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#1 Michael Clark

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Posted 19 September 2009 - 02:06

Can anyone help with the colour of the Lotus 48 when Wattie ran it?

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#2 EDWARD FITZGERALD

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Posted 19 September 2009 - 05:50


metallic green .looking at a photo of it .

#3 Michael Clark

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Posted 19 September 2009 - 05:58

metallic green .looking at a photo of it .



#4 Michael Clark

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Posted 19 September 2009 - 05:59

thank you Edward

#5 Simon Thomas

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Posted 19 September 2009 - 07:33

I only saw the car after the post Thruxton rebuild. It was a metallic green but had a central stripe broadening out over the nose, this was either yellow or orange....cannot remember which, sorry.
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Posted 19 September 2009 - 16:06

I only saw the car after the post Thruxton rebuild. It was a metallic green but had a central stripe broadening out over the nose, this was either yellow or orange....cannot remember which, sorry.
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Green & orange I recall.Irish racing colours?

#7 Richard Young

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Posted 19 September 2009 - 22:20

As far as I can remember, green and orange, the contours of the stripe following those of the yellow originally used.

#8 bill p

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Posted 20 September 2009 - 20:18

As far as I can remember, green and orange, the contours of the stripe following those of the yellow originally used.


Green and orange pre-Thruxton crash and then green and pale yellow when rebuilt and driven by John L'Amie

#9 bill p

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Posted 23 September 2009 - 09:40

Photo of John Pollock's sister car in same colours as John Watson's car pre-Thruxton crash

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After rebuild car was painted using same shade of metallic green with pale yellow replacing orange - not sure about engine cover though

Edited by bill p, 23 September 2009 - 11:03.