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The Pete Lovely Lotus 69/49 - did it survive?

Started by mariner , Feb 05 2023 10:44

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#1 mariner

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Posted 05 February 2023 - 10:44

Looking through a 1971 Motor magazine I saw a piece describing Pete Lovely's new F1 car, a Lotus 69 with a Lotus 49 DFV rear end attached. I assume the DFV and 49 rear end came from the 49 he bought from Lotus and raced a bit in Europe. .

According to the caption on this Flickr page the 69 part came from an ex - Rindt 69 F2 car.

https://www.flickr.c...culp/4301248367

https://www.racingsp...1-09-19-035.jpg

I imagine it was not technically F1 legal by 1971 but he seems to have used in in SCCA F5000..

It would make a very good Historic single seater as lots of parts available and the smal fuel capacity is no problem in Historic sprint races.

Has it survived at al in this form?

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#2 Tim Murray

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Posted 05 February 2023 - 11:00

According to ORC the car (69.F2.5) was owned in 2020 by Peter Gleeson in Seattle:

https://www.oldracin...1970-formula-2/

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#3 Gary C

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Posted 05 February 2023 - 16:29

Lovely's 49 was traced back to be Jim Clark's winner from Zandvoort 67, wasn't it? I'm pretty sure Michael Oliver of this parish had a hand in identifying it, or am I thinking of a different chassis?

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#4 funformula

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Posted 05 February 2023 - 20:26

Lovely's 49 was traced back to be Jim Clark's winner from Zandvoort 67, wasn't it? I'm pretty sure Michael Oliver of this parish had a hand in identifying it, or am I thinking of a different chassis?

According to oldracingcars.com Jim Clark´s Zandvoort winning Lotus 49 was chassis R2, later rebuilt to 49B/R11 which was driven by Pete Lovely.

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#5 Gary C

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Posted 06 February 2023 - 02:56

Thought so.

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#6 mariner

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Posted 06 February 2023 - 09:36

Thanks guys, I suppose it it rather nice that it is in Seattle still. as that is near Pete's VW dealership.

The car is obviously a "bitsa" put some pedigree for the parts Jim Clark's Zandvoort 49 and Rindt's 69!

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#7 Gary C

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Posted 07 February 2023 - 04:08

Sorry, which car is in Seattle?

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#8 Tim Murray

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Posted 07 February 2023 - 05:14

The 69 is with Peter Gleeson in Seattle (or was in 2020). I believe the 49 which used to be R11 is still with Chris MacAllister in Indianapolis, having been converted back to R2 spec.