Indeed, the names "Jimmy Clark" and "Hockenheim" should be in the mind of
every equipment weight weenie--didn't that suspension fall apart out of just
not being made out of enough metal?
Vintage content--early70's Formula 2 talk.
david Feldman
Vancouver WA
>
> In a message dated 1/26/02 3:40:20 AM, brucerobbins@supanet.com writes:
>
> << As for Colin Chapman not being able to produce reliable cars, I think
> Lotus'
>
> success in Formula 1 shows that he could indeed build cars capable of
>
> standing up to the most demanding circumstances.
>
> >>
> Elans themselves are quite reliable-especially these days-but Lotus racing
> cars up to the 49 had a well deserved reputation for fragility. Chapman
once
> said that the perfect racing car would fall apart at the checkered flag
and
> he designed the cars to that end. Sadly, some of them didn't make it to
the
> finish line. The 1 1/2 liter GP cars of the early 60s were particularly
> fragile and in some cases deadly. The names that come to mind are Alan
Stacey
> and Jim Clark but there were others.
> Phil Brown
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