Published by the Golden Gate Lotus Club www.gglotus.org February 2007

The Chapman Report

Friday, February 16th, 7:30 pm

Host: Jim McClure

February Meeting

Tracks, Cracks and Flames editor

The depths of our cold winter are here,but some events have been hot. I com-bined the December and January newslet-ters, as there was little to report then.That’s not as true this month.

Now we’ve had hotrods at the CowPalace and cars racing too hot down thehill at Laguna. We also had car shows inSan Francisco and San Jose, but no inter-esting news from them.

The Roadster Show is always great tosee, with cars and bikes built just to beworks of art. I love it just for the crafts-manship of the paint and body work, andcan only imagine how many hours havebeen invested in them.

There was more excitement at the firsttrack day of the year, at Laguna. An Elise,on the first lap, lost control comingthrough turn nine and into ten. It only gotuglier from there, with full inpact into awall that’s quite a distance from the line.

Autocrosses, trackdays, car shows andracing are near, as Spring trys to decide ifit’s here or not. The birds think so.They’ve started building nests and bomb-ing my cars already!

Totaled!

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CalendarFebruary 16 GGLC Meeting Host: Jim McClure

March 16 Club Meeting Host: TBA

March 24-25 CSRG Vintage Infineon RcwyRaces

March 27 Track Day THil

April 14 Autocross Marina Airport

April 29 Dream Machines HalfMoonBay

For more and up to date information on theseGGLC and other events check the GGLC websiteat www.gglotus.org

Parts and Service for Lotus CarsSpecializing in Lotus Elans and EuropasQuality and Considerate ServiceTotal Ground Up Restorations toRoutine Maintenance

Huge Inventory of New and Used PartsMany Hard to Find Pieces

KAMPENA MOTORS

WWW.KAMPENA.COM

Infineon Raceway28935 Arnold Drive F-10

Sonoma, CA 95476 Phone # 707-933-8039

I am the registration chairman for the PaloAlto Concours d’Elegance. We are alwayslooking for top quality concours level cars forour show. We use SCCA judging, so we arelooking for cars built prior to 1978.

If you or any of your members have acouncours level car and might be interested inshowing their car on June 24, 2007 at StanfordUniversity, have them send their snail mailaddress to me and I will make sure they receivean application.

Thank you for your help.

Roy Riccettirocco@pacbell.netPalo Alto Concours d’Elegance800 San Antonio Road, Suite 6Palo Alto, CA 94303

Independent LOTUS Parts & Servicewww.jaeparts.com

Tel: 805-967-5767 Fax: 805-967-6183

Factory parts for the latest Esprits and M100 Elans toVintage racing and restoration parts for the classic Lotus.

Also, pain-free next-day drop shipservice for parts we may not have.

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Concours InvitationPress Release

Webers on a Chevy small block. Roadster Show

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Joel Farber and DanWardman are the folks behindthe Evil Twins Racing Team.Long time members of theGGLC, they’ve been vintageracing for years and haveseveral cars in their stable.One of which is the Series 1Lotus Europa they brought tothe January 2, 2007 GGLCtrackday at Mazda LagunaSeca Raceway.

This is a far-from-stockSeries 1 Europa. The bodyand frame are new, con-structed byBanks Europa in England tothe team’s specifications.Everything about it is beauti-fully constructed and cleanenough to eat off.

As an example of theattention to detail, there are noexternal door handles (suchwould cause aerodynamicdrag). Instead a small openingin the plastic non-openabledoor windows gives access toa door latch on top of the arm-rest.

The gloss-black roll cageis beautifully integrated andso closely fitted it’s impos-sible to see clearly. The rear ofthe cage connects to the rearsuspension pickups and so isat least easily visible there!

Dan Wardman advising Joel Farber: “Remember, keep the arrow pointedin the direction of the traffic flow.”

Member Profile David Anderson.

A clean engine bay, just needs a V8 stuffed in there! But CSRG, the majorvintage race group in northern California, frowns on such improvements.

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HALF MOON BAY, CALI-FORNIA — Celebrating 100years of mechanicalingenuity, power and style, aremarkable showcase of motorvehicles from throughout the20th and 21st centuries will beon display at the 17th AnnualPacific Coast Dream MachinesShow, on Sunday, April 29,2007 in Half Moon Bay, Califor-nia, and your club is invited to bea part of the festivities.

Among the west coast’sbiggest shows, some 1,500automobiles will be on display.Antique, vintage and classic carswill represent the early days withhorseless carriages and FordModel T’s, among others, along-side fanciful touring and luxurycars like the Bentley, Packard,and Rolls Royce. Flash andspeed will be represented by anarray of fabulous sports cars likethe T-Bird, Jaguar, Cobra, Tri-umph, and Model-T roadster.Custom street rods will show offtheir beauty and amazing detail,while muscle cars like theMustang, GTO, and Camaro

Pacific Coast Dream MachinesShow Press Release will flaunt their machismo and

power. And an awesome collec-tion of race cars will be dis-played, with a bone-chillingassortment of dragsters, funnycars, gassers and jet cars firingup throughout the day. Allvehicles are welcome.

The show will be held at HalfMoon Bay Airport on Sunday,April 29, 2007. Hours are 10a.m. to 4 p.m. To show a car, theregistration fee is $30 ($35 forentries postmarked after April15) which includes a dash plaqueand admission for two people.Spectator admission is $20

(adults), $10 (age 11-17 and65+), and free (age 10 andunder). Half Moon Bay Airportis located on Highway 1, 20miles south of San Francisco and5 miles north of Highway 92.PROCEEDS BENEFIT THECOASTSIDE ADULT DAYHEALTH CENTER.

For information and registra-tion forms, call 650-726-2328and we’ll send you as manyregistration forms as you requestor download entry form at http://www.miramarevents.com/dreammachines/entryform.pdf

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Track day organizers JohnZender and Scott Hogben startedoffthe 2007 GGLC trackday seasonJanuary 2 at Mazda Laguna SecaRaceway, Monterey California.

The day was bright and cool,perfect trackday weather (itcould have been raining...).

Because the course has wallsall around no novices wereallowed. Only experienceddrivers. The event was fullysubscribed with 75 drivers,organized into 3 groups of 25cars (the max the track allows atonce). By allowing folks to runonly ‘in group’ we knew we werehonoring the track maximumwithout counting cars!

Each group had a 20 minutesession and the groups rotatedthroughout the day (there was a20 minute track closure atlunch time). With the PA systemworking and a publishedschedule that we kept to thismeant it was easy for everyoneto know whose session was on-track. It all progressed verysmoothly.

The day began with a de-tailed review of the rules for theday, a review of the flags and arepeated plea to go slowin the first session. RegrettablySunny Chu failed to goslow and destroyed an Elise inthe first session, hitting theoutside wall before turn 11.There were no further incidents,though John Zender over-ad-justed his brakes on “the Flamer”

Europa once so they would notrelease, and your scribe had thescrews holding the left reartaillight of his Europa unscrewthemselves so the assembly wasjust hanging by its wires.

Lotus was well represented,with 5 Europas, 3 Esprits, 1Elan, more than 12 Elise and atleast 1 Exige.

Perhaps the most unusual carwas a Mini (old style) with aHonda car engine where the rear

Mel Boss probably has to put them all on at Laguna

Track Day by Dave Anderson

seat would usually be!I personally did 107 miles on

track in my blue Europa.Each car had the opportunity tobe on track for about 140 min-utes(seven sessions of 20 minuteseach). So there was plenty oftrack time.

Watch the www.gglotus.orgwebsite for future track days!

Alan Copeland with the yellow Elise, speaking to LarryBisaris, GGLC Autox event coordinator

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Another Lotus-based Electric Car Business Week Article

Lotus Goes ElectricZAP works with Lotus to

create a new electric crossoverwith 155 mph, 644 bhp, all-wheel drive, a 10 minute re-charge and a 350 mile range

In a marriage seemingly wellmatched, electric automobilepioneer ZAP has chosen LotusEngineering's platform and bodystructure design as the basis forthe development of the highperformance electric ZAP-X.The car is based on the advancedAPX (Aluminium PerformanceCrossover) concept car and willbe shown for the first time at theNorth American Dealers Asso-ciation (NADA) exhibitionwhich opens February 3rd. Acombination of the lightweightaluminium vehicle architecture, anew efficient drive and advancedbattery management systems isintended to enable a range of upto 350 miles between charges,with a rapid 10-minute recharg-ing time. An auxiliary power unitis planned to support longerdistance journeys. The goodnews for sports enthusiasts is theperformance courtesy of a killerpower-to-weight ratio. - four in-hub electric motors, deliver 161bhp apiece, which add togetherfor 644 horsepower in all wheeldrive mode, and capable ofpowering the ZAP-X to a topspeed of 155mph.

Steve Schneider, CEO ofZAP, said: "Lotus Engineering'sAPX technology demonstratorvehicle is a perfect fit for ourplans to introduce a full productportfolio of electric cars. Due to

the initial design by Lotus, ourcost and time to production willbe significantly reduced. Webelieve that the ZAP-X willbecome the most advanced, mostpractical and most appealingflagship electric vehicle to dateand will revolutionize the indus-try providing the driver with theenjoyment of a sports car and thepracticality of an SUV."

Mike Kimberley, CEO ofGroup Lotus plc, said: "LotusEngineering's APX is a world-class innovative concept and wasdeveloped to showcase realsolutions to new challengesfacing the automotive industry.So it's very satisfying that ZAP'sproposed new model will makeuse of a great deal of the APXconcept's advanced body struc-ture and chassis technology. Thebringing together of these next-generation vehicle technologiesrepresents another significantstep forward for automotivetechnology."

The APX showcases LotusEngineering's Versatile VehicleArchitecture technology, com-bining lightweight aluminiumvehicle architecture with excep-tionally strong and stiff structuralrigidity, as well as lower manu-facturing investment require-ments. Having first been shownto the world at the Geneva motorshow in 2006, the APX concepthas won the 2006 EuropeanAluminium Awards in the"Transport and Automotive"category.

The innovative placement ofthe power train leaves the space

previously occupied by theconventional engine and drivetrain for additional batterycapacity and amenities, making ita very consumer-oriented electriccar concept. These design fea-tures will give the ZAP-Xcrossover the structural strength,and potentially storage and rangethat no electric vehicle has yetachieved publicly.

The development programmeis proposed to be managed froma new centre of excellence forresearch and development ofenvironmentally-friendly vehicledesigns and technologies.

Engineering input will comefrom Lotus Engineering Inc, andthe British technologyconsultancy's other R&D centresin the UK, Malaysia and China.

There can never be too manyskulls at the Roadster Show.

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The Chapman Report is published monthly by the Golden Gate Lotus Club, POBox 117303, Burlingame, CA 94011. The GGLC is a non-profit incorporated car cluband is not affiliated with Group Lotus, Team Lotus or Lotus Cars USA. The GGLC’sannual membership dues are $25.00.

Opinions expressed in the Chapman Report are those of the authors and do notrepresent those of the GGLC or its officers.

Submissions to the Chapman Report are accepted and encouraged. Please emailthem to chapmanreport@gglotus.org in MS Word, rtf or ASCII text. Submissions mayalso be mailed to Jim McClure, 11238 Bubb Road, Cupertino, CA 95014.

2006 GGLC Officers are: President: Clark Vineyard, Vice President:ClarkVineyard, Treasurer: Laura Hamai, Event Coordinator: John Zender, MembershipChairman: David Anderson, Secretary: Jon Rosner

Chapma Report Staff: Editor: Jim McClure, Circulation Manager: Tom Carney,Advertising Manager: Mel Boss.

Ebay Watch: editor

More Classifieds

Parts Wanted: Front andrear suspension parts for 1989Esprit. I need all of the hard bitsexcept for the rear upper suspen-sion links. Contact Mike Griese(mike.griese@att.net). (10/06)

Wow, the Eclat, below, didn’t meet thereserve and is still available. It was bid up toalmost $700. I can’t believe that anyone wouldbe willing to pay that much, or the sellerwouldn’t take the money and run. Just a coat ofpaint and you’re on the road!

The white M100 didn’t hit its reserve at$13k. The used-car dealer said there were only15k miles, but those are “used-car-dealer-miles”.

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Classifieds(non-comercial ads are free to GGLC members and will run

for three issues before requiring renewal)

First Class Mail

RICHARD L. KAMP

Authorized Dealer of Caterham Cars

Designed for Racing Built for Livingwww.goldengatesevens.com

G GOLDEN ATE EVENSSInfineon Raceway

28935 Arnold Drive F-10Sonoma, CA 95476

Phone # 707-933-8039

The Golden Gate Lotus ClubPO Box 117303, Burlingame, CA 94011

FOR SALE: 1966 LotusElan Coupe. Color BRG. Webersand Knock off wheels. Engine,Transmission and brakes rebuilt,with less than 2000 miles. Has+2 wheels and flared wheelwells. Body has usual F/Gchecking but looks and drivesgreat. Ca black plate car, no rust.$15000 925 484 1697 (11/06)

For Sale: Two Avon ACB10tires size 245-45x13 or 8-22x13.More than 1/2 tread reamining,$20 each. Lower front controlarms for Europa, very goodcondition with new bushingsinstalled -$100 each. Rearcorners for S1/S2 Esprit includ-ing hub carriers, hubs, axles,drive shafts yokes. Excellentcondition, fully assembled withnew U-joints and bearings readyto bolt-on for $600/corner, or I’llprice the components separatelyif you like. John(650)283-9105 (2/07)

FOR SALE: ’69 S4 fixedhead. please feel free to call me a805-559-7772. thanks, david (9/06)

FOR SALE: 2005 Elise.Silver,Tan. 2000 miles,Sport&Touring.Argray exhaust $40,000. PaulCamusi 530-343-0443 (10/06)

For Sale:.For Sale: 1970 Elan +2.

Twin Cam, 40DCOE carbs,Knock Off Wheels. Has not runin several years, but was runningwhen put away.Significant spare parts included.Ken Dusenberry<kadmad@swcp.com>

(12/06)