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Title: Fire in the hole!
Post by: Lou Drozdowski on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 03:53:23 AM
Classic Team Lotus run the restored ex Hill 38 for the first time in 50 years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z89Qs67omrc


Title: Re: Fire in the hole!
Post by: dakazman on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 05:19:38 AM
  Nice find Lou!

   Also on Instagram, under classicteamlotus. Getting ready for goodwill festival.
You can’t copy and paste on Instagram.  Thanks for posting.

Dakazman
Title: Re: Fire in the hole!
Post by: BDA on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 06:42:02 AM
Looks and sounds good!
Title: Re: Fire in the hole!
Post by: dakazman on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 11:55:16 AM
   I was reading the specs on it , they say it was a two speed gearbox, could that be correct?
Dakazman
Title: Re: Fire in the hole!
Post by: SwiftDB4 on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 01:26:52 PM
Quote from: dakazman on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 11:55:16 AM
   I was reading the specs on it , they say it was a two speed gearbox, could that be correct?
Dakazman
Yes it's a ZF 2 DS20 gearbox. Common practice of that era to only have 2 gears. One to get out of the pits and top gear for the oval. Guess they wanted minimal power loss with fewer parts in the gearbox. Notably 38/8S is the only symmetrical 38 car as all others had asymmetrical suspension. This chassis was only used in practice by Hill in 1967 who had trouble getting it up to speed and raced a type 42 instead. Outside of practice this car had no race history while owned by Lotus.
Title: Re: Fire in the hole!
Post by: RoddyMac on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 02:59:21 PM
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Notably 38/8S is the only symmetrical 38 car as all others had asymmetrical suspension.

Does that mean 38/8S was the car JC used at the Swiss Hillclimb ( http://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=1381.0 (http://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=1381.0) ) ?
Title: Re: Fire in the hole!
Post by: SwiftDB4 on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 03:29:56 PM
Quote from: RoddyMac on Wednesday,June 23, 2021, 02:59:21 PM
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Notably 38/8S is the only symmetrical 38 car as all others had asymmetrical suspension.

Does that mean 38/8S was the car JC used at the Swiss Hillclimb ( http://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=1381.0 (http://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=1381.0) ) ?
No the Swiss hillclimb car was 38/4 which was actually a rebuild of 38/2 after 38/2 was heavily damaged at Trenton 1965. Swiss hillclimb with Clark was August 1965. Symmetrical suspension was fitted just for the hillclimb. 38/8S was the last 38 chassis built (June 1966). This is all detailed in 'Team Lotus the Indianapolis Years' by Andrew Ferguson.