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Known Owners
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Lotus 30 Series 1
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1964 - Ian Walker (UK)
(Prototype) Crashed by Tony Hegbourne at Brands Hatch in practice. Car was destroyed in crash. An new car was built around the surviving parts of this car - see car 30/L/17.
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1964 - Bob Challman (CA, U.S.A.)
The following chronology may actually be chassis 30/L/3 -
1964 - Raced by Bill Krause (CA, U.S.A.)
1965-66 Raced by Bob Challman (CA, U.S.A.)
Present - Missing
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1964 - Bob Challman (CA, U.S.A.)
The following chronology may actually be chassis 30/L/2 -
1964 - Raced by Jim Clark at 1964 Riverside Times GP.
1964 - John Masterson (CA, U.S.A.) Raced and crashed by John Masterson at Monterey GP, 1964.
1966 - converted into PAM Lotus 30, raced by Dick Guldstrand.
Present - Missing
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1964 - Jack Wheeler (ON, Canada)
mid-1960s - Craig Hill (Canada) / Chip Comstock Racing
???? - Lynn Ball (Canada) - Current Owner
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1964 - J. F. Harrison (U.S.A.)
Present - Missing
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1964 - Lotus Southwest (TX, U.S.A.)
???? - Melcher?
???? - Morris Kindig (CA, U.S.A.)
ca. 1998 - Sanehiro Nozaki (Japan) - Current Owner
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1964 - Duchess Auto (NY, U.S.A.)
1964 - Anson Johnson (U.S.A.) - Raced at Nassau, Bahamas, 11 Nov. 1964, and in SCCA races. After that, it has been said that the car was used for parties! Stored in race condition.
1980 - Alex Seldon (UK) - Competitively raced in Historics, for sale in 1981.
1981? - Sold to USA
2002 - On sale at Retromobile show in Paris, France. Car completely ratted out at this point.
2002 - Sold - went to Belgium
Current owner unknown.
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1964 - Lotus Southwest (TX, U.S.A.)
Present - Missing
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1964 - Ian Raby (U.S.A. (or UK?)) - Dealer
1964 - Randy Hilton / Hilton Racing (USA). Driver: Chuck Parsons
1966 - Bob McLean (BC, Canada) - 1965 Canadian Sports Car Champion. Tragedy struck as McLean died on March 26, 1966 in an accident while driving the Comstock Racing GT-40 at the Sebring 12 Hours. McLean was never able to race this car.
1969 - Jake Rempel (BC, Canada) - Raced for a while and then crashed - converted to F5000 car.
Present - Missing
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? This chassis number may not have been used. |
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1964 - David Prophet (UK) Chassis was replaced by 30/L/20 after this one was used on a strenuous South African tour in 1964. Chassis presumed destroyed? |
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1964 - Lotus Southwest (TX, U.S.A.)
1966-67 Bob Shaw (U.S.A.)
1968-71 Richard Dagiel (U.S.A.)
1971- ca. 1973 Dieter Lewis (U.S.A.) 1980s - Paul Matty (UK) - raced competitively in UK hillclimbs. 2003 - Andrew Bradshaw (UK)
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1964 - Automobile Club of Angola
1964 - Ecurie Filipinetti / Driver: Pius Zund. Car appears to have been destroyed in an accident at the 1965 Angolan GP at Luanda, Angola. It was believed that the car had a suspension failure which caused the accident.
Present - Missing
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1964 - Lotus Southwest (TX, U.S.A.)
???? - David Whiteside (GA, U.S.A.) ( approximately pre-1983 )
???? - Ray Anderson (U.S.A.?)
ca. 1986 - David Cohen (BC, Canada)
Present - Missing
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Duchess Auto (NY, U.S.A.) |
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1964 - Simon de Latour (UK)
1965 - John Nicholson / Farnborough Racing (UK). (This is not the John Nicholson that later went to to found Nicholson/McLaren Engines, Ltd., preparer of Ford Cosworth racing engines.)
1967-70 Located in Sweden
Present - Missing
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1964 - Ian Walker (replacement car) See 30/L/1. This car was built around the surviving parts from the crash of chassis 30/L/1. This car was never raced by Ian Walker Racing, and it was offered for sale in Autosport on 29 Jan 1965 for 3100 GBP.
1965 - Kurt Rost (Switzerland) Rost raced the car in Germany and Austria and the occasional Swiss hill climb.
1967 - Albert Pfuhl (Germany) Raced a few times by Pfuhl.
1968 - Stored by a couple different owners from 1968 to the early 1980s.
1980s (early) - Heinz Schreiber (Germany) - current owner. Car under restoration.
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1964 - B. White
Present - Missing
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1964 - Gratz (U.S.A.)
Present - Missing
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1964 - David Prophet (replacement chassis)
Present - Missing
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1964 - Duchess Auto (NY, U.S.A.)
Present - Missing
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1964 - ? This chassis number may not have been used. |
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1964 - DEVELOPMENT
Present - Missing
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Lotus 30 Series 2
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1965 - Team Lotus
? - Serge Pozzoli / Museum of the Geyier
? - Count Zanone
2002-2003 - For Sale
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1965 - John Dean
Present - Missing
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1965 - Lotus Suisse
Present - Missing
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1965 - Bamford / JCB Driven by Trevor Taylor and Peter Sadler. (Crashed by Peter Sadler)
1966 - Peter Sadler
'70s - Several Auto Dealers
1980 - Brian Cocks - Car offered for sale in 1981. Article by Tony Dron on this car featured in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars", Sept. 1985. Still owned by Cocks in 1985.
Present - Missing
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1965-67 - Willment (UK)
1970-73 - Paul Gresham (UK) - Driver: John Markey
1978 - Richard Keyes and John Strange (U.S.A.) Purchased from car dealer Gordon Keller.
ca. 1990 - Richard Keyes (U.S.A.) - current owner.
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1965 - Dauwe (Belgium) - Probably raced by "Eldé" or "Jean Beurlys" (Jean Blaton), both Belgian drivers.
Present - Missing
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1965 - Dauwe (Belgium)- Probably raced by "Eldé" or "Jean Beurlys" (Jean Blaton), both Belgian drivers.
???? - In Canada
ca. 1982 - David Whiteside Purchased from car dealer Gordon Keller.
???? - Chris Palmaz (approximately 2000?) - Current Owner
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1965 - Span Inc.
Present - Missing
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1965 - Bamford / JCB (replacement car) See 30/S2/4 |
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Lotus 40
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1965 - Team Lotus
1966 - Alan Eccles - Car raced by both Alan Eccles and Gerry Ashmore.
1967 - Bob Waters UK not USA which you might want to clarify.
1967 - Advertised for sale in AUTOSPORT, 10 Nov 67, as "ex Clark Riverside" for £1500.- equivalent to about £15,000 today.
early '70s - Peter Denty
ca. 1990s - sold to ????
Present - Missing
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1965 - Team Lotus
1965 - Dave Wolin
1968 - Peter Regna - Current Owner
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1965 - Lotus Southwest (U.S.A.)?
1965 - AJ Foyt
Present - Missing
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Cars where only partial histories are known
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Chassis Unknown
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1964-65 - Vic Wilson
1965 - Ben Moore
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Chassis Unknown
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1966 - John Berry - Thomas Motors Blackpool
1980 - For Sale - Advert in Autosport says car only raced 13 times, twice by seller.
ca. 1980 - Doug Nye, noted motorsport author.
by 2000 - Rosso Bianco Museum, Stutgart, Germany
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Chassis Unknown
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1964 - Jerry Crawford
by 2000 - Gilberto Sandretto
2003 - Car finishes 2nd at Goodwood Revival in theWhitsun Trophy to a Lola T70 after what was by all accounts a really excellent battle. Driven by Simon Hadfield.
2004 - For Sale - offered by Simon Hadfield
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