Topic: SAC#1238 : Lotus MK6 of Gerard Crombac

[SACO]

What is this car , for 1 point ? 

[SACO]

Experts !

[Willie McCrum]

Lotus 6

[SACO]

Yes ! Lotus MK6 prototype
1 point for  Willie McCrum !

[D-type]

That is not a regular Mk VI - they had cycle type front wings. It is some sort of special bodied one with all enveloping bodywork.  So, arguably it is a prototype. but it is not the prototype Mk VI.  Is it the car that Gerard 'Jabby' Crombac had?

[Allan L]

That is not a regular Mk VI - they had cycle type front wings. It is some sort of special bodied one with all enveloping bodywork.  So, arguably it is a prototype. but it is not the prototype Mk VI.  Is it the car that Gerard 'Jabby' Crombac had?

Yes I had the same thought and looked in Crombac's book about Chapman, but no photo there - may be something in the text but i'd too little time to hunt it down!

[Willie McCrum]

Yes....I had thought of Crombac too, but couldn't really make the connection.   There's also something in the back of my mind about the Bol d'Or. During the mid fifties there was a move to ban cycle-winged cars from important sports car races.  Could this have been the inspiration for what is undoubtedly a very 'pro' modification of a 'Spindly Six' ?

[SACO]

Thank's ! it's the Crombec's Lotus ( the founder of 'Sport Auto ' )