Lotus F1

"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano) 08/18/2019 at 21:28 • Filed to: None

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1971 Lotus 56B , 4WD t urbine - Emerson F ittipaldi, Italian GP

1974 Type 76, Bi-plane w ing - Jacky Ic kx, South Africa GP

1981 Type 88, Twin-chassis - Nigel Mansell, British GP Practi ce

2012 Type E20 - Kimi Räikkönen, Abu Dhabi GP Winner

InFierority Complex > Goggles Pizzano 08/18/2019 at 21:53

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Very cool little collection.

Saw this the other day. The thing that surprised me was that the gold on the 79 was actually more of a tan. I don’t think there was much (or any) metallic to it.

Goggles Pizzano > InFierority Complex 08/18/2019 at 22:09

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Space is at a prem ium and the 79 isn’t quite weird enough. Y ou gave me thought there for a minute though.

LongbowMkII > Goggles Pizzano 08/18/2019 at 22:56

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Chapman built some odd F1 cars

Kurt Roithinger > Goggles Pizzano 08/18/2019 at 23:19

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heh. love the ‘weird world of lotus’ theme. my collection is more along the lines of ‘significant lotus F1 cars’ , and thus i have the 25, 49 (gold leaf, graham hill — really wanted a clark one) and 72 (gold leaf, jochen rindt) and 79 (andretti, obviously — some kind soul actually put the JPS decals on this one and i got it for a wholly reasonable price — i smiled for days.)

i really want to get the long beach-trim lotus 88 though - that car fascinates me endlessly.

Goggles Pizzano > Kurt Roithinger 08/19/2019 at 00:13

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It’s actually the JPS-Lotus section of my strange collection(although not strange, the E20 got a pass because of Kimi). Aside from JPS I have a Dutch GP 56B to show the evolution to wings on the “door stop” too.

I also have the Emerson Fittipaldi 56B in 1:18 to display without bodywork next to a 1:18 STP 56B Graham Hill Indy. Pulled the trigger on that one a little too soon. In hindsight I would have rather waited for the #60 with its painted tire. But what ever.

Doctor Suarez > Goggles Pizzano 08/19/2019 at 14:06

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Saw this beauty at the Sonoma Speed Festival.

Goggles Pizzano > Doctor Suarez 08/19/2019 at 14:25

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And that P34! Or is it?

Doctor Suarez > Goggles Pizzano 08/19/2019 at 14:53

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I believe it’s a standard 4-wheeler.

SimplifyThenAddLightness > InFierority Complex 08/19/2019 at 19:04

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I believe they used ‘tan’ because the original gold didn’t translate well on the TV screens. Hence why they lightened the colour.

Numbers6 > Goggles Pizzano 08/20/2019 at 21:57

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Striking how long the wheelbase is on more current F1 cars.