Lotus 43 Blueprints - LotusTalk

kartracer76 · 04-02-2009, 07:31 PM

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a complete or close to, set of blueprints of either a Lotus 43 or 49 F1 car. I want to build one in my spare time for classic races.

Can anyone help me?

Cheers,
kartracer76

Uncle Sam · 04-02-2009, 07:47 PM

Buy a Tamiya and scale up! Reverse engineering!

Seriously, check out classicteamlotus.co.uk/

kartracer76 · 04-03-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Uncle Sam

Buy a Tamiya and scale up! Reverse engineering!

Seriously, check out classicteamlotus.co.uk/

lol, I'm looking for ACTUAL blueprints so I may produce my own lotus 43 or 49.

just as a hobby and so I can take it to vintage races.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
kartracer76

DeanG · 04-03-2009, 06:40 PM

1. Put aside $100,000 2. Contact Classic Team Lotus 3. Join the Historic Lotus Register... 4. Meet some owners and fly out to visit them with a camera, note book and lots of measuring tools. 5. Start acquiring parts: castings, engine, transmission, wheels - cause you can't find many parts for F1 cars at Pep Boys.

OzF1 · 05-01-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kartracer76

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a complete or close to, set of blueprints of either a Lotus 43 or 49 F1 car. I want to build one in my spare time for classic races.

Can anyone help me?

Cheers,
kartracer76

Uncle Sam · 05-01-2009, 06:05 PM

How about a Brabham/Repco? It would be a hit "down under," it has a tube chassis, it uses a production block, and it was the championship car. It should be easy to copy the tube frame because it was also an F2 chassis. This would be a less expensive home building proposition even if you are an airframe builder. You can buy a Cosworth for $150K US, but the rebuilds are about $50K for one vintage season. You could build and run a single cam V-8 for less than one Cosworth rebuild.

RallyElise · 05-17-2009, 06:06 PM

I shot about a hundred detail photos of 49R6 and 49R11 (49R2?) to aid in building the Tamiya Type 49 kit. Many of them used to be online, but I can't find where they are on the Web now. Obviously, I have them here.

I would also look at Michael Oliver's book on the Type 49.

I don't know if any plans are available for purchase. Contacting Classic Team Lotus would be the best place to start.

All I have ever seen is period reproductions of Team Lotus' GA drawings. I have one of the 2nd rev of the Type 72. Never seen anything more detailed than that.

There is a guy around here who was building a GT40 from scratch under some kit car bodywork. He used to build aircraft jigs at Boeing. It looked pretty good when I saw it a few years ago.

alan

geezer · 05-17-2009, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by OzF1

Were your first three posts as helpful?

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kartracer76 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	Lotus 43 Blueprints Hello everyone, I am looking for a complete or close to, set of blueprints of either a Lotus 43 or 49 F1 car. I want to build one in my spare time for classic races. Can anyone help me? Cheers, kartracer76

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Uncle Sam #14 Sport Elise Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rockville, Maryland Posts: 835 Images: 2	Buy a Tamiya and scale up! Reverse engineering! Seriously, check out classicteamlotus.co.uk/ Last edited by Uncle Sam : 04-02-2009 at 08:02 PM. Reason: added information

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04-03-2009, 06:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
DeanG Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 708	1. Put aside $100,000 2. Contact Classic Team Lotus 3. Join the Historic Lotus Register... 4. Meet some owners and fly out to visit them with a camera, note book and lots of measuring tools. 5. Start acquiring parts: castings, engine, transmission, wheels - cause you can't find many parts for F1 cars at Pep Boys.

05-01-2009, 06:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Uncle Sam #14 Sport Elise Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rockville, Maryland Posts: 835 Images: 2	How about a Brabham/Repco? It would be a hit "down under," it has a tube chassis, it uses a production block, and it was the championship car. It should be easy to copy the tube frame because it was also an F2 chassis. This would be a less expensive home building proposition even if you are an airframe builder. You can buy a Cosworth for $150K US, but the rebuilds are about $50K for one vintage season. You could build and run a single cam V-8 for less than one Cosworth rebuild.

05-17-2009, 06:06 PM	#7 (permalink)
RallyElise Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 52	I shot about a hundred detail photos of 49R6 and 49R11 (49R2?) to aid in building the Tamiya Type 49 kit. Many of them used to be online, but I can't find where they are on the Web now. Obviously, I have them here. I would also look at Michael Oliver's book on the Type 49. I don't know if any plans are available for purchase. Contacting Classic Team Lotus would be the best place to start. All I have ever seen is period reproductions of Team Lotus' GA drawings. I have one of the 2nd rev of the Type 72. Never seen anything more detailed than that. There is a guy around here who was building a GT40 from scratch under some kit car bodywork. He used to build aircraft jigs at Boeing. It looked pretty good when I saw it a few years ago. alan

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