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Lotus Europa Forums => Events => Topic started by: LotusJoe on Tuesday,December 18, 2012, 04:13:15 PM
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Colin Chapman passed away after suffering a massive heart attack, at his home in East Anglia, at the age of 54.
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It's strange how time alters your perception of events. When that happened I thought "oh, but he's getting on I suppose". Now I read your post and think "wow, he was young wasn't he ?".....
Brian
Edit to add - I don't know if this will work, but here's the man himself in 1970 with some footage of the factory & the Europa S2 at the end.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/extra-lotus-cars/query/lotus+europa (http://www.britishpathe.com/video/extra-lotus-cars/query/lotus+europa)