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Title: French Europa articles
Post by: jbcollier on Thursday,February 23, 2017, 12:25:55 PM

L’Auto Journal 22 Dec 1966

Cover:

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-bN8Pmc6/A

Article (very early prototype):

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-K9wmnMs/A



L’Auto Journal 20 July 1967

Cover:

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-r6bs3HL/A

Article:

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-7KnqghS/A

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-Z7jDQxd/A



John

Title: Re: French Europa articles
Post by: BDA on Thursday,February 23, 2017, 04:33:08 PM

Who knew I'd ever regret not paying enough attention in French class!

Title: Re: French Europa articles
Post by: jbcollier on Thursday,February 23, 2017, 08:51:21 PM

The text would be the usual press release tripe but the photos are very interesting.  For example, in the first article the rear doesn't have a grill and the exhaust pokes out through a hole in the fibreglass.

Title: Re: French Europa articles
Post by: lotusfanatic on Thursday,February 23, 2017, 09:58:57 PM

that's a great find!  :)
I'm not sure how practical it would have been having the exhaust exiting directly through the fibreglass!
(looks neat though!) 

Mark