Thread: Favourite Images from 2016 ... err ... and beyond!
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Old 29 Dec 2016, 09:14 (Ref:3698941)   #48
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Also from the Woodcote Trophy race at the Silverstone Classic, and not the greatest of shots but one I want to include since it shows the stark contrast between two cars not only built in the same year (1955) but by the same manufacturer! The Lotus 6 FWA of John Cleland (not the ex BTCC JC!) and Malcolm Paul's very futuristic looking (at the time!) Lotus Mk10 Bristol. An interesting juxtaposition is the fact that the FWA in the 6 was a more modern engine than the Bristol, and went on to power the ubiquitous Lotus Eleven and many other small sports racers of the period. It took a lot of effort from Mike Anthony, who commissioned the car, to persuade Colin Chapman to build the Mk 10, but what a wonderful piece of machinery:-
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