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Showing posts with label Ivan Dutton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ivan Dutton. Show all posts

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Lotus Eleven

Two cars photographed at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008 and both incorrectly listed in the programme of the event.
This one is shown in the programme as Rudolf Ernst's 1952 Lotus XI with a 1460cc engine, presumably the Coventry Climax unit, but this model was made from 1956 to 1958 and was always referred to as a Lotus Eleven. I think it's a 1957 model.
This is another Lotus Eleven, that of Ivan Dutton, but the programme calls it a Lotus 11 and says that it has an 1100cc engine, also presumably the Coventry Climax unit.
Here's Ivan Dutton at Lodge Corner during the Guards Trophy GTSR Race.

Sunday, 3 January 2016

Bugattis

Here are three Bugattis I photographed at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.
I can't be sure I've identified these correctly as I can't find the original notes I had written and you can't see any race numbers on the cars, but I think the nearest car is Ivan Dutton's 1928 Type 35C, the next car is Alf Smith's 1925 Type 35T and the third car is John Howell's 1930 Type 45. This article gives information about the Type 35 cars and this one about the Type 45.