1960s automotive design
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British sports cars
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classic car collecting
classic car history
Colin Chapman
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fibreglass monocoque
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Lotus 26R
Lotus Cars
Lotus Elan
Lotus Elan 26R racer
Lotus Elan Plus 2
Lotus Elan Series 1
Lotus Elan Series 2
Lotus Elan Series 3
Lotus Elan Series 4
Lotus Elan Shapecraft
Lotus Elan Sprint
Lotus Elite
Lotus M100 Elan
Lotus Twin Cam engine
Malcolm Ricketts
motorsport heritage
Ron Hickman
Sixties motoring
Team Lotus Formula 1
vintage car restoration
Product details
- ISBN 9780719847134
- Weight: 833g
- Dimensions: 215 x 260mm
- Publication Date: 27 Oct 2026
- Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Lotus Elan perfectly captured the spirit of the Swinging Sixties. Light, agile and brilliantly engineered around the groundbreaking Lotus-Ford Twin Cam engine, it evolved between 1963 and 1968 from the simple Series 1 roadster to the refined Series 4 convertible, amid factory moves, Team Lotus victories, Formula 1 World Championships and the landmark JPS sponsorship era. In 1967, it was joined by the elegant four-seat Plus 2, as Colin Chapman elevated the Lotus brand into the world of sophisticated Grand Tourers. The Elan name returned briefly in 1989 with the Isuzu-powered, front-wheel-drive M100. Including more than 250 photographs, many of them previously unpublished.
Johnny Tipler is a motoring writer and historian based in north Norfolk. He has had more than forty books published on a variety of automotive topics, ranging from F1 racing cars and motorcycles to trucks and heavy equipment, plus driver biographies and legendary race histories. He writes regularly for a number of specialist car magazines, reviewing products old and new, interviewing famous drivers and industry figures, and reporting on international historic races and long-distance rallies. He also has a penchant for Lotus cars.
