Author Topic: Solved - NEH 5545: SMART Lotus Elan S2 by Williams & Pritchard - 1964  (Read 272 times)

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What's this, built by whom, for whom, when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5545
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2020, 08:24:30 PM »
SMART Lotus Elan

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Re: NEH 5545
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2020, 04:18:31 AM »
It is a Lotus Elan, acquired from Stirling Moss for his racing Team: S.M.A.R.T. (Stirling Moss Automobile Racing Team). The Elan has been aerodynamical modified by Frank Costin (the "Cos" of "Marcos"), brother of Mike Costin (the "Cos" of "Cosworth) with a low drag nose and elongated hartdtop. Sir John Whitmore raced the car in the 1963 season. The SMART-Elan wore a typical light green livery. Towed to the tracks with a Ford Cortina Estate painted in matching colour.

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Re: NEH 5545
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2020, 05:58:10 AM »
Welcome to AutoPuzzles fromwien (although I note you actually registered here over a year ago..).
That's the car, certainly.
There are other questions that I asked to be answered before you earn your first point though!
So it's locked for you to say who actually built the car and when?
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Re: NEH 5545
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2020, 01:16:17 PM »
Williams & Pritchard, 1963

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Re: NEH 5545
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2020, 02:28:57 PM »
Yes, Williams & Pritchard built the body, though I have it as 1964.
So I'm pleased to award you your first point.
Well done.
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