{"id":492412,"date":"2012-06-01T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T03:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=27727"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:50:49","slug":"three-kind-1957-lotus-eleven-lm-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/three-kind-1957-lotus-eleven-lm-150\/","title":{"rendered":"Three of a Kind \u2013 1957 Lotus Eleven LM\u2008150"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_538996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-538996\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-538996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1.jpg\" alt=\"1957 Lotus Eleven LM\u2008150Photo: Shifting Focus\" width=\"1080\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1-770x511.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEpro201206-p1-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-538996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1957 Lotus Eleven LM\u2008150<br \/>Photo: Shifting Focus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was still very early days for the small, but growing firm of Lotus Cars. In just nine short years, Colin Chapman\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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