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21. Re: Meaning of Chapman's Lotus (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:53:18 +0100; There are a few theories in Alan Perry's Lotus FAQ on the "Lotus List" website. I discount the "Lot U/S" theory on two grounds, first that he was working on the Mark One for a year before the s/hand; /html/chapman-era/1999-07/msg00006.html (7,909 bytes)
22. Re: Origin of the Name "Lotus" (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:14:39 +0100; Chapman himself wrote in 1954: The first car was basically an Austin 7 chassis and engine, it was called a Lotus too but I am not going to tell you why. I have been asked many times the origin of the; /html/chapman-era/1999-07/msg00010.html (8,264 bytes)
23. Re: Origin of the Name "Lotus" (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:44:15 +0100; I don't know of a scanned copy, but you can get a paper copy and a number of other "chapman-era-esque" articles too in the book "Lotus Sports Racers", published by Brooklands Books. <Commercial Break; /html/chapman-era/1999-07/msg00013.html (8,131 bytes)
24. Lotus bibliography updated -- again (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 20:40:04 +0100; With special thanks to Mike Roeder (Citromike), who gave up garden digging on Memorial Day to scan his shelves, the bibliography has now reached 284 books about the history of Lotus, the personalitie; /html/chapman-era/1999-06/msg00000.html (6,647 bytes)
25. Re: rally elan (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:47:15 +0100; There are lots of Elans used in "Classic" rallying around Europe, and they are quite suceessfull too. Not far from where I live there is a Plus Two in full rally trim built by Peter Day. It is a love; /html/chapman-era/1999-06/msg00005.html (7,474 bytes)
26. Re: Original Classic Elan Steering Wheel (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 21:36:57 +0100; Do you mean an original secondhand one or a newly produced replica? A real old one would mean finding an old car being broken for parts -- which people don't really do now, but perhaps the Beaulieu A; /html/chapman-era/1999-06/msg00009.html (6,899 bytes)
27. Re: Speedo Drive Ratios (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 20:01:31 +0100; Easy! Now where's m'slide rule? Ah yes -- 25 times 4.11 divided by 3.89 -- that's 26.4 There you go, find a drive gear with 26.4 teeth. Oh, BTW, I used my 1968 sliderule; possibly the '63 would have; /html/chapman-era/1999-05/msg00005.html (7,647 bytes)
28. Re: Speedo Drive Ratios (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 10:28:30 +0100; If you thought a 26.4 was going to be hard to find, the "digital" equivalent is 26.413882 -- which is going to be harder still! More seriously, if you are prepared to live with the fact that the spee; /html/chapman-era/1999-05/msg00011.html (7,722 bytes)
29. Re: Speedo Drive Ratios (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:03:58 +0100; Well you probably should not be relying on the stock speedo in that case. For the two speedo gears you quoted with their corresponding axle ratios, if one is exactly correct the other must be almost; /html/chapman-era/1999-05/msg00013.html (7,716 bytes)
30. Lotus bibliography updated (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 14:58:00 +0100; My bibliography of Lotus cars has just been updated. It now lists 261 books about the history of the company, the personalities involved (including Colin Chapman of course!), and technical details, i; /html/chapman-era/1999-05/msg00031.html (6,380 bytes)
31. Re: Total number of TC engines (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:24:08 +0100; Ah Rod, you forgot the Mark II Cortinas. And Jeff missed out the Twincam Escort come to think of it. There really is a huge mystery here anyway -- where did all those Twincam engines go? Either they; /html/chapman-era/1999-04/msg00027.html (7,140 bytes)
32. Re: chapman-era (score: 1): Author: Mike Causer <mikec@dial.drakken.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:52:12 +0100; Me for one. Mike; /html/chapman-era/1999-04/msg00034.html (6,801 bytes)

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