I would recommend the biography by Gerard Crombac titled "Colin Chapman: The
Man and His Car". I believe it is a thorough and very entertaining account
of the Chapman era.
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Trenholme [mailto:dim1@home.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 3:30 PM
To: John Rosevear
Cc: 'vintage-race@autox.team.net'
Subject: Re: Honesty: Lotus/Chapman biography
All the Lotus talk causes me to ask if there is a good (or best)
biography of Chapman and Lotus that anyone can recommend.
Phil
John Rosevear wrote:
>
> Chapman didn't die until '82 or '83. I always thought the black and gold
> emblem was for John Player Special, who sponsored Team Lotus for some
years.
>
> Regards,
> John ROsevear
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Evans [mailto:brian@uunet.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:35 PM
> > To: S800Racer@aol.com; MHKitchen@aol.com; WSpohn4@aol.com;
> > vintage-race@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Honesty
> >
> >
> > I thought that the black Lotus emblem was for Colin Chapmans
> > death, not Jim
> > Clarks. I had a Lotus Europa with it on, tho no idea if it
> > was original to
> > the car.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > At 01:06 PM 2/28/01 -0500, S800Racer@aol.com wrote:
> > >In a message dated 2/28/01 11:09:20 AM, MHKitchen@aol.com writes:
> > >
> > ><< I didn't look this up, but pretty sure it was '64 or '65.
> > The '65 Locort
> > >has
> > >a black horn emblem commemorating his death. >>
> > >
> > > April 7, 1968. He was winning F1 races with the then
> > brand new Cosworth
> > >DFV V-8 (introduced in '67) bolted to the back of the Lotus
> > 49 before his
> > >death.
> >
> > Brian Evans
> > Director, Canada
> > MCI Wholesale Internet Services
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