RE: 1956 Lotus Eleven history
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Mark Murray
Apr 27, 2015, 10:52:24 AM4/27/15
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Despite all the sceptics, my dad and I always knew this was a legitimate Eleven with an interesting past.
Mark Murray
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From: Lotus Eleven Register <lotus...@gmail.com>
Date: 04/27/2015 5:12 AM (GMT-08:00)
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Subject: Re: 1956 Lotus Eleven history
As many here have already learned, there has been much progress in determining which Eleven this is. The story is told in issue #80 of Historic Lotus. In his article there (page 30) Vic Thomas writes of the emergence of the ex-Hawthorn-Bueb Eleven,
chassis 162. That is what this car has been all along.
After my post here last October I was able to contact Jack Nethercutt through his museum and determined that his Eleven #214 had nothing to do with this car. At the same time Russ Hoenig traced the name Bill Winfrey to a man still living and happy to talk about the Eleven he once owned. Old photos, an old title, shipment records, all came out of the woodwork and showed this to be #162. Jon Adams meanwhile was tracing one lead after another to fill in the history of its brutal first year of racing. The distractions and false clues that hampered previous efforts to identify this car became clear.
A group effort with a fine outcome, fully documented and supported by known facts. Congratulations Jon !
Jay Sloane
-- After my post here last October I was able to contact Jack Nethercutt through his museum and determined that his Eleven #214 had nothing to do with this car. At the same time Russ Hoenig traced the name Bill Winfrey to a man still living and happy to talk about the Eleven he once owned. Old photos, an old title, shipment records, all came out of the woodwork and showed this to be #162. Jon Adams meanwhile was tracing one lead after another to fill in the history of its brutal first year of racing. The distractions and false clues that hampered previous efforts to identify this car became clear.
A group effort with a fine outcome, fully documented and supported by known facts. Congratulations Jon !
Jay Sloane
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Andrew Bradshaw
Apr 27, 2015, 1:15:33 PM4/27/15
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Congratulations alway nice to get history nailed down well done.
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John Entwistle
Apr 27, 2015, 1:56:20 PM4/27/15
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Nice job!
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Stewart Smith
Apr 27, 2015, 10:51:20 PM4/27/15
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I saw the car when I picked the body bucks, 8? Years ago and it looked good to me....but who knew the history. It is nice to have a community that cares to look out, even if it difficult for some individuals at the time. Cheers
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