JPS.LOTUS72D @ Manufactured under exclusive licence from Team Lotus The dite was September 10h, 1972, he place ‘xt the famous Moora Auorome near ln It the race we the Talon G Eiraraan romd ol the World Championship Coin Chaat wa ot weaely as related ts ‘sul for Mona Ts burly favourite track Pater Warr load mechanic Edie Deo To ater’ Mag was race which Emerson Pita and Mr Bach tnd geld Jim Player Sect eld clnh the iio" World" Champions. ial wuld thos beome no only the frst. Brazlion to lack te ttl et alte yengen a evr ts so, 1 wae fast aver two short season chumpintsip Hr CaltnGhapnan fan at Ca ror tasclly the same asthe ‘ei leh Emerson ow sa pata and wklot sig ot nervoureanfor a race that ay well here haveod Mugabe wg of lt That the hy Player Speci was onthe a all eaplendat as ever tht bach aad foi clog scheme, was miracle, Emersons Eterishel vase car ote damaged in strane porter accent @ few days earlier but fo Tenutely a ptre bat aller et wa gh the fray a paptate trek. Ducing ice paraine Cents the ear bd developed terrible der {nis oot brakes "and die hed to bebo edly changed. Then with Tess that ah Boor fo elo the three. floek. tal, 8 fost Teal was dacevered ‘The tireless mechanics ft to mork and hanged tin recerd ine ‘a nom Emervn wet om the geirow three OF the twortwertvo Tie. On the Trot row Timerson could ee Jackie Tex's eed Ferra tnd Chris Amor’ screaming blve Mates. Ot ‘ow ta was Chy Megaznon's Pereath wth Sache Stewart's Tyrell sangide Emerson iinced te hie let bat Denny. Hulme Te the Nardioy ‘MeLaren.seialy stared ito the distance an the pa id nt exchange lances Hine mill had chance of the Worl te, fovdal Stewart, ht i eter man was te» ‘Sieve such an‘ aim be had twin the race ‘rit ergon ea he fiat fur Ae then Tehadto go on to ie the remaining two th Americ racat. Mathenatisly the hares of Berson’ ie slipping away were Stim fedeed but everyone Anew tot Stewart tw bad a car gute capable of providing his es sored the ra olses squealed te dst flew tnd the face ea ok made’ fntetie Start nt the ead wih eam mate Regs Second Emersentoediatel moved it third Place and font caught glance In his mierors fate A , andthe Sect wag bak his ptthe cham Plonshp. now lipped frm hi ‘hte had broken on the start ine Smt under an oar an lf Inter the black Sd gold John Player Special eshed. ander the Ahequrel lag the vitor of hard fought Fee “Enerain” Fit was unlspted Champion ofthe Worl The Mensa Audreme ‘repel rail stants sang nad! sons | SATs tage waved gily=tousen of lis of paper prolaning“Einersen Figo ‘Worl Champion desig » Joba Player Spe fin easended Int the se, Tenas 8 earnivl ‘This then, was the clinas of years of sweat nd ail meee and false, stnowa rie The man behind the SLPS, Amiony Cain {eritis that have heed no mich to produce the Lats lees He Bas 6 bari to succeed am ina ralber ability to ch ver when the as ate tached Nigh fArsingt ims A very. precine mat ile Ie Tet tocdanee, A prfectioniat: Where athers apt” Chagman eaten. Thin te ahown by tome of the Loter "Firte In acing tom the carly satcn atl toy he hat been he jor Grand Pric desig invator His eas ie wen five Weld Chanphonabip Tiles the ail renter shou the. world than ony ther Margate ele story "Chunky"Chapman ae bor in Loedn 90 Wh Mayr N28. He stiedeoginserisg at Univer iy College end an 948 Me first ear ‘iv 4 18HT Morrie 8 Tourer pesent fron Ais" ter- The yong Chaar, with te help al another soung man, Rocy Nahe, made thei est Special fram 2198) Austin Fat J Saloon, Thin ex Repstced Number DD 19 te farther trapslored ram 0 Tl pecal to Become the Lat MKT, elle Lous" bedsune te lois feat oldie sloop which the long dark bors of wark ot this ca ectaaly ail tots young creators, Rerropstered OX $202, (hs or Hassle line aten ecored Lot iat compa tion wuccensen in tins early b 1948. For a Short wile hi moter engineering was dormant {ei alexa drew ease. Is receptive tai abuobad) Knowledge. ike am aeademie tone, and im recor nw We was Chan BSe ‘The Lotus MK Il was by now belog dul the season with es icreated oh CChagmn joined the RAE. Now coimasoned fan tained to." Wings” stanlare, Chap Feed the Bark ID with Pord Engine succes aly in amateur tests for gem ime Te 1h aft the R.A anda 1881 the MARK I appease Tis sucess was hi ‘Se eval of the prea interest shen In i Cars danuary Tat HEB saw the formation of Lotes Engineering. Fr se one father Hernsey, Lando Chapman ‘ands componeesy ad ‘eventually Totus "Engineering predeced thelr” Mark 6 protic This model dispensed with the Au war chassis al featted an alley lightweight {ubularspacetrane. Coli id all the desen 7 tretowork Niel tnd want tor de farce tn rigidity combined with lab weight Ie weighed only 85 1b bare or £0 th wih Bracken and atrenned body fenale attached fed after a. clan nart it became Brea access At oe petiod Coin lt ah pro Macon car italy singlebande, bat bee help come. frum De UvelandAlrerlt om Payecn Peter Rots “Mae” Mackintosh and Mike Costin, Lotus, Knginssing. asses tinder wry Coat van auather inte eer fn he Chay ml adi brat Frank was an aeradynamlst who was roped ‘nto angi in denening an lbaew sports ‘acng car for 1954. Cola apeciied 8 bhp. ‘rei under 10 et asd Top tpoed i exces 1S ih The Feeleaat rte Mark 8 wae smoathiy trative pejetie, aad Colin prised ie spectra has FN dav weight jst 38 I [Attic stg he divided Lotus it te baows, ‘ne all ullig production ears and com Donen and the other hall Team Lotese de Sioving, bling and raing racing cars System coetinve througout the formative feed of Chpman’s bala through more nd more secersafl spertsrecing cars and faccenten with them it major races like the etek made bit rane aster engineer In chasks and Stspentioa desig, He mas retained as coaalan by both BRM ‘and Nana ted the T9E6 (aedrop Vaewal Sehich inly won the. World Manufacturers Championship in 1956 was as near to bing 1 Lotus product as anti ble ouside the orks end be, Call tilled bodywork: Chapman's work with BRM fngenderel the use of "Chapman seu rear Stepenson which finaly persuaded their yom SeANgdctica tues cate le banda in 1957 Calin but Me first Lato singe forthe Formule 2 Mark 2, Team Lota Fa the en In mal i 158, re mith th “nk Venall ash for TbSk58, While the sports enre {nied a trenendoas reputation for Chapa find Ns team, the Formule. projected Intte enhance it, Thy overheated, and were pingued by" peblems with thir Rew Lotus Ieade gearboxes. But te sorts ear production Ties were bvomingand grin af the real” ‘race Lats Elite pot under way afer lang Iadies at the 1957 Landon Mtor ‘Show This was staggering example of Chapman's Asan orignal ang an Teal glass re ty hell ith the methane sd waspenson hnperots ined drcetly metal to glass fire“The expats said it aud work bo He ld and worked wth” Sadly it was far ton ox five to make, andthe 88 Tally Bul by Tita thee faetory at Chest neat) Fain the Compa By tial tine Colt had fllowed Cooper's Work! ‘Championship wining lend a” ad built rearengindsinglsenters for Formals 1S Formal and rls Jaron sxe in 08, ‘The, Lotte 18 yon ore Fermals that seson chan Cooperatugh the Surbiton tam wan the World Chaponship, and 18 new nd Pri Lotus elses challenger to he ew Ishoce FT Fervarie while the Lotus Formula Jere Woks stranglehold cathe canal | yen‘santed to get aheed in racing at tis Time You ad te eet Lote The Chapa recin lr sucess van Prong be 0s Coal Tn"T962 he auain sled one step ahead of the Grond Pri eppsiton By intradelng th ntoeogee-ebseie Leth 9s 00 Formal. ‘With Simm’ Clark desing the nw fying fa tank ran Graal aad BAM hard fr the ‘World Chphnali lag thre eno leak inthe ery tnt event Team Lote wo for ‘Gils Pei tiles evi hl os "nog Clark and Chapman's sooverase tron the Worl! Champa wining «record | Seven uaiffing rounds the evson Ta 196 they were pad gai tthe lst road and 1855 they” wen het nen ies fr ricer and aed the Indy “500 Towered Lites Blandi: shan rend.ned trek the Lotweord twice engine wat huge na salem was cleaning fem al Chapman then Kaeged the links Wich rout the Ford. Cosworth Grand Prisengine nto xilen, wor Team Las the Worl! Chuploneiy. 19061070 and 1972 and became the fret ut in GP Mstory te notch over 80 Chomponship —— ‘The Chapman sey and dhe Lotus sory are tightly emvined, and they ave. both been saree iy tragedy. The loos of Jie Clarkin formula 2 car tarly in 1668 wie shocking iow to Chapman Tea Lox andthe Fang ‘ork Coli and Jimmy had red Invi ihe partnership in their sieht fl seatons together: Cola care usually Hoving nt slab age over the opesition which ntriver seth luke ay ea mint cashing The turbine Lotus 66 brought the dinsictve wed shape Insp 1968 last ‘on Chapman bs secon “500: The qslime ‘echrde doo Leonard sen tae pal position {nthe Type 86 toed gail Peer Revoon bet teeed them in HL withthe MeLaron NIB. And if imitation inthe sincerest for of Aatrery, thee as tery to wed lines af the M16. The Me fer tad receted Mini ts Pa uhich tira a fromthe velopment the Type 86 and the followap tel deve Tye 63 Formals I care 760 1m 170 asother starlngly advanced a eon setting Lotus ho 7, roa Jochen hs War Tne fay ae the frst posthumous Chapin In racine history Bat with Emerson Pipa, diving the al ack’ Lotte 724 ha debt Player Sone, layman has anater World tithe te. ret te Back in 1670 Jacle Stewart wns among the Firat 0 publicise the tll expected potenti the LS, Star Brasian Driver, Emerson Fitpa” At a. presentation of Brosan Driving Award Stewart noted dat Enort eas ing toe very tod, and that hese ‘entered Posmula 1, Stenar.the World Chae toh ould be wb morvied. Not even Stewart (ul have foreseen that this forecast would Sovauikly become realty Emerina Fits was vided and ii five wes ho frat get Formule Ford a tno in May 196 at bi considerable fapettence hack bine in ral where ead Faced moteties and karts wince he way 12 ‘nd several types ofears sce the age 18, fete more thon esa auet He tol the fies FFF taco, woe hi tv and ily foun an ant lly i Jie Rawsell ropeetor us racing acho Russel nko arranged for Emerson « uty a I, the Sete whieh sported ite weal hve Med Yo Face In [briish Grand Prix at Silvertone bu eres hal losed even before the race at i anna Wa to get place on the gid a Silverstone, Elecen months Incer Emerson was elle 0 Silverstone by Chama to test the Gold Lest 48C sshich Emersons iol Jochen Rind had taced to teens the 1050 Grand Pri as ely the second time. Emerson bod deiven at Silverstone iby ist time was in Formule Ford) apf suddenly the. strsuhis eomed much shrier'thd the corners wel "The rea sin the eetord books: how Emerson finshed as excellent seventh in the 1970 Brith Grand Drie orth at Btechenkeim and then the tribe shoe at" Monza, where he Was Sill Teling sore afteran aecidet Ih practice i hit frst Lotus 72) and Jochen Rind perished’ abother practice neidon, Suaeny feo bing the astride the Silverstone paldcek, Beran hecamo Cote team leer The United Staten Grand Prix ‘his rea ace emo i and with A he fanhumeus Werld Chanplonsbiy for Ms era, deste ia SS far we hive hihlehted tno men from the sin Payer Team Lotus OFpeiction, The lperative Word here ie Team-a'Tene of only Zsponn. The LP-CL-sngnnaation a bch ff voy dedicated wen an women whe, accord. ing te Racing Manager, Peter Ware, are nt sintered pong motor racing or the ante of taking part but "We go sat racing {oven “Hersaye the work loads and demas ‘mado any neil by the Tea re pal Uli Inthe ag of enimerlal po orsh, a the Sponsors alo are not cnten wth second tet tal he Team fea the money proved by ther Sponsuts a enable tem to contane ‘ith thir Torture racing programmes People aralvays surprise to find hat there ive ily 28 people working at Joba Player Team Lot” But smalaens to part of the teams susebas, because it hoop everything ‘manageable It demands deosbn ty a Teng heurtof wart bet Inspires the con AN ble pve very ry st Ue 29) People such flag of anisfation. wher abn Player Ten Lt’ won the teams fh ‘Constractor's title at Monte tm Septet Toh Ws Lng dive from London to dehn Player Treat Lotus hesdquaiers st ete) Norwich. To find the team's home, you ‘od iy ask the way to Heth, wi Hl probahiy not seen be marked on werent for the gaat factory {inte Cars” Limitel” The racing stare rorntind a thelr awa set of sglestorey Daiings iret opposite the" ‘esrmhing factory Tach ou don't often find epyone ack at Nobo seems 0 be the front door, ‘They fave time instead by poking bay throneh the acoay the Form span toe the buying lice, From thee i's omy» step Into the penlan min offs ‘The offen houses the devign tall, whos den Ing ours hall il the room Cel Aceon ‘nt Maing Bost has earner to bse, tile Peter Warr personal ensnant Tris Strong tas another corner. Warr Nimealt sperises everything. om bis desk the ite ofthe rom a to heer his paperwen rte date heaften comes i at nthe morn ine. elo the telephone begin its vers Inled hard wank te something on whi ee one at Team Lotus seems to thrive. The ive been tines on ayen the ue bal sponte for work of the JPTL mechani has tomed strane, but 1972 wa fll rather hw a rowel axon site Of the tenes Paley of taking pute frees wherever the Srgaioers ae prepared to them Chel Marhene te’ Dena, Tk alta oaher race mechani; basa contrac withthe ‘spar bch is something nem aed sta for # Cran Prix eam Althogh Colin Chapan so Loar: handles ‘he daytody running of the Teas, his pe rd bi incnce remains noch ‘hich Wary ing for when. ss: “There i soething Very special abt Team Lomas a its very hard put one's finger ‘nie. Wan ‘our mechanic lay they ly ied and when they Work thep werk very hard inte 1 think theyre pena Fancy of p- ple, and Te paulo beassoiated ith theserento ‘#Study the instructions raphe before commencing pair of plo tebe ore finally cementing each port GL THe ma denotes amber for Tamiya Paint color. back 514,44 Peo x7 Gan hei x10 rome Si Soiaet Gold tet xe xe See Mota Gey Xrst tion of Wit O~ tuetion of Front Cowing e- Front Spoilers O4 & D5 should Firmly insert upper part of Oil Tank Inte Wing. Cement OM Cooler on Oi Tan Qe Construction of Front Cowling pu ba FW 6 Firing of Wing tin Upper 01 Coa be on Fis Fis Takction of Front Arms Frnt Upper and Lower Arms Make sure of postion or left Vv. ® comin ‘of Damper 3 ® Construction of Screwdriver @ onstruction of Stands —o10 E80 80 raxt o2 06 eo ® Construction of Damper _ 2 Construction of Dige Brake Caliper Hi2 Oc me ie le ere ‘ Ry” Make two sete 180 Mate wa set Make wo aot Har ® Construction of Front Dise Brakes ise =) neve va © e ew ou vee @ cerrsin et iwc ee u—@ f ws i ES ES E44 HI LEtine rs Bulkhead E16 (retor to @). ae @ Construction of Tersion Bers Cement Reck on Front Bukheed. Make Rack move snectty torah and | é @rxiecins o~ contin Poe md Bt ie nt 1 not eement Koetett Side | a@ Fixing of Antiroll Bar Drm BD rover nt nt Antal Ber tat, then cement Brake Mester eyirders Mocobie pe A it ] rin ot stra st@ reo tate Pa Cement parts constructed at @ en ® Construction of Engine cm HN Cie ci2 cid ® Construction of Throttle Pate ersci2 cy M85 QD correo ot Feat isin Pues F2@ Fixing of Gear Box CCament Gear Box in which parts H 18 r rast be we. parte HIS Without vsing cement. cm cs 27 @ rover rar oe tras — | RB Pisin f Rear Oe Oras cs Cement Rear Dise Br ra 24 Har 2 crs cr H27 ¢34 U28 vai 26 H25 U2 J28 (33 Ce Oe Genent Battery on OF Terk Frame. then en Gear Bor. 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