So Jim Clark gave a car it's debut win despite not having driven a single lap in it before the race...amazing. Now you know why so many drivers from back then said he was the best.

@goldnutter412

5 ай бұрын

The irony of how he died, almost repeated with Schumi.. never know what the future holds Amazing car, amazing man and smooth driver, there's a cool video of him driving it, 60fps and you see other drivers wrestling with the car, looks like he has traction control 🤣🥰😇

@Tillhony

5 ай бұрын

How cool would it be to do this nowadays

Graham Hill and Jim Clark!! Two champions and one of the most iconic drivers!! Hill and his moustache and hair is unique!! He looks like a spitfire pilot in the WW2!!!

@jamesreynolds2867

2 жыл бұрын

I alway thought that Dick Darstadly, from The Wacky Races was modelled on the dashing Graham Hill.

@bbb462cid

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesreynolds2867 but of course Hill was a gentleman

@jamesreynolds2867

2 жыл бұрын

Oddly Graham Hill was conscripted into the military, the Royal Navy, not the RAF.

@fossil9559

Жыл бұрын

@@bbb462cid Gentlemen racing , proper racing cars , none of this telemetry nonscience , too much money involved these days .

I get scared driving these in Assetto Corsa, the bravery of these men to drive them flatout in real life is beyond belief and the skill needed is so underappreciated

@goldnutter412

5 ай бұрын

With no seatbelts. RIP Jim, what a god

@zekelucente9702

5 ай бұрын

The death toll back in those days was a sad testament to what you’re saying.

1960s...the greatest era of Grand Prix racing ever! What beautiful cars and race courses. Back when car colors meant something. Has there ever been a better team in F-1 than Jimmy Clark and Graham Hill?

@RomanTheMexican

Жыл бұрын

i wonder if we could do official races in these things with better structural strenght and the addition of a Halo to match the safety of todays F1

These were the best days of F1 period! You just can’t beat Hill or Clark!

I love how there are no stands, no advertising, just people standing on the side of the track watching. This was indeed a golden age.

@bbb462cid

2 жыл бұрын

In fact 1967 was the end of that age. Lotus became Gold Leaf Team Lotus the next season and although the new color scheme was attractive, it was the not the iconic national livery.

@southfloridaarcheryguy114

2 жыл бұрын

No advertising??

@bbb462cid

2 жыл бұрын

@@southfloridaarcheryguy114 there actually was some in previous seasons but the distinction between advertising and sponsorship can be a thin one. But cars stopped racing in national livery in many cases due to sponsorship. Lotus in '68 is an easy example.

@T_Mo271

2 жыл бұрын

It was incredibly dangerous for drivers, teams, and spectators alike.

@MrTuxy

2 жыл бұрын

@@T_Mo271 The cigarettes?

I just love the shapes of these F1. Its a perfect timeless shape. Better looking than today's F1 i'd say.

@banjopete

5 жыл бұрын

eugene carlos , great cars with passing,!,!

@Jason_Quinn

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. This was the finest era.

@davem5333

5 жыл бұрын

Back then the design philosophy was if it looks good, it handles good. No CAD. No CFD. All calculations done with slide rules. A personal art work.

@bassmith448bassist5

5 жыл бұрын

Gotta agree with you all!!! The Best of F1!!!! Awesome cars and sublimely incredible drivers!!!!! This was well before my time but I still say that these years were the greatest ever for Formula One!!!

@1SaG

4 жыл бұрын

Not even close, aesthetics-wise. Rarely have F1-cars been as beautiful as they were in the late 60s. No wings, no sponsoring-decals. Just a simple, elegant shape with the engines right out in the open for everyone to see. I'm not saying some more modern F1-designs weren't good looking - the Hunt-/Lauda-era cars weren't too ugly and even the 90s and 2000s produced some slick looking cars. But the ones currently in use look hideous to my eye. Especially with those dreadful halo-crashbars.

A new car, a revolutionary Cosworth engine, and one the best Grand Prix drivers of all time.... what a combination!

Jim Clark and Sir Stirling Moss. The two greatest British drivers ever.

Jim Clark in a Lotus 49. Poetry in motion..

@DavidkSeger-sn6nf

4 жыл бұрын

The two best drivers back then didn’t make it out of the trenches,Jimmy Clark and Bruce mclaren

@achillevarzi3047

3 жыл бұрын

this cannot be better said.

@TheLRider

3 жыл бұрын

Can't argue with you there. Taken way too soon. I remember exactly where I was when I heard of his accident. What a combination, Duckworth, Costin, Chapman and Clark. Unforgettable. That engine won more F1 races than any other engine and ofcourse made Cosworth a global leader for years. Marvelous.

@GaryL2707

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLRider So do I. I was at Brands Hatch for the BOAC 500, in which Clark and Hill were due to race the new Ford prototype. Didn't hear that he'd been killed until I got home. The most talented driver I ever saw.

This is when I noticed RACING as a sport I would be a fan of for over 50 years ! 🏁🏆

Good old days when a kid could slip over the fence and wander round the pits and pester the drivers... As I did at Kyalami and got my ear clipped by Graham Hill for being cheeky. I haven't washed it since...

@lightningmcdweeb

4 жыл бұрын

wait are you serious??

@bertkutoob

4 жыл бұрын

@@lightningmcdweeb Serious about what? Climbing over the fence and wandering around the pits? That's totally true. It was a different world back then. Not washing my ear since then? Well, maybe a bit exaggerated but if I close my eyes, I can still feel the 'whack'.

@lightningmcdweeb

4 жыл бұрын

@@bertkutoob that's so totally awesome mann!

@paulclarke4571

4 жыл бұрын

I did it in the 1991 GP. Wandered in at 0530 and got kicked out at 0900. I have the photos to prove it

@paulclarke4571

4 жыл бұрын

1991 Australian GP

June 4, 1967. The day that launched Formula One into the modern era. Happy 53rd birthday Lotus-Ford

Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, John Surtees....like a "who's who" of fighter aces on the ground!!!! How awesome would it be to have Jim Clark around now, up in the booth special guest reporting on today's F1 races / drivers. Talk about Marvel's Avengers, there are your real life "Iron Men" ...absolute LEGENDS

This is just amazing... the style, the sound, the driving... this is so nostalgic... The Lotus 49 is the best Grand Prix car of all time, no question about it. I wish they bring these cars back to life and actually race them in real races, I miss them so much... I wish I was alive in 1967 😂

@antman5474

5 жыл бұрын

they still race the fuck out of them at Goodwood Revival, and they mean business.

@lawxxxx9853

5 жыл бұрын

@@markmark5269 Ahhh - a nice, well-argued comment, backed up with solid facts and devoid of abuse, swearing and unpleasantness. You must be such a pleasure to be around...

@fargeeks

2 жыл бұрын

Well there's a racer 1 channel where they race old race cars My favorite one is where they race a lotus 79 f1 car at the laguna saca raceway in quad HD and 60fps onboard I think that f1 car is a 1980 car and was raced by a legendary driver named Mario Andretti Plus the driver actually uses a stick shift on it

Iconic car, driven by two of my all time favourites: Jim Clark and Graham Hill.

Holy shit those people just standing on the side of the track taking picture, this is insane.

@bbb462cid

2 жыл бұрын

People would run across the track during the race at some grands prix. A spectator once was in the paddock, sat on a rear tire talking to a mechnica and a pebble popped out of the tread, and down a spark lug hole. One of the Rodriguez brothers nearly hit a dog at the Mexican grand Prix one year, it ran acros the track inf ront of him. It was insane in this era. Then there was a course like Spa, in which the cars literally were inches from a person's front doorstep.

@MrTuxy

2 жыл бұрын

@@bbb462cid Sounds very tame by Rally group b standards......

@bbb462cid

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrTuxy great story bro

@MrTuxy

2 жыл бұрын

@@bbb462cid Yeah it was a different eta, that's for sure. We will never see safety standards like we did in the 1980s again.

@bbb462cid

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrTuxy did they use seatbelts in the 1980s at all?

How could anybody give this a thumbs down? Absolutely great, not only the car and the drivers but the way the show was produced and edited. Just wonderful!

@georgejacob3162

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr. Thomas 9 health and safety nuts gave this the thumbs down! I say bring back open pit lanes (with no speed limits) and the media standing two feet from the track! If the drivers take their chances then so should everyone else!

@johnpriestley4545

7 жыл бұрын

Toad Rage. Q. www.sonsmoms.com/play.php?d=EUdfxHUbvk6fHiNgtjN-Nq16rCrUr-uSzhsiID8FJ4jriXW8kKoUxXlwLN780usE/. W. www.sonsmoms.com/play.php?d=EUdfxHUbvk6fHiNgtjN-Nq16rCrUr-uSzhsiID8FJ4jriXW8kKoUxXlwLN780usE/

@foxwatchertone1648

6 жыл бұрын

John Priestley g

@dennisschell5543

6 жыл бұрын

Chevy punks...

@babalooey100

6 жыл бұрын

You can if you hate jazz music.

For me, this car and driver are forever associated with the best of Formula 1. What a F1 car should look like, sound like, and be driven. Jim Clark is such a hero to so many, and I count myself as one of the many.

I miss that era. I miss Jim Clark.

@kfwkfw1

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. I was at this Dutch Grand Prix, and the next three. To think Clark wouldn't even live to compete at Zandvoort in '68.

Its would be amazing to fire up my time machine and be able to witness that Era of motorsports in person. 😍🏎🏍

@bbb462cid

2 жыл бұрын

take me with you

@HighLiner15

2 жыл бұрын

@@bbb462cid I got room, climb aboard good sir 😅👍

The Golden Age of Formula 1! Just hearing the names of these giants of British motorsport announced brings a smile to my face.

@smileplease1971

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's A golden age, but certainly not the only one

Graham, Jimmy, Colin, Lotus. Greatness.

Way better times. Amazing how Hill consoles Duckworth when having had to retire due to mechanical issues when in the lead, Clark goes onto win after having only seen the Lotus 49 for the first time at Zandvoort.

I was lucky enough to watch those guys race at Mosport in Canada in 1968. A memory I'll carry with me for my whole life.

@yessure5291

5 жыл бұрын

Hey - me too - and the sports car races - Sports cars unlimited on Lakeshore Drive had that crazy high powered mini that outran the firebirds, mustangs and cameros. 90 lap races. I got to drive around the track a few times with my own car. Fun.

@lohithreddy6629

3 жыл бұрын

How old are you now

@blue04mx53

3 жыл бұрын

@@lohithreddy6629 61 but sometimes I'm still that 9 year old kid.

@magnuskevinsen2380

3 жыл бұрын

I was born 25 years after those cars raced but for me they are the best F1 cars ever. Wish I could have seen Clark, Hill, Bandini, Surtees, Brabham, Gurney and the other boys in action!

@blue04mx53

3 жыл бұрын

@@magnuskevinsen2380 of only they could have been made safer. Then my old heroes would still be around!

We got to see Jimmy Clark win the 67 Grand Prix at Watkins.! One of the coolest things a 9 year old could do back then.

I love this era of F1, and the machinery. I was 1 year old, and only a couple of years after, the plastic toy racecars all had this same look! I still remember the smell of the tires, and the plastic!

I think this is the most beautiful of all F1 cars to date .......

the most beautiful car ever , i absolutely love it RIP Jim Clarke the best and not forgetting graham Hill

@jamesreynolds2867

2 жыл бұрын

The name is Clark, not Clarke.

Those Cosworth Ford engines sounded amazing running down the front stretch at Indy. Straight pipes out the back just screaming and the echo under the grandstand just made it better. Ahhh...The Good Old Days of racing! I can just hear them warming up in the garages right now.

No wings and a Cosworth DFV. Paradise. Thank you Ford Heritage for posting this.

The best F1 era. No ground effects. No aero. Just engine tires and river. Awesome!

Graham Hill, omg! all the skills but none of the breaks, he was a quiet charmer, just magical! thanks for this video

JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio and Senna about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... ! This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius...

I love this period of F1. The car technology was evolving, but not so far as to be too complex. And the drivers were amazing. Can you imagine Jim Clark and Graham Hill behaving like Rosberg and Hamilton? Different time. Different culture.

@dougauzene8389

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed...Clark & Hill Would, Could Not STOOP To Rosberg's & Hamilton's Level...

@jamesreynolds2867

2 жыл бұрын

The comparison is between two real men, Clark and Hill and two spoiled brats Hamilton and Rosberg.

@user-360johnn

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and they also died every other race

When I was a kid my dad took me to the Detroit Auto Show where I saw Jim Clark's Indy winning car. I was amazed by how tiny it was. Even at twelve years old that car didn't even come up to my knee. I can still remember the Offenhauser valve covers.

@MsVanorak

Жыл бұрын

yes, i've stood next to a Vanwall and it was below my knee.

@jimvandemoter6961

Жыл бұрын

@@MsVanorak Ya, it was like a 180 mile per hour go cart. I can't imagine the guts it took to drive one of those especially tire to tire in a pack at those speeds. Whew!

@MsVanorak

Жыл бұрын

@@jimvandemoter6961 when you're young you have a different idea of danger i suppose. i had a boyfriend who had an MG Midget back in the day and you feel like you are going faster than you are because the floor is lower. i'd baulk at the idea now but there weren't guard rails on the lorries back then.

@jimvandemoter6961

Жыл бұрын

@@MsVanorak My first new car was a '73 MG Midget. I had it for 23 1/2 hours until a dump truck ran me off the road into a ditch at 75 miles per hour.

@MsVanorak

Жыл бұрын

@@jimvandemoter6961 my boyfriend wrote his off by driving into some escaped cows in the dark. 60mph impact with a cow in a soft top car. the windscreen frame held up to the impact but tore the cow open and she had to be destroyed. i was in the passenger seat and just remember seeing a cows foot coming towards my face. due to the speed we were going she landed on the boot, any slower i suppose it would have been a different story.

Denny Hulme and Chris Amon! Go Kiwis!!!

I cannot believe this was 50 years ago, to me it was yesterday

@banjopete

5 жыл бұрын

David Ratcliffe , goes quick doesn’t it.

Beautiful cars real drivers real racing simply magnificent

This was the age when modern Grand Prix cars were at their most beautiful, No wings or ugly aero packages or "jelly mould" bodywork to hide the engines etc. They were Simple, Beautiful,............but also quite Deadly. If you had a major off in one of these cars and walked away you were VERY lucky.... unfortunately many fine drivers had no luck at all.

@arf153

9 жыл бұрын

You are so right.

@TitaniusAnglesmith

9 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, the Type 72 is the best looking car ever made in F1.

@hkbnlb

6 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with everything you just said

@eugenecarlos906

5 жыл бұрын

Agree

@freddenapoli3591

5 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Clark and my all time favorite, Jochen Rindt, both died in Lotuses shortly after this ('68 and '70). Chapman was brilliant, but his cars were so hollowed out ("add lightness" was hi mantra) that they had a history of suspension component failure. Italian race officials concluded that Lotus was culpability in Rindt's death which resulted in a protracted legal battle. It was a golden era for aesthetics, certainly, but it was total slaughter out there. 44 driver fatalities in all, not counting spectators. Von Tripp's fiery crash killed 15 of them alone.

Jim Clarke R.I.P what a Legend!!!

Now THAT's drifting, kids. Balls. Of. Steel. That so few of that year's drivers lived to finish their racing careers should tell ya that.

Magnificently beautiful F1 cars of this era! No cars come close to the beauty of this era. Absolutely magnificent!👍🇬🇧 Exquisite, Historic, Racing!🏁🏆

Beautiful footage, gorgeous cars. This is as pure as it gets when it comes to racing.

This is my favorite period of formula 1. Wish I lived back then to catch the raw, no nonsense circus of this time

Fascinating to see so much of the car working,driveshafts,suspension.All on view unlike todays monstrosities that hide everything....

How can anything compare to this era of racing? It's amazing the speeds they achieved with the extra weight of the driver's enormous balls

Back when racing was truly exciting to watch.

Three of the greatest: Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, and Jim Clark,

@georgejacob3162

8 жыл бұрын

+Steffen Sorensen Certainly my three favourite drivers! Jim Clark on top of course!

@mtl-ss1538

5 жыл бұрын

1967 was the year for Kiwi Denny Hulme. F1 World Champ. a seven part doco,; www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001

@mortuarykrematorium4650

5 жыл бұрын

I really like Brabham as well. Quite legendary cars he also made. And McLaren not only racers..

@coastallad1010

4 жыл бұрын

@@mortuarykrematorium4650 To design and drive a car to three world championships is totally amazing.

Photography and direction is better, much better, than today

I love these video's. The history of racing, the machines and the men who drove without fear..

On camera we see Clark win with no second place finisher yet . Jack Brabham was second , 23 seconds after Jim Clark , who also set the fastest lap . A Legend who died 308 days later

Good piece of film. Love that kind of history.

An awesome production of the Awesome Teams, Cars & Drivers... Cool music too!!!

By far the best looking F1 car ever

I loved the open wheel race cars from the 60’s. When I was a kid in the 60’s Parnelli Jones opened a Firestone store in my town and there were a number if Indy cars. Al Unser, AJ Foyt and Mario Andretti and Dan Gurney were there and I was star struck. F1 was never more dangerous.

Used to race slot car versions of these!

Now THAT was real F1!!

@nsp6590

4 жыл бұрын

Cringe

@corat248

4 жыл бұрын

@@nsp6590 very highkey cringe. if i got a dollar for everytime someone commented that on an old school f1 video, I'd be a billionaire

@Hithere-ek4qt

4 жыл бұрын

@@corat248 the truth is the truth, even if you don't agree with it.

@reezlaw

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hithere-ek4qt Cringe is cringe, even if you don't feel it

@russotusso1695

4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes death everywhere,engines blowing up out of nowhere. True F1.

The greatest engine in the greatest car driven by 2 of the greatest drivers of all time

What a fabulous racetrack as well. Beautifully scenic, crowds all over the hills, nice and windy. Nothing like todays tracks. I miss those old tracks, along with race cars you actually had to drive. Today it's all so abstracted, everything is clinical. The sport has lost its heart and become dull. They go faster now, yet it's boring. I had stopped regularly watching F1 by the mid 90's.

@MsVanorak

Жыл бұрын

it's getting uncomfortable to watch with all the brightly painted, stripey etc kerbs and run off areas. grass was much nicer.

MY FAVOURITE ERA!

Graham Hill did nearly all the test driving/ development of the Lotus 49, mainly at Snetterton, near the Lotus factory, because Jimmy had to limit his visits to the UK, for tax reasons, Graham was a fantastic driver, remember twice F1 world champion, winner at Le Mans, and won the Indy 500 at his first attempt, but within a few laps of Zandvoort nailed it, Jimmy Clark, he may have been a sheep farmer, but he was the GOAT in my opinion, for what it's worth.

Very good , thanks from buenos aires Argentina!!!!

9 days summer great documentary on Ford/lotus racing history

Now THAT was real racing!

Wow, I was 10 years old and at the1967 Dutch Grand Prix held at Zandvoort on June 4, 1967 with my Air Force father. I remember all those names from my childhood.

While having a conversation with Derek Bell once he told me that Jim Clark was his childhood hero

Europeans were so lucky to have these races on their continent and be able to see these races on TV or film. We in the US were stuck with the shitty coverage we got from ABC’s Wild World of Sports where they would give us little snippets in between tennis,golf,billiards,or high diving. I was fascinated by F-1 back then. Racing slot cars at the local hobby shop and reading Road &Track and Car and Driver were my outlets for auto racing. These guys were my heroes and still are. Formula one was more visceral and entertaining before the advent of aerodynamics and computers,relying on the drivers seat of the pants feel and quick reflects.

Jim clark un artista del volante.....

some real nice smooth power overstress cornering by Clark

when i was 1st a fan: Clark, Surtees, Hill, Surtees, Chapman and the Cosworth boys. Chris Amon’s Ferrari a thing of beauty. Thanks for some of the best vintage footage

When mechanicals, were mechanicals! I loved it!

Jim Clark WAS the best that there ever was!

@bbb462cid

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Coy Agree Stephen, 100%

@georgejacob3162

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Coy I agree completely with that! I visited his graveside in Chrinside, Borders, last month while I was in Scotland. In 1965 he won the Indy 500 by TWO laps over everyone else! The Americans were SO embarrassed by this British invasion (Jim Clark and Lotus) that they hardly ever mention that fact! I'm not entirely sure but I think he also lead the 1963 Indy 500 by a lap or two before his Lotus' suspension collapsed! He was certainly leading it by a long way. Jackie Stewart changed his own driving style to that closer to Jim's driving style. In his first year Jackie drove at ten tenths and ended up in hospital. He then saw Jim's smooth driving style and Jackie realised that he was over-driving the car himself. He tried to emulate Jim's driving style and didn't he do well! My top three drivers are Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill. Jackie and Graham may swap places in my mind from one day to another but Jim will always be my number one driver.

@hotlap3403

7 жыл бұрын

IS*

@nigelcooper916

6 жыл бұрын

God given gift. Could drive anything faster than anyone. His failures were his machinery not his ability and that ultimately cost him his life. Huge influence on my life and I hope to travel to Hockenheim in April to show my respect to him and commemorate 50 years of his passing and the loss to the world.

@Steamer235

6 жыл бұрын

Jim Clark won the pole at Indy in 1964 and did lead the race comfortably until suspension problems took him out...1963 when Lotus came to Indy he finished 2nd. Following his 65 win, I actually think he won the 66 Indy too, but there were some scoring controversy that gave the race to Grahm Hill. Jim Clark was a great driver and i followed him as much as I could via news car magazines. Still read anything I can find about him. He did have a lot of fans here in Indy and respected by many more because he was a gentleman's gentleman and raced with class. April 7 is always a sad day for me as I look back at the 5 Indy Races that he raced in.

JIM CLARK UN ARTISTA DEL VOLANTE... COMO MANEJABA ESE LOTUS...🙏

Fantastic piece of nostalgia, I can remember watching film of the greats as a Boy. Great memories.

Incredible footage, thanks. Those F1 really were the most beautiful of any era.

such a beatiful era that was!

Highly dangerous times in F1 but the cars were the most beautiful; IMO.

This was the period when cars looked their best. All that visible engineering, Lovely! I reckon Dick Dastardly was modelled on Graham Hill 😁

Brilliant! and what quality the actual film although as an ex-marshal I winced a little looking at some of the tweed jackets next to the track.

This is awesome... just look at these machines... pure elegant...

Lotus 49 is one of the most beautiful f1 car ever

Proper cars,proper engineering,proper men.

My fav from my primary school years

That car is absolutely beautiful!

What a classic documentary, with great style. Huge Clark, Lotus and Ford fan, and wonderful to see his debut in a 49.

Vintage F1 better than Today’s F1

This era of racing, especially Grand Prix, has to be the best of all time! Ever so thankful that we get to see amazing footage like this. My family and friends think I have a nostalgia issue but I guess it's better than having some of their issues! Thanks for the video chap!

@CamiloHPNunes

6 жыл бұрын

I say you have a fine taste Pall ! Beeing it nostalgia or not you sure have an eye for what is good cause I think the same :-)

@archermcflatty8706

5 жыл бұрын

nostalgia issue? i guess it could be a thing.

@banjopete

5 жыл бұрын

Brian Shepa , you’ve got being able to tell class from crap issues.

damn top film,despite being filmed 52 years ago!

I remember when that was unveiled it blew people away. Rear engine cars were here to stay

Knights behind a steering wheel! Epic times.

I love "pCars" for having this car in the game!

i love that era -------was romantic

Such beautiful machines

The cars were beautiful back then.

So strong Grand Prix Legends Vibes.

Love that old v8 sound

When I got my drivers license, I told my parents that I wanted a Lotus Super 7 sports car. They hadn't ever heard of one before but agreed we'd go look at some at the sports car dealer we had in town. When we went on a Saturday afternoon, it was a nice late spring day and the dealer had so many wonderful cars to look at. This was in 1966. He also had two Super 7's. As we browsed other cars, with my mother steadily having her input on what she liked it finally came to the moment when I told the dealer I wanted a Super 7. He nearly choked and then laughed nervously saying; You're kidding, Right? Now my mother was on high alert and my father not fully informed of what they were about to see. We walked over to a new Super 7 in red and white. Looking at my parent's I said; See, this is what I really want! My dad said it looked like a glorified go-kart - and my mother asked if it was safe. Well, I asked if I could test drive one and the dealer asked to my license!?!?!? Then he asked again - do you even know what this type of car this is? YES! I exclaimed. Now my father wanted to know more - so the dealer informed him it was street legal, ultra lightweight performance tuned four-cylinder Hot Rod and not much else. Then I offered, Yes, but I can still drive it school and to Lake Michigan, with no problems! My father asked if he and the dealer could take it for a test. So they left and 15 minutes later they returned and father looked pissed off. WELL THAT"S OUT! he said. WHY? dad, please I want it, I pleaded. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? THAT THING SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME - the answer is NO! ( my dad raced Hydroplane boats and rode a Harley Davidson XLCH) I never did get to drive it - and I ended up with a quite respectable RED 1964 Austin Healey 3000 instead. My mother was pleased.

@faerieSAALE

5 жыл бұрын

@Tom Smith So are you insinuating that a 16-year-old girl couldn't handle a Lotus Super 7 sports car??? HMMMMM? My folks said NO and there wasn't anything I could do to change their minds. Probably best for everyone in the end.

I was 21 back then and a huge Lotus fan.. Happy happy days. 😊😊

This is a real gem for any Motorsport fan!! These cars have no aero! Can you imagine going through corners with only mechanical grip?!?! Talk about trusting your equipment! These gentlemen had balls of steel!