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Title: Lotus 47 and Europa Spring 1968
Post by: jbcollier on Friday,August 10, 2018, 03:32:34 PM

From the spring ’68 edition of the Club Lotus magazine

Cover:

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-6xgWqMH/A

New “Club Lotus”:

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

Gold Leaf 47:

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-N9S949X/A

Developing the Europa:

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-xR2dXwM/A

https://jbcollier.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-hX42jZF/A

A word from our sponsors:

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

Title: Re: Lotus 47 and Europa Spring 1968
Post by: lotusfanatic on Saturday,August 11, 2018, 12:39:18 AM

Hi John!

Thanks for the latest batch of photographs!
I love the photo of the Europa outside the (then new) factory!
(unless that’s somewhere else?!)

Mark

Title: Re: Lotus 47 and Europa Spring 1968
Post by: dakazman on Saturday,August 11, 2018, 05:12:23 AM

Thanks JB, I always enjoy learning more about the Lotus journey. The Gold Leaf advertisement was a first.
Dakazman

Title: Re: Lotus 47 and Europa Spring 1968
Post by: BDA on Saturday,August 11, 2018, 10:43:35 AM

Thanks for more historical documents, JB! I was surprised that they did wind tunnel testing in the '60s. At the time weren't F1 cars basically cigars and their only concern was wind resistance?