Returning to the United Kingdom earlier this year, our ever-intrepid club president Ashton Roskill took the opportunity to scout out some Lotus adventures in the homeland. Over the next few days, we’re going to share some of his stories here on the website.
Today, with great envy, we learn of his visit to Classic Team Lotus, in which he got up close and personal with the motorsport history of Lotus, and gained a greater appreciation for the beauty of historic race cars.
Returning to the United Kingdom earlier this year, our ever-intrepid club president Ashton Roskill took the opportunity to scout out some Lotus adventures in the homeland. Over the next few days, we’re going to share some of his stories here on the website.
Starting with his visit to Hethel, with grateful thanks to Lotus Australia.
Brunch is my favourite meal. It happens later in the morning, which is the best time of the morning, often involves extravagant breakfast foods and usually means that it’s the weekend, or at least a day off. The only way to make it better is to add more Lotuses!
That’s just what we did this Sunday the 21st of June, when we headed off on our brunch run down through the South Coast, enjoying a beautiful winter’s day, good company, great cars and a lovely brunch at Shimmer in Gerringong, where CLA member Simon Kalis is the sous-chef.
Simon, clearly a multi-talented man, and Nathan Whitteron have kindly shared some shots from the day with us, and you can enjoy them below!
For more from Simon, please hit this link to his Flickr page, and do the same to check out more of Nathan’s work on his Flickr page here.
Enjoy another perspective on round 2 of this year’s CSCA sprints, thanks to this lovely little set of photos by Paul Cooper.
Head to Paul’s website here for more of his work. And check out Seth and Vaughan’s shots for more from the day!
Head back to Sydney Motorsport Park for another look at Round 2 of our 2015 sprints, with these great photos thanks to Vaughan Whitteron.
We have been contacted by a fellow Lotus enthusiast from across the pond looking for information on a 1990 Lotus Elan M100 that he has just purchased. So – we’re turning to the smartest people we know!
As mentioned, the car is a 1990 Lotus Elam M100 with chassis number scc100zt1lhd16154 and current registration SBW 649J. It shipped from the factory in British Racing Green and was sent straight to Australia.
From Australia it went to Singapore, before returning to the United Kingdom in 2009. It currently resides in Dartford, Kent in the UK.
If anyone has any information regarding the car please contact us here. Your help is greatly appreciated!
Round 2 of 2015’s CSCA sprints was held at Sydney Motorsport Park on the last Sunday of May and was a wonderful way to fend off Sydney’s uncharacteristic cold with Club Lotus Australia camaraderie and hot Lotus engines, tyres and brakes.
Enjoy these photos from the day, thanks to Seth Reinhardt.
‘The Preserve’ is the newsletter of the Council of Motor Clubs. It’s made available to members of CMC-affiliated clubs, and that means you!
The May 2015 edition of the newsletter has been sent out to members and is now available for download. This month’s newsletter features Shannons Sydney Classic news, a tribute to Ken Quarmby, a stunning 100-year-old Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, a brilliant wrap-up and gallery of the National Motoring Heritage Day, and a whole lot more.
Club Lotus Australia members can head to the members page here to download your copy. If you’re not a member of the club head here, and take a browse around the website to see why you should be!
With June just a few days away it’s time to dive into the ‘Members‘ page and grab your copy of the June edition of Lotus Notes!
This month’s features include:
And a whole lot more! Head to the ‘Members’ page here to download your copy.
The newsletter is a membership benefit of Club Lotus Australia, and will as such require you to be logged in to your members account. And if you’re not a member yet, what’s up? Hit this link to find out more about the club and why you should become one!
Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people doing interesting things with interesting cars.
We want to tell their stories, and through this develop and preserve a written history of the club, its members and their cars. So once a month we’re going to share one person’s story with you right here on the Club website!
Trevor Simpson is relatively new to the club, but he’s brought with him an interesting story, some incredible expertise and experience and, of course, some beautiful cars.