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Lotus and the genius of Colin Chapman have been at the forefront of racing technology and automotive design since 1948. \u00a0Colin Chapman\u2019s philosophy of light weight and efficiency of design resulted in\u00a0\u00a07 Formula 1 World Championships\u00a0as well as\u00a0wins at Le Mans, and Indianapolis, saloon car racing and the World Rally Championship. \u00a0Chapman\u2019s mantras of simplification, light weight and the least amount of parts effectively deployed that went into his racing car design were directly translated into Lotus\u2019 road cars and produced iconic machines such as the Seven, Elan, Esprit, and Elise. The rest of the automotive world is finally realizing that horsepower makes you fast in the straights, but light weight makes you faster everywhere \u2013 and more fuel efficient to boot!<\/p>\n
For over 60 years Lotus has continued to produce\u00a0class-leading \u00a0sports cars and are a globally respected automotive engineering consultancy, working with many of the world\u2019s most prestigious car manufacturers.<\/p>\n
This exhibit will feature a variety of Lotus models both road and race throughout that 60 year history.<\/p>\n
Exhibits: Proposed Content:<\/strong><\/p>\nLotus:<\/span><\/strong>
\n1956 Mark VI \u2013 Kyle, Irena and Colin Kaulback \u2013 Bethel, PA<\/p>\n1958 Lotus Eleven (Series II), Brainard Parker \u2013 Annapolis, MD<\/p>\n
1959 Elite (Type 14) \u2013 Joe Marchione \u2013 Absecon, NJ
\n1959 Type 18 \u2013 Jerry Morici -Clifton, NJ
\n1962 Type 22 \u2013 Jerry Morici \u2013 Clifton, NJ
\n1962 Seven S2 \u2013 Gary and Sandy David \u2013 Macedonia, OH
\n1963 Type 23
\n1964 Elan S1 (Type 26) \u2013 Greg Moore\u00a0 \u2013 Merchantville, NJ<\/p>\n
1965 Lotus 23 Twin Cam \u2013 Brainard Parker \u2013 Annapolis, MD
\n1966 Lotus Cortina (Type 28) \u2013 Gary and Sandy David \u2013\u00a0 Macedonia, OH
\n1967 Europa S1B (Type46) \u2013 Bob Fogle \u2013 Woodbury, CT
\n1969 Elan S4 Coupe Rolling Chassis (Type 36) \u2013 Clark Lance \u2013 Long Valley, NJ
\n1970 Type 61MX \u2013 Kyle, Irena and Colin Kaulback \u2013 Bethel, PA
\n1971 Type 69 \u2013 Kyle, Irena and Colin Kaulback \u2013 Bethel, PA
\n1972 Europa Twin Cam (Type74) \u2013 Kyle, Irena and Colin Kaulback \u2013 Bethel, PA
\n1972 Elan Sprint (Type 45) \u2013 Dee and Kenny Mance \u2013 New York, NY
\n1979 Esprit S2 (World Championship Commemorative Edition) \u2013 Art Mason \u2013 Macungie, PA
\n1984 Type 95T \u2013 Barber Museum \u2013 Birmingham, AL
\n1987 Esprit Turbo (Type 82) \u2013 Gordon M. Biehl, Jr
\n1991 Elan (Type 100) \u2013 Ted Taylor \u2013 Haddon Heights, NJ<\/p>\n
1992 Type 108 \u2013 Barber Museum \u2013 Birmingham, AL
\n1996 Type 110 \u2013 Kyle, Irena and Colin Kaulback \u2013 Bethel, PA<\/p>\n
1997 Esprit V8 CART-PPG Indycar World Series Pace Car (Type 82) \u2013 Dale Murray \u2013 Mt Joy PA
\n2009 Exige S260 (Type 117) \u2013 Jon Walton \u2013 Newark, DE
\n2014 Evora S (Type 122)- Lotus Cars USA<\/p>\n
Lotus engineered:<\/span><\/strong>
\n1981 DeLorean DMC12 \u2013 Justin and Rachel Mettee \u2013 Glen Rock, PA
\n1985 Sinclair C5 \u2013 Barber Museum \u2013 Birmingham, AL
\n1993 Corvette ZR1 \u2013 Dave Nagler \u2013 Chester, NY
\nLotus Ultralight Aircraft Engine -Barber Museum\u00a0 -Birmingham, AL
\nType 23 spaceframe chassis -Barber Museum \u2013 Birmingham, AL
\nLotus Wobbly Web Wheel<\/p>\nExhibition Potential<\/strong><\/p>\nThe A&R editors having studied the background of the AACA Museum and proposed consent of the forthcoming exhibition .They consider it to be exciting ambitious courageous and inspiring. It\u2019s inspired that a wide selection of cars are being assembled and displayed under a serious intellectual focus.<\/p>\n
The exhibition is evidently well supported and organized as evidenced by the span and quality of proposed exhibits and examples of Chapman\u2019s industrial Design.<\/p>\n
The editors believe this exhibition has the potential to interpret and indeed illustrate to visitors that the \u201cArt and Lightness\u201d of Chapman design contained many of the following aspects:-<\/p>\n
\n- Art of the aesthetic and sculptural excellence of his designs<\/li>\n
- The art and conceptual creativity of Chapman and his design\/engineering colleagues<\/li>\n
- That art and lightness are the primary functions of mechanical efficiency and sustainability<\/li>\n
- Art and lightness contributed to the competition success<\/li>\n
- Art and lightness forge connectivity with flight and aerodynamics<\/li>\n
- The Art and aesthetic of Chapman\u2019s designs have been enshrined in Fine Art and Film<\/li>\n
- Lightness remains a core competency of Lotus platforms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We are particularly pleased that an American Museum is hosting this innovative exhibition as it also celebrates the bond of cultures and shares common interest with American motorsport Indianapolis, Can-Am and Ford along with famous American racing drivers that have made Lotus famous internationally.<\/p>\n
Conclusion and Legacy<\/strong><\/p>\nThe editors believe this exhibition is overdue and commend the curator, trustees and supports for mounting this exhibition.In it we see conviction, integrity and foresight. We sincerely hope the exhibition will receive international publicity and resultant attendance. Further we hope there will be thorough publcity through various media not least internet, TV and magazine. The organizers might like to produce a CD or TV documentary as spin off .It deserves it not often for various reasons, not least that such groupings cannot be easily assembled in one place.<\/p>\n
The editors believe this will be significant event and possibly the watershed that might provoke the reassessment, revision of Chapman\u2019s and Lotus achievement. We wish the museum and its exhibition every success along with attendance. We look forward to reviews ad would hope to publish them.<\/p>\n
In the meanwhile we pledge all our support.<\/p>\n
\u201cLotus: The Art of Lightness\u201d has all the potential to be the Light Fantastic and possibly more important Light and the end of the tunnel!!<\/strong><\/p>\nEnjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MUSEUM REVIEW: Forthcoming Exhibition:\u00a0\u201cLotus \u2013The Art of Lightness\u201d ADDRESS: AACA Museum 161 Museum Drive Hershey, PA 17033 Phone: 717.566.7100 Fax: 717.566.7300 Email: info@AACAMuseum.org Introduction Recently the A&R reviewed the exhibition entitled \u201cThe Amazing Bugattis\u201d and questioned why there had been no significant museum exhibition devoted to Colin Chapman and Lotus. We are now pleased to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":244,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1996,"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\/revisions\/1996"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}