1962 Lotus Elite car hit The woman on the left

The woman on the left is dressed in an off the shoulder evening dress with a full crinolined skirt

20th January 1974

Design for the interior courtyard of the new Royal Exchange by JB Bunning

London during his European Tour

'The modern tradesman

1962 Lotus Elite car hit The woman on the left1962 Lotus Elite car. The Elite was Colin Chapman's first closed Lotus and was the first car to use fibreglass as a major structural element. At that time, it was the only British sportscar with the Coventry Climax FWE overhead camshaft engine, disc brakes on all four wheels and fully independent suspension. Elites finished first and second in their class at Le Mans in 1960 and had many other sporting victories.