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Thursday, 16 April 2020

1956 Lotus Eleven

This car took part in the Historic Car Championship Race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1992.
It's the 1956 Lotus Eleven of Roger Biss pictured here in the paddock at what was possibly the wettest meeting I've ever attended. 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. Roger Biss's car had a 1,098cc Coventry Climax FWA engine.

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