Lotus 8

[Mondeo]

Lotus 8 reproduce again for the champion-Colin Chapman

Car weight only 520kgs, and built-in MG 1.5l OHV straight 4 engine.

pump out 85bhp with traditional 4 gears manual drive.

 

Limited at 7 in the world.

[Super7]

.......... look at the "fins" behind the driver, and the concealed rear wheels ......... well, from here, Lotus came out with Lotus 19, then the legendary Lotus 23 ...... which won the LeMan24 hours with juz a modest 1600cc engine ........ that was in 1962-63...... before most of your parents met.....

 

spec: 140hp from 1600cc cosworth engine, car weight: 467kg

 

cheers

 

btw: how do i upload pics which can be seen here, not like these which have to be open??? ........ pls help, thanks

 

http://www.simplesevens.com/sykaback/

 

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/

 

http://www.geocities.com/marty7_nz/leitch23b-index.html

L23 dp4

L23 23b008

L23 dp2

L23 23b_6

L23 1472-3

L23 1472-2

L23 1472-1

Edited November 27, 2002 by Super7

[Mondeo]

Are u sure before most of our parents met?

 

First U must make u pic become the Jpeg format and the below got attachment (but limited 256kb a file) then browse the location and finally upload attachment.

[Mondeo]

Like this!

One Kopi Chino Bing on you.

[Mondeo]

THe completed project.

[Super7]

thanks ........ now i owe you so many cups of kopi Chino Bing for you, i have to order on milo kong of it and serve you personally ..............

 

btw, the low slung green racer reminds me of the slot car racer 1/32 (juz like the real one in the pics) i used to play years ago, any bros here remember or know what slot cars are???? ........ hehehe, tough one, right?!

Edited November 28, 2002 by Super7

[Jgoh]

How to forget??? That's where we started to learn to 'oversteer' even before we started to drive!!!

 

My favourite 1/32 was a Ford GT40 which crashed so many times that I had Band-Aided (no super-glue, then) so many times due to shunts! Just 'd that car!!!

 

What memories... Thanks!

 

 

 

[PS: Did you know that there're still public tracks available in UK?]

[Super7]

what a coincidence;- my bro and i both had a 1/32 Ford GT40 each, the cars would juz slide and drift (while pivoted to the slot!!), we did 3 hours enduros during year end holiday until the transformer almost overheated and gave up the ghost

 

then the F1 cars had turning front wheels etc, and the mini coopers from another UK company .............

 

i guess you did the same:- from the basic Scaletric 12-foot track, we kept adding (that's where all the angpows $$$ gone to ) extra track sections, until the full track ran rings in our living room .......

 

boy, the 3 hours enduro was tough........ our frenz brought their US made cars to challenge us, but those were no match with our GT40s which we subsequently lightened by cutting off the roof, leaving the transparent 'glass' canopy intact which made our GT40s liked hybrids between an open and a targa racers ..... and we filed away the axles supports thus lowering the cars significantly for better handling ....

 

then we bought tamiya's Lotus 30 and 40, both were abit clumsy but with lightning top speeds......... then Ferrari 350P (i think so) and Porsche Carrera etc etc ....... great fun

 

did you visit the few slot car joints in Robinson Rd and Selegie Rd ??? ....... fond memories

 

now i let me boys play the hotwheel scale slot cars, but they dun make them like they did any more

 

yeah, i visited some websites featuring existing slot car tracks/clubs in UK and USA..... would love to race there if i ever visit these places ....... oh ya, now i remember the king of the road in those days:- the Cox sports car .........

Edited November 28, 2002 by Super7

[Mondeo]

Anything will do lar!

[Jgoh]

Yes, also spent all the ang pow money on the slot-racers. The GT40 was my favourite because it was the most stable (aerodynamic?) of the lot, and I was able to fill-in plastercine underneath the car to make a smooth bottom (learnt about aerodynamics then, but not about venturi yet) and lower the centre of gravity.

 

We had our own (home built) 8-shape track on a 8x4 wooden plank with polished surface. That way, it was easier to induce oversteer, and provided training for speed control to sustain oversteer, and also to avoid collision on the intersection of the '8' track. Of course, we soon learnt that oversteer wasn't the fastest way around the track! We did our racing at Selegie.

 

What memories...