1968 Lotus 56 Turbine Car startup

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Not prepared to shoot a video, I held up my shaky camera to share with you the start up of the iconic Lotus 56 Turbine car.
At 'The Quail', Monterey 2014.
© www.danielsimon.com

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  • @williammiller1732
    @williammiller1732 Жыл бұрын

    That's still so wild to hear it run

  • @N-Scale
    @N-Scale Жыл бұрын

    I always LOVED ALL THE TURBINES even the Howmet

  • @conantdog
    @conantdog5 жыл бұрын

    If you have to show off your wealth with a car to feal adequate ,this is the car , beautiful machine .

  • @happyfox711
    @happyfox7114 жыл бұрын

    The angle reveals the wedge shape very good. It look like a drawer from behind.

  • @Feintgames
    @Feintgames4 жыл бұрын

    All of the Pinewood derby cars ever since looked like this car.

  • @lynnebarkas6906
    @lynnebarkas69062 жыл бұрын

    Chapman..way ahead of his time.

  • @peralez2383
    @peralez23839 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @alaingiguere9197
    @alaingiguere91976 жыл бұрын

    Ladies and gentlemen, please ensure that your seat belt is snug and fits low across your hips, tray table is folded away, seat back is in the upright position, armrest is down, should an emergency arise...

  • @osmacar5331

    @osmacar5331

    2 жыл бұрын

    hold on for dear life.

  • @vinchannel2483
    @vinchannel24833 жыл бұрын

    Cool man..

  • @cardesigntv
    @cardesigntv10 жыл бұрын

    You can drive this car in the PC based Formula1seven game, but on any average circuit it is hell. It accelerates slower and by the time you reach any speed the next corner is already there. Indy like circuits would be brilliant for it though.

  • @nicolascaro4523

    @nicolascaro4523

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's for what he does, he competitive in the 1969 Indy 500. Something usual in that days by USAC Championship.

  • @cardesigntv

    @cardesigntv

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolascaro4523 I specifically commented on the version Lotus made for Formula 1, a very different category with very different needs and requirements. I did NOT state anything about the Indy 500 in my comment, did I? And even at the Indy 500 in 1969, Mario Andretti, back then a 29-year-old two-time USAC national champion, had just won the 1969 Indianapolis 500 and pulled his turbocharged Ford-V-8-powered Hawk III onto Victory Lane. Not this Lotus, so why you think this was succesful at Indy in 1969 is beyond me?

  • @Uncletoast52
    @Uncletoast525 жыл бұрын

    So, what's it look like under the red paint

  • @scottgolden2766
    @scottgolden27667 жыл бұрын

    Is that bar on the back a bumper or an easy way to pickup the back of the car

  • @craiga2002

    @craiga2002

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @Feintgames

    @Feintgames

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe it's for lifting the car for tire changes.

  • @just_violet
    @just_violet Жыл бұрын

    That's basically a non-flying non-fighter jet.

  • @EFrank-mn7fk
    @EFrank-mn7fk9 жыл бұрын

    It was after I learned that Graham Hill used left foot braking (because of turbo lag) that I commenced to do so with all automatic transmissions. Tested for reaction time for Company car and was faster (and safer) than everyone who had ever taken the test. However was required to use RIGHT FOOT because "That is how everyone else did it". My times were LOWERED to a slower but still qualified level. I continue with LEFT foot for automatic street driving and RIGHT FOOT for stick shift (with heel and toe downshifts) and LEFT foot for certain racing and autocross applications. Of course there is now PADDLE SHIFTING for dummies.

  • @Buelligan88

    @Buelligan88

    8 жыл бұрын

    +E. Frank What are you talking about? Some kind of video game?

  • @handle9821
    @handle98219 ай бұрын

    !!!!

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