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Books on Lotus racing cars |
| Title | Author | Date | ISBN | Notes |
| The Lotus 49 | David Hodges | 1970 | SBN 85368 051 5 | Also Dutch edition Hardback, 218 x 145 mm, 80pp. |
| The Lotus 49 | David Hodges | 1970 | SBN 668-0 2333-3 | American edition |
| Der Lotus 49 - Grand Prix Wagen
|
David Hodges | 1971 | None | German edition Hardback, 218 x 145 mm. |
| A Very Special Year, The story of a World Championship
|
various | 1972 | Team Lotus publicity brochure Published free Softback, 296 x 208 mm, 112pp |
|
| Theme Lotus, 21 years of Grand Prix and Indianapolis Cars
|
Doug Nye | 1978 | 0 900549 40 8 | Hardback, 188 x 251 mm, 200pp. |
| The Single-Seat Lotus Formula 1 & Indy Cars | Doug Nye | 1978 | 0 930880 02 1 | same as above, with
endpaper drawings, errata & different dustwrapper 200 pp |
| Theme Lotus 1956-1986, From Chapman to Ducarouge
|
Doug Nye | 1986 | 0 947981 09 8 | Second Edition
Hardback, 190 x 252 mm, 288pp. |
| Lotus - A competition survey of the sports, GT and touring cars
|
Chris Harvey | 1980 | 0 85045 367 4 | Hardback, 195 x 255mm. 192
pp. |
| Lotus - A competition survey of the sports, GT and touring cars | Chris Harvey | 1999 | 1 903088 01 1 | Reprint |
| Lotus, Team Guide Series No. 6
|
Bob Constanduros | 1982 | 0 946132 05 4 | Softback, 213 x 273 mm, 20pp |
| Colin Chapman, L'épopée Lotus en Formule 1 | Jabby Crombac | 1987 | 2 13 0400124 | French text. Has colour section. No English version. |
| Lotus: The Renault Years
'83-'86
|
Ken Wells | 1987 | 0 94132 29 1 | Softback, 210 x 280 mm, 64pp |
| Lotus The Sports Racing Cars
|
Anthony Pritchard | 1987 | 0 085059 795 9 | Design, development,
racing histories. Hardback 170 x 245mm. 160 pp |
| Autosport File: Lotus
|
various | 1988 | 0 600 55662 X | Hardback, 225 x 298 mm, 110pp. |
| The Lotus Eleven, Colin Chapman's Most Successful Sports-racing Car
|
Dennis Ortenburger | 1988 | 0 85059 913 X | Hardback, 175 x 245 mm, 192pp. |
| Lotus 25 Climax FWMV, The monocoque revolution
|
Ian Bamsey | 1990 | 0 85429 802 9 | Hardback, 212 x 257 mm, 96pp. |
| Lotus A Formula One Team History
|
Bruce Grant-Braham | 1994 | 1 85223 803 8 | Hardback, 195 x 253 mm, 224pp. |
| Lotus Sports Racers Gold
Portfolio
|
various | 1994 | 1 85520 2239 | Track tests etc, for sports racing cars Mk 6 to
40. Softback, compilation of articles, 200 x 270 mm, 172pp. |
| Lotus 107 & 107B Ford
|
Model Graphics Editors Office | 1994 | 4 499 22619 8 | This remarquable Formula
Perfect Manual Series offers a collection of cover to cover colour
detailed pictures of the car. Amazing shots of the car are
illustrated such as the nose, front & rear wings, suspensions, cowl,
monocoque & cockpit, under panel, engine, tires & wheels. Text is
mostly in Japanese. Also includes a short section at the back of the book that covers the Lotus Type 102B and Lotus Type 102D. Soft bound, 255 x 255mm 116 pages, over 320 color illustrations |
| Lotus - The Historic Years 1956-1958
|
Graham Capel | 1995 | 0 9525732 1 0 | The history of the Eleven 217 x 306mm, 228pp. |
| Team Lotus: The Indianapolis Years
|
Andrew Ferguson | 1996 | 1 85260 491 3 | Andrew was the team
manager during this time, and includes many of his personal notes,
documents and memories. Hardback, 260 x 260 mm. 240 pp. |
| Lotus Formula Juniors
|
Paul Robinshaw Jeremy Bouckley |
1996 | 0 9528086 09 | Softback, 218 x 189 mm, 126pp. |
| Lotus on the Hills
|
Paul Robinshaw Jeremy Bouckley | 1998 | 0 952 8086 2 5 | Covers Lotuses on British
hillclimbs from Mk 6 to Elise. 23 x 30 cm. 132 pp |
| Lotus 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23
|
various | 1998 | 1 901 977 30 7 | Compilation of road tests and other magazine articles 1954 -
1963. Softback, 226 x 293 mm, 82pp. |
| Lotus 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23 and 30
|
various | 2008 | Compilation of road tests and other magazine articles
and cutaway drawings 168pp |
|
| Lotus race victories 1960 - 1962 | various | 1998 | X 418 00133 1 | Compilation of race reports Softback, 227 x 293 mm, 74pp |
| Lotus race victories 1963 - 1967 | various | 1998 | X 418 00134 X | Compilation of race reports Softback, 227 x 293 mm, 78pp |
| Lotus Race Cars, 1961 - 1994 Photo Album
|
Norman Hayes | 1998 | 1 882256 84 0 | B+W photos of Lotus cars and personalities, all taken by the
author. Softback, 258 x 215mm, 110pp. |
| Lotus 24 and 25
|
various | 1999 | 1 84155 246 1 | Softback, 205 x 290mm. 74 pp. |
| Lotus 49 - Story of a Legend
|
Michael Oliver | 1999 | 1 901295 51 6 | Comprehensive history.
Features:
Hardback, 212 x 257 mm, 256pp. |
| Lotus 49 - Story of a Legend
|
Michael Oliver | 1999 | 1 901295 75 3 | Same as above, BRG edition |
| Lotus 49 - Story of a Legend | Michael Oliver | 1999 | 1 901295 94 X | Same as above, leather bound edition |
| Formula Lotus
|
various | 1999 | 1 84155 184 8 | Compilation of road tests and other magazine
articles Softback, 205 x 290mm. 80 pp. |
Lotus Racing Cars, Club Racers to World Champions 1948-1968
|
John Tipler | 2000 | 0 7509 2389 X | Well ilustrated history of Lotus racing (early
years) Hardback, 177 x 250 mm, 160pp. |
| Lotus Racing Cars, Decline
and Revival 1968-2000
|
John Tipler | 2000 | 0 7509 2553 X | Well illustrated history of Lotus racing (later
years) Hardback, 177 x 250 mm, 160pp. |
| Lotus 49
|
various | 2000 | 1 84155 350 6 | firsthand
impressions of automotive journalists. Softback, 210 x 295mm. 80 pp. |
| Lotus 49 - 49B - 49C - 49F
|
various | Specifications, cutaway
drawings, technical data. Softback, 205 x 290mm. 120 pp. |
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| Lotus 49 and 72, Ultimade
guide
|
2007 | Softback, compilation of
articles, inclusiding raceresults and practice times 138pp. |
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| Lotus 72
|
various | 2000 | 1 84155 329 8 | Softback, 210 x 295mm. 70 pp. |
| Lotus 77, 78, 79
|
various | 2000 | 1 84155 330 1 | Softback, 210 x 295mm. 68 pp. |
| Lotus Sports Racers
|
various | 2001 | 1 855 20555 6 | Track tests etc, for
sports racing cars Mk 6 to 40, expanded edition Softback, compilation of articles, 200 x 270 mm. 344 pp |
| Lotus Sports Racers
|
various | A 168 page book covering all Lotus Sports Racers up to the Type 30. | ||
| Lotus 24, 25, 28, 29, 33
|
various | 2001 | 1 84155 378 6 | Compilation of road tests and other magazine articles |
| Lotus 27, 31, 41, 51, 56,
61, 63
|
various | Compilation of road tests and other magazine
articles. Softback, 210 x 297mm. 72 pp. |
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| Lotus 21 24 25 27 29 and
33
|
various | 2006 | Compilation of road tests and other magazine
articles. Softback, 72 pp.
|
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| Lotus 25/33
|
John Tipler | 2001 | 0 7509 2594 9 | Hardback, 200 x 270 mm. 187 pp. |
| Lotus 70, 72, 77, 78, 79,
95T, 107B
|
various | Softback, 210 x 297mm. 124 pp. | ||
| Lotus 72, 72B, 72C, 72D,
72E
|
various | 2003 | A 94 page book looking at the Lotus 72, its drivers, racing entries and racing record. Also cutaway drawings of the car. Complete racing record included. | |
| Lotus Type 72 - Formula
One Icon
|
Michael Oliver | 2003 | 978 1 902351 063 | This book tells the
definitive story of this striking and extremely successful car from
drawing board to present day. Also included are full racing records
and individual chassis histories for each of the cars built by Team
Lotus. The story is lavishly illustrated by more than 450 colour and
black and white images, many are previously unpublished. 234pp,
Hardback, 31 x 30 cm. There is a regular edition, a limited edition
and an publishors edition of this book.
Limited Edition includes smart presentation case. The Publisher Edition of which there are only 50 copies, is a specially printed, Leather bound and gilt edged version of the book. In addition to the 240 pages of the standard book, features an extra 48 page section containing almost 100 mostly unseen photographs, as well as a complete chronological race record of the Type 72, from the first race in 1970 to the last International South African event, late in 1975. |
| Lotus 78 and 79 - the
ground effect cars
|
John Tipler | 978 1 86126 5869 | The Lotus 78 was the car that started the ground effect revolution in Formula 1.
192 pages, Hardback, 246x189 mm, 8 page colour section 170 b&w photos |
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| Lotus, the early years
|
P. Ross | 2004 | 978 1 902351 148 |
The story of the creation of Lotus by the group of people who worked alongside Colin Chapman at the very beginning.
Covering the years 1951–1954. Including photographs and sketches from the personal albums and drawing boards of those who were there during these historic years.
Hardback 28x28cm Also a limited edition, ISBN 978 1 902351 186 |
| Sports Car and Lotus Owner
1957-1958 |
Colin Pitt | 2004 | 9781841555621 | A limited edition book of reprinted articles from this British publication. Mainly Lotus but much material on other sports cars of the time. Reproduced in photocopier quality this title is not generally available in the book trade or from the larger specialists and includes much hard-to-find information. |
| The Lotus Book, type 1 to
type 72
|
Colin Pitt | 2005 | 1 84155 623 8 |
Coverage of Colin Chapman's road cars, Indianapolis cars and Formula
1/2/3 cars. Indept look at the Lotus 25, 49 and 56 models. 144 pp, 26 x 26 cm hardback |
| Lotus - The Competition
Cars
|
Anthony Pritchard | 2006 | Hardback, 240 x 285 mm. 264 pp. |
|
| Lotus History 1962-1966,
the history of the Lotus 23
|
Graham Capel | 2006 | 0 9525732.5.3 | Documented history on the
Lotus 23 Sports Racing car built by Lotus over five years from
1962-1966 132 pp |
| Lotus 12 chassis No 353:
The History
|
Mike Bennett | 2008 | 0 646 54776 4 | Complete story of the
oldest and first Lotus GP car. The book covers the design of the
Lotus 12 model and the history of chassis number 353. This will be a rare item as production will not exceed 200 copies. Hardbound in green Buckram 164 pp |
| Lotus and Formula Ford | Colin Pitt | 2009 | 1841557404 | Softback, 130 pp |
| Formula Lotus
|
Colin Pitt | 2009 | Softback, 70 pp, roadtests and cutaway drawings. | |
| Lotus Sports Racers
|
Colin Pitt | 2010 | A collection of reprints
of articles from motoring magazines plus other information. Great cutaway drawings and technical specifications of the cars. 205mm x 295mm, 80 pp |
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| Lotus 25-49-72
|
Colin Pitt | 2010 | 1 84155 811 7 | A collection of reprints
of articles from motoring magazines plus other information including
racing records, cutaway drawings, and the men and drivers behind
Lotus including Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Emmerson
Fittipaldi, Colin Chapman. Card covers. 205mm x 295mm, 78 pp |