Lotus 47

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Lotus 47 GT - 01	Tested by John Miles and destroyed when driven by him ( See CSC 1982 )
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Lotus 47 GT - 09	1982 Jack Boxtrom
Lotus 47 GT - 10	1982 Tony Mantle without engine and gearbox Jonathan Bradburn 1995 David Springett
Lotus 47 GT - 11	Burned in Angola
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Lotus 47 GT - 13	Factory Car with Ford Cosworth Mk 13/C Luca Injection and BRM Factory head. Hewland FT 200 Car receive also special rear tube chassis modification to strenght the chassis ( documented by the factory ) Light weight Factory Racing car 30.7.1967 - 6 h Brands Hatch - 9 OA - John Miles/Jackie Oliver 1967 Sold to Huber - Switzerland 1967 Wunstorf Ricki Huber - 7 OA. 1967 Coupe de Paris Ricki Huber - 5 OA. 1967 Magny-Cours Ricki Huber - 4 OA. 1967 Ollons Villars #202 Robert Huber / CH 1967 500 KM Nurburgring #8 Robert Huber / CH 1970 Sold to Demarta Gerard Colour Yellow/Black.( utlized on the road + 1000 Metre/ depart arrete 1971) 1973 Sold to Hoffer 1973 Sold to present owner Restored completely ( 1250 hours spends ) See Motor KlassiK Germany March1990 183 HP at 8000 RPM
Lotus 47 GT - 14	Rob Slotemakers car was GT-14. She was destroyed and rebuilt with a new chassis-body-unit number 79
Lotus 47 GT - 15	1968 Augusto Palma, raced in Portugal, Angola, Brazil, and France 1969 Powered by FVA 0417 1981 - Lisbon
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Lotus 47 GT - 17	1983 Tony Cicale
Lotus 47 GT - 18	1981 February Article in Lotus Remarque magazine Robert "Jeff" Ball' s 1981 John Lovett sold his Tony Cicale built 47/GT18 to Robert Hall 1982 Victor Walker 1983 Hadfield George Sold to USA ?
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Lotus 47 GT - 20	1982 Chris Philips 1982 Advertise by Simon Hadfield in CSC 1982
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Lotus 47 GT - 23	1997 Sold to Holland
Lotus 47 GT - 24	Sold to Japanese dealer Tokyu Shoji 2005 Japan
Lotus 47 GT - 25	Delivery without engine, Raced by Jim Morley 1969 Sold without engine and gearbox 1971 Sold to Don Cook 2002 Sold to present owner.Need restoration
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Lotus 47 GT - 30	1967 Sold new Germany 1969 Sold to Narr ( try to registered the car but didn t succed and sold engine/gearbox separately ) 1970 Sold to as a spare racing car 1980 Sold to present owner still without engine 2000 Start the restoration and finish it in 2005
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Lotus 47 GT - 36	1972 September Tested by Auto Magazine with a BMW engine 1982 Ian Clark
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Lotus 47 GT - 47	1983 Hagstrom Salt
Lotus 47 GT - 48	The car was originally owned by Clive Vandervell, nephew of Tony Vandervell, the Chairman of GKN, who had originally owned Vandervell Bearings, who made the Vanwall F1 car. 1971 Sold to 1974 Sold Nick Atkins 1974 Modified with racing specifications Raced in historic races 1981 Replica twin snorkel engine cover by Richard Hinton Racing 1983 Sold to Peter Hanson who had done a completely rebuilt to factory racing specification by Colin Bennett Racing 1993 Auction England .spare time restoration begun but not completed, some important parts (driveshafts, piping, rear suspension bolts (!), ...) missing; much 1996 Sold to Holland
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Lotus 47 GT - 51	47-GT-51 was sold by the factory to John Nicholson without an engine (John had been racing 26R's for a few years and had a good engine) in early 1968. The car was a 47A and John competed in the Motoring News GT Championship where he was at one point beating the 2 works Gold Leaf cars. He had a big accident at Thruxton in August that year which resulted in the passenger door of the car being imbedded in the ARMCO up to the edge of the bonnet. He sold the car later that year still damaged for the sum of £1,500.00! The car had various owners between then & now (Liverpool, and the Northeast mostly) who attempted to revive the car but only succeeded in raping it of many good bits, The engine was sold off, the gearbox was thrown away because of damage in the accident and all the dry sumping equipment was removed. a Renault engine was fitted and the body repaired and the car was road registered. I bought the car in 1994 as a basket case, the damage caused to the chassis in the accident had not been repaired and the rear suspension geometry was all over the place. Simon Hadfield re-jigged the back of the chassis and supplied a new gear change mechanism as the old one was missing (due to the change of gearbox.) I have made jigs from the drivers side suspension to replace the damaged parts and am gradually going through the bits to build a rolling chassis
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Lotus 47 GT - 53	Sold to Victor Walker and Brian Alexander 1969 500 Km Nurburgring ??? 1981 Requires a new rear chassis, this being the car originally butchered by Tony Kitchener to take a Buick V8, and then modified to accept a Maxi unit. Chassis built by Spyder 1981 Paul Hoggett 1981 Sold to Chris Smith with a Renault engine "MAN 39" from Isle of Man 1981 Sold to Victor Walker 1983 Hadfield Simon. Restored by himself
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Lotus 47 GT - 56	Sold to England. Destroyed at Silverstone in 1967 ( Club Race )
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Lotus 47 GT - 58	1982 Dan
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Lotus 47 GT - 61	1991 Auction Company: Rick Cole - 100 000 $
Lotus 47 GT - 62	1983 Hassal Tim & Sheila
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Lotus 47 GT - 64	1982 Alex
Lotus 47 GT - 65	1982 Bertil At the 1972 Racing Car Show in London, the current owner met a friend who had just found a Royale RP17 at the show. He wanted to buy the Royale bad enough to sell his Lotus 47... The current owner , who was in London also to look at a TVR Tuscan that was for sale, bought the 47 instead. In early 1973, he brought the 47 home. He then disassembled the car completely. Despite the fact that the car had not been raced much, there was need for a quite extensive restoration. The engine was rebuilt, the gear box casing was cracked and had to be replaced, all uniballs were replaced (40 or so, some quite special - he claims that he's been to all uniball shops in England...) etc. After close to one year the restoration was completed. The previous owner had registered the 47 for road use three days before a new law - requiring destructive testing - was enforced in Sweden. That is quite unique - the 47 is after all a race car. It was an advantage for the current owner; he could test the car on the road before the races (and scare the hell out of the locals). That made the car very reliable and he has never had a DNF.
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Lotus 47 GT - 69	Sold to Works Team. Lift off body car. 2002 Sold to John Bolding ( need restoration as the car stay outside for 12 years )
Lotus 47 GT - 70	Sold to Works Team. Lift off body car Ian Marshall ( Historic Special GT record Brands Hatch ) 1983 Naito
Lotus 47 GT - 71	1968 chassis with No EJG 1, engine No C 13 067, gearbox No 139. Sold to John Sprinzel, a fairly well known English driver. The car soon went to an Austrian painter from Vienna, In 1984 it was sold and transferred to Switzerland. Purshased from the highly estimated Swiss racing driver named H. Büchi, Now in Germany
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Lotus 47 GT - 73	Sold to Switzerland to Challut Found in pieces in Switzerland 2005 In DENMARK where a complet reconstruction is done
Lotus 47 GT - 74	Bought from Lotus East in 1967. Raced in Can Am USA Raced with the Weber 45 after many problems with the injection system 1968 Andre Prefontaine 1980 Sold to Leif Nymark 2001 Sold to present owner and restore it by Lee Chapman Racing of New Milford
Lotus 47 GT - 75	This car was originally bought by Johannes Hekimian (Houston, Texas, USA) from Lotus Southwest. The car was originally purchased without engine and a 1900 cc engine was built and installed. The car was purchased with the intent of going endurance racing. A man named Robert Gary was the race car promoter and picked up the Lotus from the UK with his WWII vintage plane that had 50 caliber machine guns pointing out its nose. The 1900 cc engine was built by HRE out of Dallas Texas USA. The car won a lot of SCCA events with both Johannes Hekimian and Don Parks driving. The car ran Sebring in March of 1969, but did not finish the race.
Lotus 47 GT - 76	The Paul Kerridge Lotus 47 is one of the more recognisable 47s from the late 60’s, and is certainly the most recognisable 47F. The car was delivered to Paul in April 1968 in kit form, complete with Ford GT engine and Renault Gearbox. It was delivered on a Friday, built on the Saturday and raced for the first time on the Sunday, still wearing its grey primer. Paul raced the car very successfully in Autocross, but found the Renault gearbox unreliable so fitted a Hewland MK9 (type). Paul also quickly replaced the ford cross flow with a 1650cc Lotus twin cams unit. Autosport from 1969 and 1970 is strewn with images of Paul in action as he was nearly always a front runner.
Lotus 47 GT - 77	E-Work development car with Coventry Climax 2000 cc and DG 300 Hewland gearbox Run by Ramsey Racing 1971 sold to Harry Appleby without engine and gearbox and send to USA 2006 Sold to England
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Lotus 47 GT - 79	Sold to Holland Rob Slotemakers car was GT-14. Car was destroyed and rebuilt with a new chassis-body-unit number 79. 1970 Sold to Germany Raced in Germany
Lotus 47 GT - 80	1971 Bought new without paint by Claude Serre at Lotus Factory without engine, and bought the original engine later. 1972 Equiped with 6 cylindres 3 liter Maserati Merak and Porsche 914 gearbox ( Auto Pop 1974 ) 1977 Sold without engine to D Piot 1981 Sold to Patrick Behar with a supposed 100 miles 1982 Sold to Ken Eady 1982 Inspected by Nick Atkins and confirm that the car is restored instead to be new. Powered by a Formula 3 engine 1986 Sold to Tim and Sheila Hassall without engine 1986 Tim and Sheila Hassall. Damaged at Oulton Park 1990 Sold to Ove Person 1997 Sold to France
Lotus 47 GT - 81	1982 Victor Walker 1982 Sold to Hadfield Simon 1982 Advertise by Simon Hadfield in CSC 1982 1983 Upton John 2005 Japan
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Lotus 47 GT - 83	1968 Sold unpainted and without engine/gearbox to Four Flags ( Lotus specialist ) England Said to have been raced by Ecurie Mas du Clos with de Lespinay 1982 Simon Potter 1983 Sold to Colon William A MD
Lotus 47 GT - 84	In 1986-1989 the current owner was in Angola working for SIDA. In 1989 he and a friend traveled the country to find old cars left by the Portugese - not specifically race cars. They were told about this old race car owned by a fishmonger. In his store they found the 47. He told them that the car was worth a lot of money, but agreed to trade it for an old Volvo 240 and a few hundred dollars! The fishmonger later delivered the car by simply driving it to the agreed location. According to the current owner it sounded like an old Beetle, but it was running! The current owner later found out that his 47 was one of those who had been "missing", i.e. its destiny had been unknown to those who keep track of these cars.
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