Chapman didn't die until '82 or '83. I always thought the black and gold
emblem was for John Player Special, who sponsored Team Lotus for some years.
Regards,
John ROsevear
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Evans [mailto:brian@uunet.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:35 PM
> To: S800Racer@aol.com; MHKitchen@aol.com; WSpohn4@aol.com;
> vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Honesty
>
>
> I thought that the black Lotus emblem was for Colin Chapmans
> death, not Jim
> Clarks. I had a Lotus Europa with it on, tho no idea if it
> was original to
> the car.
>
> Brian
>
>
> At 01:06 PM 2/28/01 -0500, S800Racer@aol.com wrote:
> >In a message dated 2/28/01 11:09:20 AM, MHKitchen@aol.com writes:
> >
> ><< I didn't look this up, but pretty sure it was '64 or '65.
> The '65 Locort
> >has
> >a black horn emblem commemorating his death. >>
> >
> > April 7, 1968. He was winning F1 races with the then
> brand new Cosworth
> >DFV V-8 (introduced in '67) bolted to the back of the Lotus
> 49 before his
> >death.
>
> Brian Evans
> Director, Canada
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