Anyone know what this is????

[w650gb500]

Anyone familiar with this photo?

[7Westfield]

someone running Pikes Peak?    LOL

[JohnCh]

Very cool!  Did a little digging and apparently it was a Cobra-powered S3 run by Dan Morgan in 1966.  @SevenAmerica, who knows all things Lotus 7, may know more.  

 

-John

[panamericano]

Or Bobby Unser 1965 Lotus/Chev

Or Bob Montana 1963 Lotus Mark XI Valiant  (wrong series #, later helmet?)

Or Dan Morgan 1966 Lotus/Ford

but these are the only 1960s records I see in Pikes Peak records.

Unfortunately, their records on the web only show the class winners, so if it someone else, it will require more digging.

 

No matter which, this would be a great "period History" vintage car.

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[SevenAmerica]

That’s definitely not a Mk VI. Wasn’t the valiant a straight six anyway?

 

Whatever it is, I suspect that there’s not much of a Lotus 7 under the skin, but clearly someone made an effort for it to ‘look like’ a Lotus Seven - genuine Wingard tail lamps, and original rear ‘bumper’/license plate bracket…
 

I mean, for a V8 with dual pipes of that bore, you’d need significant front frame and suspension mods, a more stout transmission with associated frame mods, and a more stout rear axle as well (also with associated suspension mods for locating and harnessing the power).

 

Otherwise I’m afraid I haven’t a clue what’s going on there :-) 

[panamericano]

1 hour ago, SevenAmerica said:

 

Whatever it is, I suspect that there’s not much of a Lotus 7 under the skin,   you’d need significant front frame and suspension mods, a more stout transmission with associated frame mods, and a more stout rear axle as well (also with associated suspension mods for locating and harnessing the power).

None of the mods would be a struggle for the Unsers.  If not theirs, it could be a mod that ended as "also ran".  Very cool no matter what.