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[mariner]

I guess it is a bit cheeky to post two 750 club events here so quickly but I know there are lots of Lotus fans here so I hope it is OK.

 

On Sunday 13^th April 2014 the 750 Motor Club will be running a tour of the historic Lotus/750 sites in North London as part of the club’s 75^th Anniversary.

 

The tour will start at the Alexandra Palace at 11.00 am. The first stop will be Tottenham Lane, site of the first Lotus factory. From Tottenham we will go on to Edmonton to see where Edmonton Tool and Engineering, Williams and Pritchard, Progress Chassis and Cosworth were based in Britain’s first “Motor racing valley”

 

After Edmonton we travel to Delamare Rd, Cheshunt, home of Team Lotus, Lotus Components and Lotus Cars form 1959 to 1966. We should be able to park for a photo shoot between the two Lotus buildings, courtesy of the current occupants – the Monster Gym. Lunch will be in the Monster Gym café which was the Team Lotus and Components location.

 

From Cheshunt we will drive through the Hertfordshire countryside to Panshanger Airfield for afternoon tea.  Panshanger was the site of the Lotus service centre and where Colin Chapman and Jim Clark kept their planes so it is an appropriate location to end the tour

 

We are keen to have historic Lotus cars on the tour so if you own a Seven, Eleven, Elite or Elan you can “bring it home” to Cheshunt

 

The cost of the tour will be £20 pp. including lunch and a souvenir illustrated route guide.   

 

For more information and an application form please email northherts750@gmail.com  or send me a personal message here.

[Bloggsworth]

 

Lotus Components to the left, Dan Gurney's 1964 Indycar in the middle, a far slimmer and 50 years younger me sitting on the right. It may be the last chance to see Panshanger before it is turned into a housing estate!

[mariner]

We are all set to go fom Alexandra Palace on this coming Sunday so I hope the weather holds.

 

About 10 Lotus cars on the tour plus three Austin 7's as it  is part of the 750 MC 75th Anniversary celebration.

 

As Bloggsworth says Panshanger is under threat as is the area in Edmonton we are visiting as it was Britain's first Motor racing Valley.  Wiiliams and Pritchard, Progress Chassis , the build of the prototype Elite and of course Cosworth were all there.

 

If anybody is near Panshanger Aerodrome ( Panshanger Lane, Hertfordshire, SG14 2NH) late Sunday afternoon please come along and say hello.