Plant
    • Progress Chassis Company
    • Raymond Loewy 1893-1986: The Consummate All Consuming Designer
    • Scale Model Car Reviews: Lotus Super Seven 1957-1973/ Caterham Super Seven 1973
    • Scale Model Car Reviews: Morgan 4/4 Series II
    • Seven Sales to the Sunset
    • Tracks Across America: Riverside
    • Types 30 & 40
    • The Works