Scalextric C3311

Lotus 49 No.6

Jim Clark

1968 Formula One

Gold Leaf Team Lotus

Brand New in Collector’s Display Box!

This rare Scalextric Vintage Classic 1968 Formula One Season Lotus 49, as driven by Jim Clark (UK) for Gold Leaf Team Lotus, is now a quite rare much sought after and collectable edition to the Lotus 49 Scalextric range.

These very highly detailed and now rare and hard to find Scalextric, vintage classic range slot cars, will work on all analogue (non digital) 1/32 scale slot car tracks including, Ninco, SCX, Scalextric, Carrera and others.

In Brand New Mint condition, a great addition to your collection!

Historic Details:

The Gold Leaf Team Lotus 49 No.6 was driven by Jim Clark in the Tasman Series, Australia in 1968. Some history on the 49 from Wikipedia:

“From its introduction in 1967 the Lotus 49 was painted in Lotus's traditional British racing green with yellow centre-stripe. Over the following 16 months the design gained increasing numbers of sponsor patches and large driver name strips, while retaining the traditional base scheme. However, from the 1968 Monaco race, the 49 was painted red, cream and gold, the colours of Gold Leaf cigarettes after Chapman signed a lucrative sponsorship deal. It was the first sign of big money entering the sport."

"In testing, Graham Hill found the Lotus 49 easy to drive and responsive, but the power of the Ford engine difficult to handle at first. The V8 would give sudden bursts of power that Hill had reservations about. However, Jim Clark won its debut race at Zandvoort with ease and took another 3 wins during the season, but early unreliability with the DFV ended his championship hopes."

"It had teething problems in its first race for Graham Hill, and it had spark plug trouble at the Belgian Grand Prix, held on the 8.76 mile (14.73 kilometre) Spa-Francorchamps. Jim Clark and Graham Hill fell victim to the reliability issues at the French Grand Prix, held at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit (a smaller circuit using only part of the track used for the Le Mans 24 Hours), and lost to Jack Brabham. Jim Clark then ran out of fuel at Monza during the Italian Grand Prix. Mechanical failures cost Lotus the championship that year, but it was felt that 1968 would be a better year after Cosworth and Lotus perfected their designs, which were clearly the way forward."

“Clark won the first race of the 1968 season, the South African Grand Prix and the Tasman Series in Australia, but was tragically killed in an F2 race at Hockenheim. Graham Hill took over as team leader and won his second World Championship title, after clinching three Grand Prix wins - including the fourth of his five Monaco Grands Prix.”

This Sale is for:

1 x 1:32 Scale Scalextric C3311

Rare Vintage Classic Range Slot Car New and Boxed as fully described above.

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