{"id":493215,"date":"2013-07-01T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=17040"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:42:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:42:19","slug":"1968-lotus-elan-s4-se-fhc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1968-lotus-elan-s4-se-fhc\/","title":{"rendered":"Driven: 1968 Lotus Elan S4 SE FHC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-552366 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DR201307-p1-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colin Chapman began building and racing his own cars in the late 1940s. 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