1967 Lotus Type 51 FF

By on in Race February 2006 issue

It was a class where being faster than the other guy meant you were a quicker driver, not that you had spent more money



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Introduced in 1967, the Lotus Type 51 was the Norfolk concern's first specific Formula Ford design. Derived in part from the earlier Type 31 Formula 3 cars, it utilized a ...

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Thor grew up in northern Iowa. His father bought a red Jag XK 150 in the late 1950s, and that was all it took; he has been in love with sports cars , racing cars and the associated adrenaline rush ever since. He has vintage raced for more than 20 years, the bulk of them spent behind the wheel of a blue Elva 7. When he’s not racing, he is president of Vintage Racing Motors Inc., a collector-car dealer and vintage-racing support company based in Redmond, WA. His knowledge runs the full spectrum of vintage racing, and he has put that expertise to good use for SCM since 2003.

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