LOTUS SEVEN S3 1972 - Modest test drive - Engine sound | SCC TV
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2012
- Recently we came across this beautiful Lotus Seven S3 1972 at The Gallery in Brummen, The Netherlands. We love to hear your comments on our videos. Feel free to leave one!
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The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars (initially called Lotus Engineering) between 1957 and 1972.
It was designed by Lotus founder Colin Chapman and has been considered the embodiment of the Lotus philosophy of performance through low weight and simplicity. The original model was highly successful with more than 2,500 cars sold, due to its attraction as a road legal car that could be used for clubman racing.
After Lotus ended production of the Seven, Caterham bought the rights and today Caterham make both kits and fully assembled cars based on the original design.
The Lotus Seven design has spawned a host of imitations on the kit car market, generally called Sevens or sevenesque roadsters. Many of those cars are still produced to this day. Along with manufacturer supplied kits, there are entirely self-built sevenesque cars referred to as Locosts. 
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This is a cobbled together vehicle as Paul says , the nose cone is caterham, the bonnet is caterham, and series 3 did not have front cycle mudguards ,but he is wrong about Lotus Sevens being not made after 1970. I have a Super Seven first registered in 1972, originally with 1500 Cosworth Ford engine, but now with a hand built 1500 Ford engine by HPE of Maidstone Kent. Had it 46 years !
Nope. Sorry Jeffery. There were NO Lotus Sevens Series III's produced after 1969 as the Series IV was in production by spring 1970. The last twin cam SS was built in December 1969. Check the Lotus Seven Club registry.
I hope you understand the difference between "Being Made" (as in manufactured) and being registered as in functionarium bureaucracy...
THIS is known as a "Cobble-up". It isn't anything in particular. It's a mixture of various Caterham components and other things from no specific year of manufacture. Besides there were NO Lotus Seven Series 3's produced after 1970. Caterham re-intorduced their Series 3 Seven (with modifications, improvements) in 1974.
Could very well be the case, Paul!
The car is super gorgeous. The music is not. I haven't seen any video of this car being driven at speed with proper noise canceling microphones.
Me neither!
if thats a Lotus S2... Im Donald Duck
ViktorRO Hey Victor, can you explain some more... I am certainly not an expert on Lotus... Kind regards! Walter
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The exhausts on the wrong side.
The vast bulk of S3s had faired front mudguards.
If it is an S2, it's been heavilly modified.
SuperCarClassics - Europe's leading Classic Car Channel! looks like a mid 80s Caterham, louvres (sic) in the bonnet, the PCD of the wheels look like 4x95.. rear lights and wings are caterham.. seats are caterham Pre-S type I think.
EricIrl You can see the holes down the sides where it once had swept wings.. but I still thinks its a older caterham re-badged into a Lotus
ViktorRO Agreed. I have a mid 1990s Seven and it has louvres in the bonnet.