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Title: Team Lotus
Post by: albitz on 29 November 2008, 18:19:34
Just watching Anglia news Item about Team Lotus. All the old F1 cars from Jim Clarks to Senna,s are on display at Hethel this weekend.
Anyone in the Norfolk vicinity might want to take a look.  :y
The Anglia news girl said the cars driven "Fitypiladee" were part of the display. ::) ::) ;D
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 29 November 2008, 18:31:06
The JPS Lotus 72 in black and gold livery was the best looking F1 car ever in my opinion....raced mainly by Ronnie Peterson....Jacky Ickx ....and of course Emerson Fittipaldi. :y :y :y
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 29 November 2008, 18:34:06
Anybody got any pictures of a Lotus 72?. :y :y :y
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Bandit127 on 29 November 2008, 18:40:44
There's some good stuff on
someone's blog (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2007/070507_blog.uncovering.org_lotus72-fittipaldi-1972.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blog.uncovering.org/en/archives/2007/05/lotus_72_1.html&usg=__IWdWb3He5js68_9Ht2fn7-ttrZc=&h=276&w=518&sz=27&hl=en&start=30&sig2=Wr0eq0quI9jLOoLrNnhKVA&um=1&tbnid=_hwH9JtTWTI6iM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=131&ei=3YsxSeeDHovC-QaJ6MWLAw&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1972%2Blotus%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN)

Do a quote on this post and discover possibly the longest URL in the world too  :o
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: albitz on 29 November 2008, 18:45:02
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Anybody got any pictures of a Lotus 72?. :y :y :y
Nip over to Hethel tomorrow and take some. :y
Ferrari 312T with number 27 on is my all time favourite. :y
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 29 November 2008, 20:21:10
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There's some good stuff on
someone's blog (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2007/070507_blog.uncovering.org_lotus72-fittipaldi-1972.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blog.uncovering.org/en/archives/2007/05/lotus_72_1.html&usg=__IWdWb3He5js68_9Ht2fn7-ttrZc=&h=276&w=518&sz=27&hl=en&start=30&sig2=Wr0eq0quI9jLOoLrNnhKVA&um=1&tbnid=_hwH9JtTWTI6iM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=131&ei=3YsxSeeDHovC-QaJ6MWLAw&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1972%2Blotus%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN)

Do a quote on this post and discover possibly the longest URL in the world too  :o

Thanks Bandit.....seems that the 72 was around for quite some time. :y
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 29 November 2008, 23:08:37
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Anybody got any pictures of a Lotus 72?. :y :y :y

Personally my favourite Optimist out of all of them due to that wonderfull combination of gold and black:
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk247/lizziefreeman/JPSFICAR.jpg)

 :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :y :y
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Entwood on 29 November 2008, 23:10:10
Without a shadow of a doubt ... the best looking F1 car  ... EVER

I remember making a model of one .. spent hours getting it "just right" ... then a drunken mate broke it

 :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 29 November 2008, 23:18:31
Sorry I believe the first picture I showed was of the 1978 version, but this is the 1972 one at Monza in that year, even with the gold wheels:

(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk247/lizziefreeman/1972JPSFi.jpg)

Even better! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) :y
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Nickbat on 29 November 2008, 23:20:54
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Without a shadow of a doubt ... the best looking F1 car  ... EVER

I remember making a model of one .. spent hours getting it "just right" ... then a drunken mate broke it

 :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y


Have to agree. Saw them raced at Brands in 1970-something. Absolutely stunning. Funnily enough, I also recall some very hot "babes" at that meeting dressed in black tops and gold hot pants handing out free JPS fags.

Oh, those were the days.  ;) :)
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 29 November 2008, 23:23:21
http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/lotus72.htm
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Vamps on 29 November 2008, 23:27:11
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Without a shadow of a doubt ... the best looking F1 car  ... EVER

I remember making a model of one .. spent hours getting it "just right" ... then a drunken mate broke it

 :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y


Have to agree. Saw them raced at Brands in 1970-something. Absolutely stunning. Funnily enough, I also recall some very hot "babes" at that meeting dressed in black tops and gold hot pants handing out free JPS fags.Oh, those were the days.  ;) :)


I remember that too :y :y :y must have been 1973? Brands Hatch, Went free courtesy of HMS Ganges :y Despite trying hard I could just not get away with JPS cigs, yet I loved the image. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Nickbat on 29 November 2008, 23:33:15
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Without a shadow of a doubt ... the best looking F1 car  ... EVER

I remember making a model of one .. spent hours getting it "just right" ... then a drunken mate broke it

 :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y


Have to agree. Saw them raced at Brands in 1970-something. Absolutely stunning. Funnily enough, I also recall some very hot "babes" at that meeting dressed in black tops and gold hot pants handing out free JPS fags.Oh, those were the days.  ;) :)


I remember that too :y :y :y must have been 1973? Brands Hatch, Went free courtesy of HMS Ganges :y Despite trying hard I could just not get away with JPS cigs, yet I loved the image. ;D ;D ;D


Me, too, they were a bit rough.  ;D ;D ;D

..but they were free and any excuse to get up close to those babes.  :y

Yep, I think must have been '73. Since we were both there, why didn't you say hello? Did I smell or something? ;D ;D ;D ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: LaserLance on 29 November 2008, 23:35:31
i remember having a model of the car made by corgi on me winderseal for many years ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Vamps on 29 November 2008, 23:42:42
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Without a shadow of a doubt ... the best looking F1 car  ... EVER

I remember making a model of one .. spent hours getting it "just right" ... then a drunken mate broke it

 :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y


Have to agree. Saw them raced at Brands in 1970-something. Absolutely stunning. Funnily enough, I also recall some very hot "babes" at that meeting dressed in black tops and gold hot pants handing out free JPS fags.Oh, those were the days.  ;) :)


I remember that too :y :y :y must have been 1973? Brands Hatch, Went free courtesy of HMS Ganges :y Despite trying hard I could just not get away with JPS cigs, yet I loved the image. ;D ;D ;D


Me, too, they were a bit rough.  ;D ;D ;D

..but they were free and any excuse to get up close to those babes.  :y

Yep, I think must have been '73. Since we were both there, why didn't you say hello? Did I smell or something? ;D ;D ;D ;D  ;D


Well I was in the uniform of Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, so you should have come to me a bowed, let alone said hello. ;D ;D ;D

One or two other minor points; no computers, no Migs, no internet, no oof, how the hell did we manage our day to day lives, and no mobile phones either.... ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Nickbat on 30 November 2008, 00:01:19
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Without a shadow of a doubt ... the best looking F1 car  ... EVER

I remember making a model of one .. spent hours getting it "just right" ... then a drunken mate broke it

 :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y


Have to agree. Saw them raced at Brands in 1970-something. Absolutely stunning. Funnily enough, I also recall some very hot "babes" at that meeting dressed in black tops and gold hot pants handing out free JPS fags.Oh, those were the days.  ;) :)


I remember that too :y :y :y must have been 1973? Brands Hatch, Went free courtesy of HMS Ganges :y Despite trying hard I could just not get away with JPS cigs, yet I loved the image. ;D ;D ;D


Me, too, they were a bit rough.  ;D ;D ;D

..but they were free and any excuse to get up close to those babes.  :y

Yep, I think must have been '73. Since we were both there, why didn't you say hello? Did I smell or something? ;D ;D ;D ;D  ;D


Well I was in the uniform of Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, so you should have come to me a bowed, let alone said hello. ;D ;D ;D

One or two other minor points; no computers, no Migs, no internet, no oof, how the hell did we manage our day to day lives, and no mobile phones either.... ::) ::) ::)


Sorry to say, "chasing skirt".  :-[ :-[ :-[ :P
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: Vamps on 30 November 2008, 00:10:56
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Without a shadow of a doubt ... the best looking F1 car  ... EVER

I remember making a model of one .. spent hours getting it "just right" ... then a drunken mate broke it

 :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y


Have to agree. Saw them raced at Brands in 1970-something. Absolutely stunning. Funnily enough, I also recall some very hot "babes" at that meeting dressed in black tops and gold hot pants handing out free JPS fags.Oh, those were the days.  ;) :)


I remember that too :y :y :y must have been 1973? Brands Hatch, Went free courtesy of HMS Ganges :y Despite trying hard I could just not get away with JPS cigs, yet I loved the image. ;D ;D ;D


Me, too, they were a bit rough.  ;D ;D ;D

..but they were free and any excuse to get up close to those babes.  :y

Yep, I think must have been '73. Since we were both there, why didn't you say hello? Did I smell or something? ;D ;D ;D ;D  ;D


Well I was in the uniform of Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, so you should have come to me a bowed, let alone said hello. ;D ;D ;D

One or two other minor points; no computers, no Migs, no internet, no oof, how the hell did we manage our day to day lives, and no mobile phones either.... ::) ::) ::)


Sorry to say, "chasing skirt".  :-[ :-[ :-[ :P

 ;D ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: albitz on 30 November 2008, 00:20:51
http://www.cstudio.net/27remembered.jpg

my favourite car driver combination,ever.not a great pic though.

http://www.cstudio.net/atthebeach.jpg



Thats better,F1 car completely sideways,just as it should be. :y
The late and very great Gilles Villeneuve.
Title: Re: Team Lotus
Post by: ngrainqey on 30 November 2008, 00:43:15
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Sorry I believe the first picture I showed was of the 1978 version, but this is the 1972 one at Monza in that year, even with the gold wheels:

(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk247/lizziefreeman/1972JPSFi.jpg)

Even better! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) :y

i quite like the look of the old F1 cars, look a bit twitchy though the early ones do!