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Solved NIC#1307 - Lotus 30 of Ken Wilson known as McLotus
« on: October 09, 2021, 11:08:54 AM »
Not quite what it seems. Who owned and drove this car, and what was its popular name ?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2021, 09:47:28 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2021, 12:19:52 PM »
To do with Curl's Nomad?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2021, 02:57:54 PM »
Mclaren M1A?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2021, 03:13:33 PM »
Not a Nomad but there is a McLaren connection.
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2021, 05:07:22 AM »
Mclaren-Elva Mk1?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2021, 05:22:12 AM »
Quote from: ducamax66 on November 08, 2021, 05:07:22 AM
Mclaren-Elva Mk1?

The bodywork is reputed tp have come from a Mclaren M1C, but personally I don't think all of it did. However the car beneath is not a McLaren.
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2021, 06:31:10 AM »
Could it be a Lotus 40?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2021, 07:19:57 AM »
Quote from: ducamax66 on November 08, 2021, 06:31:10 AM
Could it be a Lotus 40?

Ooohhh you're so close.
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2021, 11:29:49 AM »
Lotus 30?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2021, 01:54:21 PM »
Quote from: ducamax66 on November 08, 2021, 11:29:49 AM
Lotus 30?

Yes. Underneath that lash-up is a Lotus 30. Who owned and drove the car?

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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2021, 04:15:13 PM »
Vic Wilson?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2021, 04:47:20 PM »
Quote from: ducamax66 on November 08, 2021, 04:15:13 PM
Vic Wilson?

Not Vic Wilson - he raced in F1. Try again - the surname is correct.
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2021, 01:50:35 AM »
Ken Wilson?
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Re: NIC#1307
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2021, 05:29:56 AM »
Quote from: ducamax66 on November 09, 2021, 01:50:35 AM
Ken Wilson?

That's it. He raced this car extensively at Llandow but I don't think he ventured much further afield. It's a Lotus 30 rebodied with what are claimed to be McLaren M1C body panels, although the rear engine cover looks more Lola T70 to my eyes. It was entered as a Lotus but commonly referred to in the paddock as the McLotus.
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Re: Solved NIC#1307 - Lotus 30 of Ken Wilson known as McLotus
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2021, 06:25:39 AM »
Another picture of the McLotus 30, Llandow 1969, attached
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