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Chassis:
First seen at the International Gold Park at Oulton Park in September 1962, chassis R3 was used by both Jim Clark and Trevor Taylor for the remainder of that season. Clark used it to win the United States Grand Prix and the non-championship Rand Grand Prix at Kyalami. It continued to be raced extensively in 1963 by a wide variety of racers including Clark and Taylor but also Jack Brabham and Pedro Rodriguez. For the 1964 season, it was fielded by Reg Parnell Racing predominantly for Chris Amon, first with a Coventry Climax and later with a BRM V8. Constantly updated, it was raced through to the 1969 season by which time it had been modified to Type 33 specification and fitted with a four-cylinder Ford engine. During its lengthy racing career, the car competed in over 60 races.
The car eventually ended up in the collection of the late John Dawson-Damer. At that time, it was believed that the car was the hugely successful chassis R4, which was rebuilt into chassis Lotus 33 chassis R13 after it was crashed at Monza by Richard Attwood in 1965. The ex-Reg Parnell Racing car was restored accordingly, and after Dawson-Damer's passing, it was sold on to the current owner. He had the car prepared by Classic Team Lotus, who still have Jim Clark's old mechanic Bob Dance on staff, and fielded for ace historic racer Andy Middlehurst. Since 2009, it has been hugely successful, scoring numerous victories in the Monaco Historic Grand Prix and Goodwood Revival Meeting.
In 2013, the histories of all Lotus 25s and 33s were reviewed once more by Lotus historian Doug Nye and Andy Willis of Hall & Hall, who were entrusted with the car that had been owned by the Donington Grand Prix Collection for many years. They came to conclusion that that car was not Lotus 25 R7 as was long believed but in fact Lotus 33 R13. That also meant that this car was not R13, which led to the conclusion that it was in fact chassis R3.
(Source: Oldracingcars.com)
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1962 |
| First owner |
Team Lotus |
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| Last known location |
British Private Collection |
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