Ex-Team Lotus, Cliff Allison\/Keith Hall 1956 Lotus XI ‘Wide-body’ Le Mans photographed during the 1956 Le Mans 24 Hours passing the works Gordini of Andre Milhoux and Charles de Clareur. Estimate: \u00a3135,000 – 175,000. (photo credit: LAT Photographic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJames Knight, Group Motoring Director of Bonhams, said, \u201cWe are both honoured and delighted to have been entrusted with the sale of Olav\u2019s superb collection. The Lotus marque is hugely respected and boasts all the credentials you could wish for: an innovative and charismatic owner in Colin Chapman, one of the finest drivers the sport has ever known in Jim Clark, and manufacturer of sports and racing cars that could take on and beat the best the others could offer. We have enjoyed watching Olav successfully compete with his cars at historic racing events, including Goodwood, and it seems fitting that the collection will be offered for sale at the Festival of Speed where Lotus will be the event\u2019s celebrated marque.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Glasius Lotus Collection will be offered for sale at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where, most suitably, the 2012 event is to highlight the 60th anniversary year of the Lotus marque. The collection comprises 24 vehicles, covering a huge span of Lotus innovation and achievement from 1953 to the present day.<\/p>\n
In addition to an array of historic Lotus racing cars ranging from Mark VI through Marks VIII and IX, one of the desirable Team Lotus works Le Mans veteran Type 11s, to an original and unspoiled Formula Junior Lotus 27 and ex-Formula 1\/InterContinental Lotus Type 18 \u2013 the Collection also includes road-going super cars from a Lotus Elite Series II to a Lotus Esprit Turbo. Capping the Glasius Lotus Collection is a trio of prototype\/one-off concept cars of the type becoming increasingly popular with organisers of international Concours d\u2019Elegance and design-excellence events.<\/p>\n
The sale of the Glasius Lotus Collection will offer other enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire rare Lotus cars, as well as providing a window into the lifetime work of Colin Chapman, Lotus Cars\u2019 creator, mastermind, and design genius.<\/p>\n
The Glasius Lotus Collection cars demonstrate many of the most significant design innovations wrought by Colin Chapman and the dedicated team of gifted specialist he built around himself from the 1950s to the 1980s. Under his leadership the Lotus marque always punched far above its weight, taking the fight on-circuit to overwhelm many of racing history\u2019s most revered factory names, and to re-write the record books.<\/p>\n
Doug Nye, Bonhams Motoring Historian, commented, \u201cThere are few teams that encapsulate the romance of the \u2018little guys beating the big guys\u2019 better than Team Lotus and Olav Glasius\u2019s remarkable collection, which he has assembled with such love and painstaking care over so many years, truly embodies the essence of what Colin and his successors have been all about.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information, visit www.bonhams.com\/cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n[Source: Bonhams; photo credit: LAT Photographic]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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