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Lotus Europa Forums => Random Europa Sightings => Topic started by: literarymadness on Thursday,June 11, 2020, 02:06:16 AM
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Great little short featuring Lotus and the Lotus/Ford Cortinas from the 1964 Sebring Race. Plenty of quality footage of Jim Clark, Dan Gurney, and Mr. ACBC and great close ups of the Twin Cam Motor. I found this really enjoyable. Sebring is less than two hours from where I live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBNhQfPfkVo
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Hi LM,
Thanks for the link, fantastic!
Mark
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Those little Twin Cams sounded great and kicked butt :trophy:
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Nice video! Didn't Clark fret about broken headlights during a pit stop? Did they fix it that quickly? Too bad Clark didn't win his class.
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Watching Jim Clark drive really makes me want a Lotus Cortina. And that engine bay sure looks sweet.
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I was at the 1970 12 hours of Sebring. Mario Andretti won in a Ferrari 512m. I can still hear the sound of that amazing 12 cylinder engine. I as 14 at the time and my brother and I and his friend drove there in my parents 1965 Chevy station wagon with a straight six and 3 on the tree. After the race, they let you drive the circuit. The brakes lasted two corners. Those were the days.
The other thing I remember is that the track is 5.2 miles and there was a 6 foot deep ditch all the way around the track. After the race, that ditch was overflowing with beer cans. What a sight.
That is a race I will never forget.