A superb and rare photo of Jaap Luyendijk in action with his magnificent Lotus Seven during the 1958 Springbok International Sportscar
race which was ridden on
Jaap Luyendijk was the very talented father of
Arie Luyendijk, winner of the Indy 500 ( Indianapolis
The Lotus Seven
was 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 to it, and
today make both kits and fully assembled cars. The Lotus Seven was launched in
1957, after the Lotus Eleven was in limited production. The Seven name was left
over, due to a model that was abandoned by Lotus; a car that would have seen
Lotus entering Formula Two with a Riley-engined single-seater in 1952 or 1953.
However, the car was completed around Chapman's chassis as a sports car by its
backers and christened the Clairmonte Special. Based on Chapman's first
series-produced Lotus 6, the Seven was powered by a 40 bhp (30 kW;
41 PS) Ford Side-valve 1,172 cc engine. It was mainly for lower budget
club racing on short tracks (750 motor club). The Lotus Seven Series 2 (S2)
followed in 1960, and the Series 3 (S3) in
Some examples are:
* McGregor Motorsport Ltd (
* Marc Nordon Racing Vortx RT, RT+ and RT Super
* Luego Sports Cars Velocity and V8 Viento in
* Almac a kit car manufacturer in
* BWE Locust, Hornet, Grasshopper
* Caterham owns the rights to reproduce the Lotus Super Seven
* Dax Cars ltd
* Deman Motorsport
* Westfield Sportscars produces several models
* PRB Clubman - manufactured Peter R Bladewell in Strathfield, Sydney Australia.
* Stalker V6 Clubman by Brunton Automotive
* Raptor by Tornado Sports Cars
* Donkervoort from
* Höckmayr KFZ-Technik (HKT) from
* Hauser from
* Tiger Z100, Tiger R6, Tiger B6 & Tiger Cat E1 from Tiger Racing Ltd
* MAC #1
* MK Indy from MK Engineering (using Ford Sierra parts)
* Mitsuoka Zero 1 from
* ESTfield from RaceTech (using Lada parts)
* Esther
* Several models from Robin Hood Engineering Ltd
* Dala7 (a taller and wider design using Volvo parts)
* Rotus, originally built with components from
* Gregory[citation needed]
* Superformance S1 Roadster
* Leitch Super Sprint, Leitch Industries,
* Fraser Clubman from Fraser Cars Ltd
* Vindicator Sprint and the four seat Vindicator Family by Vindicator Cars
* Irmscher 7
* Elfin Sports Cars, Australian manufacturer of the Elfin MS8 Clubman (V8 powered), Type 3 Clubman and Elfin T5 Clubman.
* Lucalia Clubman, Lucalia Partnerships,
* Super Martin from
* Pegasus Automobile from
* FM Westfield from Flyin' Miata (A Westfield Sportscars SEi using a Miata donor.)
* Birkin S3, Lotus 7 replica
* Cobra Cars produces the Garbí in
The Lotus
car firm was formed as Lotus Engineering
Ltd. by engineer Colin
Chapman, a graduate of
The company encouraged its customers to race its cars, and
itself entered Formula One as a team in
Lotus won the Formula One world championship title for drivers and manufacturers no less then 6 times. In 1963 (Jim Clark); 1965 (Jim Clark); 1968 (Graham Hill); 1970 (Jochen Rindt); 1972 (Emerson Fittipaldi); 1973 (manufacturers title alone) and in 1978 (Mario Andretti).
This is a very nice and very rare non period photo that reflects a
wonderful era of Lotus automotive history in a wonderful way. This is your rare
chance to own this photo, therefore it is printed in a nice large format
of ca. 8" x 12" (ca. 20 x
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