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HMG Paints utilized its Advanced Color Design Service to assist with the restoration of the 1970 Team Lotus Chassis No. 5.
“Given my father’s constant focus on the future and the team’s perennial battle for more space, it is extraordinary that this car survived for so many years,” said Clive Chapman, managing director of Classic Team Lotus. “I think it is a mark of the sentimental attachment that my father, the driver and the team had for her. I have really enjoyed the painstaking restoration to date and am keen to show-off the skill of all those involved.”
The majority of the monocoque is intact and is still in the original paint along with some of the original bodywork and the rear wing.
The car has been rebuilt to exactly as raced to Grand Prix and World Championship glory. The monocoque has been reunited with one of the period engines and the gearbox is also period.
It was painted in black and gold livery with cellulose paint – like the original.
Driver Emerson Fittipaldi was reunited with his restored World Championship winning car at the Amelia Island Concourse in Florida.
“The work the team have done in restoring the car is remarkable, and we’re proud that the team utilized our paints to recreate what is considered one of the most iconic liveries in racing history,” said Steve Kennedy, HMG Paints Advanced Color Design technician.
Built around the fourth type 72 monocoque, the Lotus type 72 was constructed by Team Lotus in 1970 and identified as No. 5. The vehicle took part in 20 Grand Prix – driven by Fittipaldi – from 1970 to 1973. Victories with 72/5 in the 1972 Austrian and Italian Grands Prix made the driver the youngest world champion ever.
“Given my father’s constant focus on the future and the team’s perennial battle for more space, it is extraordinary that this car survived for so many years,” said Clive Chapman, managing director of Classic Team Lotus. “I think it is a mark of the sentimental attachment that my father, the driver and the team had for her. I have really enjoyed the painstaking restoration to date and am keen to show-off the skill of all those involved.”
The majority of the monocoque is intact and is still in the original paint along with some of the original bodywork and the rear wing.
The car has been rebuilt to exactly as raced to Grand Prix and World Championship glory. The monocoque has been reunited with one of the period engines and the gearbox is also period.
It was painted in black and gold livery with cellulose paint – like the original.
Driver Emerson Fittipaldi was reunited with his restored World Championship winning car at the Amelia Island Concourse in Florida.
“The work the team have done in restoring the car is remarkable, and we’re proud that the team utilized our paints to recreate what is considered one of the most iconic liveries in racing history,” said Steve Kennedy, HMG Paints Advanced Color Design technician.
Built around the fourth type 72 monocoque, the Lotus type 72 was constructed by Team Lotus in 1970 and identified as No. 5. The vehicle took part in 20 Grand Prix – driven by Fittipaldi – from 1970 to 1973. Victories with 72/5 in the 1972 Austrian and Italian Grands Prix made the driver the youngest world champion ever.
