THIS BEAUTIFUL LOTUS ELEVEN SERIES 1 LE MANS WAS RECENTLY ATTAINED FROM A NOTABLE MUSEUM WHERE IT HAS RESTED FOR THE LAST DOZEN YEARS. EQUIPPED WITH THE FAMOUS COVENTRY CLIMAX FWE ENGINE. RACED AROUND EUROPE IN THE 1950' AND '60'S IT WAS RETIRED UNTIL PURCHASED AND VINTAGE RACED BY DAVID SPRINGETT FROM 1980-83 IN EUROPE, RUNNING SOME 52 EVENTS. SETTING A LAP RECORD AT DONININGTON PARK IN 1981, FINISHING SECOND AT NURBURGRING IN 1981 AND WINNING THE THE UNDER TWO LITRE CLASS AT THE MONACO HISTORIC GRAND PRIX IN 1983. IN LATER YEARS IT WAS RACED EXTENSIVELY ON THE WEST COAST IN THE USA. ONLY 270 LOTUS ELEVENS WERE CONSTRUCTED AND SELDOM DOES ONE WITH THIS CLASS OF HERITAGE COME AVAILABLE.
