The Race Retro Live Online Auction 2021 27th-28th March 2021

118 1pm: Competition Car Sale (Lots 401-419) Day Two Sunday 28th March 2021 The Race Retro Live Online Auction 27th – 28th March 2021 • Introduced in 1953, the Mk VI is regarded as the first true Lotus • It features a tubular space-frame steel chassis that weighed 25kg and stressed aluminium body panels form the floor, scuttle and sides • #60 is powered by a Ford 100E with a rare Elva overhead inlet-valve conversion. Buckler three-speed, close-ratio gearbox • Owned and raced in the late fifties by Sir John Whitmore (1961 British Saloon Car Champion) • More recently it has competed in the Paul Matty Hill Climb Championship • Fascinating history file containing dozens of photos, invoices, race results and FIA Historic paperwork • Complete with a spare set of wheels with road tyres LOT 415 Estimate: £40,000 - £50,000 1955 Lotus MkVI (#60) Ex-Sir John Whitmore More Details Lot 415 Bid On Lot 415 A well known competition Lotus which has been sympathetically restored over the years.