Lotus 1967
1967 Lotus Type 48 Formula Two
The Lotus Type 48 places a monocoque and Cosworth FVA engine within Formula Two. Its separate programme is preserved alongside the better-known contemporary Formula One Types.
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Competition Development Archive
Explore Competition Development Archive through the published vehicle profiles in the archive. Follow the engineering, design and documented identity behind each machine.
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These are existing vehicle profiles grouped by their recorded classification. Read each profile for its own source notes, image context and production scope. A shared collection does not establish that different editions or chassis are the same identity.
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Lotus 1967
1967 Lotus Type 49 Formula One
The Lotus Type 49 links the Cosworth DFV with a chassis designed around its structural role. Its 1967 debut and later family developments are recorded separately from the earlier H16 car and…
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1967 Lotus Type 51 Formula Ford
The Lotus Type 51 develops the earlier Type 31 into a defined Formula Ford customer programme. Its small production reference and later B-variant photograph are kept at their proper scopes.
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Lotus 1968
1968 Lotus Type 56 Indianapolis Turbine Car
The Lotus Type 56 explores a gas turbine and four-wheel drive within a wedge-shaped Indianapolis car. Its 1968 oval programme remains distinct from the later Formula One 56B branch.
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Lotus 1968
1968 Lotus Type 58 Development Car
The Lotus Type 58 records a tested development branch rather than a Formula Two production racer. Its primary design description and later demonstration photograph keep the experiment physically grounded.
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1969 Lotus Type 59 Formula Two / Three / B
The Lotus Type 59 belongs to more than one small Formula category. Its 1969 family record and modern racing photograph are kept distinct from a universal engine specification or an invented complete…
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1969 Lotus Type 61 Formula Ford
The Lotus Type 61 develops the customer Formula Ford sequence into a distinctive wedge-bodied single-seater. The verified 1969 Type record and a matched source-category photograph keep it separate from nearby Lotus Formula…
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1969 Lotus Type 63 Four-Wheel-Drive Formula One
The Lotus Type 63 explores four-wheel drive within Formula One. Its 1969 experimental identity is preserved independently of the turbine Indianapolis Type and the more conventional championship cars.
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Lotus 1970
1970 Lotus Type 69 Formula Two
The Lotus Type 69 belongs to the customer single-seater world around the start of the 1970s. The Formula Two archive is illustrated with a creator-identified Emerson Fittipaldi car, preserving its identity separately…
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Lotus 1970
1970 Lotus Type 72 Formula One
The Lotus Type 72 records a long-running Formula One family beginning in 1970. Its evolving body, liveries and chassis histories remain one connected programme, with a real photographed early Gold Leaf example.
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Lotus 1976
1976 Lotus Type 77 Formula One
The Lotus Type 77 explores a compact monocoque and unusually adjustable running-gear concept before the ground-effect Type 78. Its own programme is documented with a real later historic-racing photograph rather than a…
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1977 Lotus Type 78 Ground Effect Formula One
The Lotus Type 78 makes underbody airflow central to the Formula One car’s design. Its Venturi-shaped sidepods and sealing skirts form a defined programme that precedes the more refined Type 79.
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