1961 7 road test

[breezy7]

A friend gave me a copy of a 1961 Road & Track test of a Lotus 7. The first paragraph is still a good description of todays 7.

Edited December 20, 2014 by breezy7

[Off Road SHO]

"As a design, the machine is rather dated".

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Alaskossie]

That road test in R&T in 1961 is precisely the first article I, as a faithful R&T subscriber since 1958, had ever seen about the Seven, and it is this road test that convinced me I eventually had to have a Seven -- it only took me until 2007, 46 years later.

 

You are right, the description of the Seven in this road test completely describes the car -- then and now. It is (we hope) a timeless description.....

[The Stig]

I was amused at the first picture. 40 odd years later I once forgot to secure the hood and it flew! Nothing new then.