On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:22:06 -0500 "David Funnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did Lotus play fast and loose with model years? No, they didn't use the concept of "model year" at all until the mid-1980s. > For example my Plus 2 was built in early 68 according to the serial > number (877). Yet it was registered as a 69 when first sold in > Ontario Canada. >From this we assume that the paperwork to register a car had to have something entered for MY, and the dealer wasn't about to let the customer know that the car was nearly a year old. For a car sold in small quantities and shipped as maybe one or two consignments per year that's fair enough. > I hope the Jim Clark memorial meaning is the true reason for the black > badge. I don't think there's any doubt that's the reason for fitting the badge to production cars, but it's possible, maybe probable, that it wouldn't have happened if Graham Arnold had not already had one made as a special. Mike -- Mike Causer Email - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG KeyID 1C2DDA07 WWW - http://www.mikecauser.com Flood the fen again! - Wicken Fen enlargement - http://www.wicken.org.uk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lotus-cars/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
