Lotus Seven S4 (Type 60): Design, Restoration, and Maintenance

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dc.contributor.authorBarron, Andrew R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-03T14:34:52Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-05-03T14:34:52Zen_US
dc.date.issued2017-05-14en_US
dc.description.abstractIn the mid sixties British car manufacturer Lotus were trying to distance themselves from their kit-car heritage. The growing respectability of their productions cars (in particular the Elan) meant that a new class of customer was buying Lotus that didn’t want to be associated with the Lotus Seven. As a consequence Lotus’ founder, Colin Chapman, decided that there should be a replacement for the Seven. In addition, each Seven was loosing the company money. The result was the Series 4 (S4) Seven, which was given its own Type number (60) and was a significant departure from the bare-bones car that Seven owners had become used to. With a fiberglass body and increased interior space and comfort it was intended to broaden the sales of the Seven. This book details the development and history of the S4 Seven as well as a detailed restoration of one particular car: LBS4/2894/GT. This car left the Lotus factory in Norwich, in November 1970, configured with a 1600 cc Ford crossflow engine, a Ford standard gearbox, and was finished in red. The car was first registered in 1971, and had one owner until a fire caused significant damage from which the restoration was intended to rescue it.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationBarron, Andrew R.. "Lotus Seven S4 (Type 60): Design, Restoration, and Maintenance." (2017) Rice University: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/112340">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/112340</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalcol11418-FINALen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/112340en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (BY 3.0)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en_US
dc.subjectBusinessen_US
dc.subjectScience and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.keywordbodyen_US
dc.subject.keywordbrakeen_US
dc.subject.keywordcaren_US
dc.subject.keywordchassisen_US
dc.subject.keywordengineen_US
dc.subject.keywordhistoryen_US
dc.subject.keywordLotusen_US
dc.subject.keywordS4en_US
dc.subject.keywordSevenen_US
dc.subject.keywordtype 60en_US
dc.titleLotus Seven S4 (Type 60): Design, Restoration, and Maintenanceen_US
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