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Beautifully styled, first proper road car from Lotus announced in 1957, has all glass fibre monocoque bodywork, available only in fixed head form.
First production models from 1959.
Suspension is coil springs and wishbones at the front and Chapman struts at the rear, with all round disc brakes, inboard at rear.
Power is from Coventry Climax 1216cc engine giving 71 bhp, and 110 mph top speed.
Series 2 from 1960, gets revised rear suspension and improved interior.
Also in 1960, SE model gets 85 bhp, and close ratio ZF box, and Super 95, Super 100 and Super 105, get tuned engines with power outputs indicated by suffix. Always sold as a partially built kit, and most have now suffered from crazing of fibre glass.
Pay; £15,000-£25,000
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