THIS NEW YEAR SEES A BIG anniversary for mainstream racing car design in general – and for Lotus in particular. At this time of the year in 1962, Colin Chapman and his men were building the first truly successful monocoque- chassised Grand Prix car – their Lotus 25.
The early months of that year had seen mechanics Dick Scammell and Ted Woodley working closely with Mike Costin, Colin Chapman and the Cheshunt factory’s panel beaters – so often cursed by Colin as “those communists” – in a corner of the