
The sound is unfortunately a bit poor due to the sheer amount of it in an enclosed workshop but you get the idea of what’s happening when Classic Team Lotus start the Type 79 (Chassis 1) for the first time in 25 years. Nervous?!
It is currently being restored and will be travelling to the Barber Museum in Birmingham, Alabama for its debut run 21/22 May 2011.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwQqZnJHdAA&w=600
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