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Three of a Kind – 1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150

Patrick Quinn
1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150Photo: Shifting Focus
1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150
Photo: Shifting Focus

It was still very early days for the small, but growing firm of Lotus Cars. In just nine short years, Colin Chapman’s designs had evolved from an Austin 7-based trials special with a plywood and alloy body, to a sophisticated spaceframe design in what could have been called volume production.

The Lotus Eleven was built between 1956 and 1958, and if you call a total production of 271 a significant volume, well Lotus Cars was on its way to a great future.

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