This was one of the competitors in the 50's Sports Car Race at theVintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2006.
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It's the 1956 Lotus Eleven of
Malcolm Ricketts, which the programme of the event says has a 1,480cc engine.
The Lotus Eleven was a completely new car, unlike the previous production
Lotuses, the Mk VIII, Mk IX and Mk X which were all based on the Lotus Mk VI.
The Eleven had a steel tubular space-frame with stressed aluminium panels, and
the aerodynamic body was designed by Frank Costin and was hinged at both ends
to give complete access to the engine and other mechanical parts. The car was
mainly designed to run in the 1,100cc class of racing, but other engines of up
to 2½ litres were also used.
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