Stickering-up (for Lemons)!
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:28 am
This is the first of two posts detailing recent cosmetic "enhancements" that I've made to my car. There's a little back story to both. This first one goes back to December 2013 when I first floated the idea of the Le Mans Classic 2016 on here. The excuse was that this year marks the 60th anniversary of the 3-car Lotus team storming the race in '56. The 1500cc car, co-driven by "Chunky" himself, was lying second in class with four hours left, when a big-end bolt let go. One of the 1100cc cars hit a dog and had to be retired, but the other won it's class (750-1100cc) and came 7th overall!
Interest in the trip has waxed and waned on here and ultimately it's just myself and Jon going with Elevens, along with two of his mates with an MGB and another Westie. (We're piggybacking onto the TSSC tour and camping at Tertre Rouge. If anyone else is going independently then it would be great to meet up.)
Recently, it has become the norm amongst the Brits to "Sticker up" for the trip to Le Mans. I don't see the point personally, as you'd never be able to outdo these guys (2008 I think). Their backup vehicle was a similarly hued Type 2 camper IIRC:
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But I decided that I would do it for the Classic this year, but in a classic fashion. My car is already a shameless pastiche of a period racer, so period Team Lotus Le Mans car here we come..... The plan was to look something like this:
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...except that this is a Series 1 (albeit with special chassis and wide body for Le Mans) and ours are Series 2 bodies. So something like a '57 team car:
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(I think that it's three photos per post, so TBC.)
Interest in the trip has waxed and waned on here and ultimately it's just myself and Jon going with Elevens, along with two of his mates with an MGB and another Westie. (We're piggybacking onto the TSSC tour and camping at Tertre Rouge. If anyone else is going independently then it would be great to meet up.)
Recently, it has become the norm amongst the Brits to "Sticker up" for the trip to Le Mans. I don't see the point personally, as you'd never be able to outdo these guys (2008 I think). Their backup vehicle was a similarly hued Type 2 camper IIRC:
[attachment=2]image.jpeg[/attachment]
But I decided that I would do it for the Classic this year, but in a classic fashion. My car is already a shameless pastiche of a period racer, so period Team Lotus Le Mans car here we come..... The plan was to look something like this:
[attachment=1]image.jpeg[/attachment]
...except that this is a Series 1 (albeit with special chassis and wide body for Le Mans) and ours are Series 2 bodies. So something like a '57 team car:
[attachment=0]image.jpeg[/attachment]
(I think that it's three photos per post, so TBC.)