A book by Jabby Crombac, titled something like Chapman and his Cars, is the
authoritative biography on Chapman, in my opinon. Try Amazon!
Bob Allred - Riverton, Utah
Miata & Crossle' 32
Club Racing & Solo Events
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----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Trenholme <dim1@home.com>
To: John Rosevear <jrosevear@thinkinginvestments.com>
Cc: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: Honesty: Lotus/Chapman biography
> All the Lotus talk causes me to ask if there is a good (or best)
> biography of Chapman and Lotus that anyone can recommend.
>
> Phil
>
> John Rosevear wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > > MCI Wholesale Internet Services
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