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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #270 on: Friday,January 18, 2019, 06:13:46 AM »
What are the odds ?...Yes, from behind the pits at Mosport in 1967.
 A  Europa in the same picture with the 49's of Clark and Hill at the fuel truck. I wonder where it is today?

 

 
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #271 on: Friday,January 18, 2019, 06:57:23 AM »
Good eye, Lou!
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #272 on: Friday,January 18, 2019, 08:59:47 AM »
… and the engine cover is open. Go figure.
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #273 on: Friday,January 25, 2019, 07:24:32 PM »
Read an article about Keith Duckworth and the Ford DFV recently...

Suck...Squeeze...Bang....Blow....92 times per second per cylinder

Spark plug firing per second...733 at 11000 rpm

7.5 metric tonnes of force created on the piston...

The success of the 49 and it's drivers had a lot to do with Keith and his wonderful creation, one of the finest examples of race engineering ever, in Formula one history.
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #274 on: Tuesday,March 05, 2019, 08:09:44 PM »
Overhead profile's... Team Lotus at Monza 1967...sans the Baghetti #24
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #275 on: Wednesday,March 06, 2019, 05:47:05 AM »
More cool pictures, Lou! I wonder what that access panel is for.
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #276 on: Wednesday,March 06, 2019, 06:17:07 AM »
Quote from: BDA on Wednesday,March 06, 2019, 05:47:05 AM
More cool pictures, Lou! I wonder what that access panel is for.


Dual purpose access panel to foot well pedal box and fuel tank.  Pete Lovely gets some go juice at Brands Hatch 1969.
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #277 on: Wednesday,March 06, 2019, 06:41:12 AM »
Thanks! I first considered it as possible access to brake fluid reservoirs but it was obviously too far back.
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #278 on: Wednesday,March 06, 2019, 09:23:15 AM »
Great photos, Lou.
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #279 on: Sunday,April 07, 2019, 10:09:45 AM »
Remember...51 years ago today, he took his last lap.
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #280 on: Sunday,April 07, 2019, 10:12:14 AM »
RIP Jim Clark!

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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #281 on: Sunday,April 07, 2019, 07:41:57 PM »
The weather was fantastic today so, I put some garage time in getting things sorted...but, all the while I was thinking of Jim Clark. His face on the wall calendar seared my memories of days past, and for me he will always be the GOAT...





 
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #282 on: Sunday,April 07, 2019, 07:58:24 PM »
Great photos again, Lou! It's interesting that the second picture had air foils in the front. That seems to be prior to the aerodynamics revolution. Maybe they had some inklings that far back...
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #283 on: Sunday,April 07, 2019, 08:15:08 PM »
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Great photos again, Lou! It's interesting that the second picture had air foils in the front. That seems to be prior to the aerodynamics revolution. Maybe they had some inklings that far back...

Yes, you are right again!...The first F1 nose wing sprouts made their debut for Lotus on the 49 at Spa in 67. They were only used and tested for practice and were removed for the race on both cars...
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Re: Wheel Men...Drivers of the Lotus 49
« Reply #284 on: Monday,April 08, 2019, 08:54:02 AM »
More great photos. RIP Jim.
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