Lotus Elan Type 26/36 group GT (1963)

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Specifications

2000 units built, 900 S1 (97 units 26R) and 1100 S2

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Homologation number: 127 and 527
Homologation start: 10/5/1963 and 1/2/1966

Lotus Costin engine
1558 cc
Steel chassis, 2 door coupe roadster glass fiber reinforce plastic bodyshell, with plastic front/rear bumbers
front suspension, unequal double 'A' wishbones with helical coil springs, telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers and anti roll bar
rear suspension, chapman strut with helical coil springs and telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers
rack and pinion steering
dual circuit (no servo)
wheels, 4.5x13"
680 kg

Results in WSCC

Season races for GT 1.0+


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Cons uma	Ross feld	Le Man	Wies baden	d' Auve rgne	Freiburg	Tourist Trophy	Ollon	Inter Europa	TdF	Bridgeh
Team	3h	12h		500km	1000km	Hill climb	Hill climb	24h	rally		Hill climb		Hill climb			500km
Stirling Moss Automobile Racing Team					#108, not ready*							#18, hub
Squadra Foitek											#23, 30th
Chequered Flag (1594cc)												#19, differ ential
Team Elite (62) Ltd (1594cc)												#20, differ ential
Charles A. C. Hodgson (1588cc)												#34, con rod

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 5/1											1/1	4/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Stirling Moss Automobile Racing Team
Innes Ireland					108
John Whitmore					108							18
Squadra Foitek
Arthur Blank											23
Chequered Flag
Graham Warner												19
Team Elite (62) Ltd
Frank Gardner												20

*Group P

Season races for GT 2.0-


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Spa	Consuma	Nurb	Rossfeld	Le Man	Reims	Freiburg	Cita di Enna	Tourist Trophy	Sierra Montagna	Inter Europa	TdF	Brigde Hampton	Paris
Team	2000km	12h		500km	Hill climb	1000km	Hill climb	24h	12h	Hill climb		GT2.0	Hill climb			500km	1000km
Stirling Moss Auto Racing Team		#57, acci dent
Puerto Rico Racing		#58, in entry list
Henri Quernette				#70, 1st GT1.6
Jean Wauters				#71, 2nd GT1.6
Falmer				#73, 3rd GT1.6
Andre Monbaerts				#72, dnf
Bruno Deserti					#309, 11th
Chris Barber						#29, dns
Ian Walker						#30, acci dent
Andre Welcker						#32, 34th
Ian Walker Racing (26R group P)						#128, acci dent in practice		#39, in entry list	in entry list
Andre Wicky (1593cc)						#37, in entry list			#46, valve
Team Elite						#39, in entry list
Squadra Foitek							#48, in entry list
Royal Elysées (1593cc group P)								#38, water leak	#45, in entry list								#36, acci dent
Equipe Nationale Belge Lotus (1593cc)									#47, in entry list						#139, dnf		#40, dns
Ecurie du Nord, 26-R-21 (1594cc)										#32, 17th			#120, 21st
The Chequerred Flag												1st
Richard Crossfied												4th
Eric Olivier												7th
Mike Beckwith												?
Weber												dnf
Gabriele Konig												12th
Peter Boner													#122, 32nd
Leman													#123, 41st
Edouard Wahl													#126, 54th
Charly Bonvin, 26-R-23 (group S)													#127, 24th
Andreas Eichhorn													#121, in entry list
Corsaires													#124, in entry list
Troisime Etoiles													#125, in entry list
San Marco														#3, dnf
Tommy Weber														#11, in entry list
AGACI															#138, suspe nsion
Armagnac															#141, 16th

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 29/15		1/0		4/3	1/1	4/1		1/0	1/0	1/1		5/3	5/5	1/0	3/1		2/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Stirling Moss Auto Racing Team
Hugh Dibley		57
R. G. Rossler		57
Puerto Rico Racing
Rafael Rosales		58
Candido Higluera		58
Jerry Woodward		58
Chris Barber
Mike Beckwith						29
Ian Walker
John Whitmore						30
Tony Hegbourne						30
Peter Arundell						128
Mike Spence						128
Andre Welcker
"Alain Dex"						32
Teddy Pilette						32
Andre Wicky
Edgar Berney						37
António Peixinho						37
Bernard Collomb									46
André Wicky									46
Squadra Foitek
Werner Rüfenacht							48
Royal Elysées
René Richard								38	45								36
Pierre Gelé								38	45								36
Equipe Nationale Belge Lotus
Henri Quernette									47						139		40
Georges Hacquin									47
Andre Monbaerts															139
Jean Wauters																	40
Ecurie du Nord
Jean-Paul Humberset										32			120
The Chequerred Flag
Mike Spence												56
Leman
Henri Bürgisser													123
Corsaires
Francois Brelaz													124
Troisime Etoiles
Alain Revaz													125
San Marco
Ernesto Prinoth														3
Mario Nardari														3
AGACI
René Richard															138
Bernard Lagier de Giuseppe															138
Armagnac
Pierre Gelé															141
Franck Lamarque															141

Season races for GT 2.0-


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Mugelo	Rossfeld	Le Man	Reims	Bolzano Mendola	Freiburg	CdE	Ollon	Bridgeh
Team	2000km	12h	1000km		500km	1000km		Hill climb	24h	12h	Hill climb	Hill climb		Hill climb	500km
Duchess Auto Co, 26-R-46 (1594cc)	#15, 13th
Duchess Auto Co, 26-R-9		#59, 38th
George E. Parsons/ Jack Harden (1598cc)	#17, dnf
Fred Ashplant/ Harry Carter (1588cc)	#33, 17th
Tommy Weber/ Mario Cabral			#32, in entry list
W. J. Moss					#54, 15th	#87, gear box
Manfred Schweiger						#88, eng ine
Roger Nathan/ Peter Taggart						#89, disqua lified
Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring						#90, acci dent
AVO Rennteam						#92, 26th
AVO Rennteam						#91, in entry list
Michel Disdier/ Bernard Collomb						#94, in entry list
Karl Foitek, 26-R-22								#38, 15th						#101, dnf
Karl Foitek, 26-S2-28												#21, 9th
Karl Foitek														#98, dns
Ecurie des Corsaires (1594cc)								#39, in entry list						#93, 63rd
Claude Laurent/ Pierre Gelé									#69, in entry list
Ecurie du Nord, 26-R-21 (1594cc)												#23, 13th		#99, 17th
OASC (1594cc)												#22, in entry list
Francois Brelaz												#25, in entry list
Hermann Abplanalp														#91, 69th
Ecurie du Léman														#94, 44th
Ecurie la Meute														#103, dnf
Troisime Etoiles, 26-R-23 (1598cc)														#92, in entry list
Andre Wicky Racing Team (1586cc)														#108, in entry list
Fred Ashplant (26R group S)															#27, 3rd

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 21/13	3/2	1/1			1/1	5/1		1/1				2/2		7/4	1/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Duchess Auto Co
Lance Pruyn	15	59
Newton Davis	15	59
Peter Pulver	15	59
W. J. Moss
Mark Konig					54	87
Gabriele Konig						87
Manfred Schweiger
Georg Winkler						88
Wolfgang Jordis						88
Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring
Manfred Mohr						90
Horst Eiteneuer						90
AVO Rennteam
Anselm von Oertzen						91
Georg Bialas						91
Joachim Springer						92
Karl von Wendt						92
Karl Foitek
Karl Foitek								35				21
Andreas Eichhorn														98
Roby Joerg														101
Ecurie des Corsaires
Francois Brelaz								39						93
OASC
Peter Peter												22
Ecurie du Nord
Jean-Paul Humberset												23		99
Troisime Etoiles
Charly Bonvin														92
Ecurie du Léman
Edouard Wahl														94
Ecurie la Meute
J. Peter de Meritt														103
Andre Wicky Racing Team
Jennifer Tudor-Owen														108

Season

Group GT except:
Spa, Nurburging except #110, Le Mans, Mugello only car #145, Hockenheim, Sierra Montagna only cars #81 & 182, Zeltweg


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Le Man	Mugelo	CdE	Hock	Montagna	Nurb	Zeltweg
Team	24h	12h	1000km		1000km	1000km	24h				Hill climb	500km	500km
J. Randall	#55, dnf
Autolab Imports		#60, over heating
Squadra Foitek (group P)						#28, hub
Squadra Foitek			#43, suspe nsion		#60, dnf			#145, dnf			#221, 13th
Elan Sweden					#61, in entry list	#110, in entry list
Elan Sweden					#62, 14th	#71, in entry list				#31, dnf
Elan Sweden										#33, dnf
OASC (1594cc group S)					in entry list	#73, in entry list
Autohaus Behnke						#67, acci dent
Peter Taggart/ Keith Burnand (1594cc)						#69, eng ine
Mefco Racing, 26-S2-37 (1594cc)						#70, OTL
Chris Barber, 26-S2-34						#72, valve							#23, in entry list
Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring						#78, eng ine
Nicolas Koob							#80, spare car
Pierre Papazian/ Anthony Noghes								#74, 36th
Erminio Merlo/ Leonardo Duerst								#77, dnf
James Bernard Fortmann/ Maurizio Masini								#80, 35th
Trevor Howard/ Stuart Allen								#72, in entry list
Squadra Tartaruga										#32, clutch			#21, in entry list
BB Racing (26R 1594cc)										#34, in entry list	#82, dnf
Troisime Etoiles, 26-R-23 (26R)											#81, in entry list
Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich (26R group R)											#182, 48th
Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich											#227, 49th
Walter Flückiger											#222, 38th
Meute											#223, 61st
Felder Racing											#225, 27th
Felder Racing											#226, dnf
Helbling Racing											#224, in entry list
Christopher St. Quintin													#22, OTL
Tyrol Automobilsportclub													#26, in entry list

Statstics
Works Starts/finishes 27/9	1/0	1/0	1/0		2/1	6/0		4/2		3/0	8/6		1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
J. Randall
Al Weaver	55
John Fraim	55
Chet Freeman	55
Autolab Imports
Bob Colombosian		60
John Todd		60
Squadra Foitek
Rico Steinemann			43		60	28				32			21
Andreas Eichhorn			43		60	28		145		33
Karl Foitek											221
Paul Frederich								145
Elan Sweden
Kjell Lindgren					61	110
Björn Svensson					61	110
Steffan Wahlström					62	71
Per Brandström					62	71				31
Österr. Automobil Sport-Club (OASC)
'Baki'					+
Peter Peter					+	73
Richard Gerlin						73
Autohaus Behnke
Klaus Miersch						67
Manfred Behnke						67
Mefco Racing
Peter Mould						70
Martin Hone						70
Chris Barber
John Hine						72							23
Peter Gethin						72
Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring
Manfred Mohr						78
Günter Wallrabenstein						78
Nicolas Koob
Nicolas Koob							80
Pierre Marx							80
BB Racing
Hans Tschiemer										34	82
Troisime Etoiles
Charly Bonvin											81
Meute
Bernard Perrot											223
Helbling Racing
Hedy Ruoss											224
Felder Racing
Hermann Bürgi											225
Leo Krummenacher											226
Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich
Willy Elsinger											182
Hermann Abplanalp											227
Tyrol Automobilsportclub
Gernot Mössmer													26

Season


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Spa	Targa Florio	Nurb	Le Man	Hock	Mugelo	Brands Hatch	CdE	Zeltweg	Ollon	Nurb
Team	24h	12h	1000km	1000km	720km	1000km	24h	304km	529km	6h	300km	500km	Hill climb	500km
Squadra Piloti Bardahl			#61, in entry list
Squadra Piloti Bardahl			#62, dnt qualify						#112, dnf
Squadra Piloti Bardahl (26R group S)									#68, dnf					#39, 14th
Lotus Sweden (26R group S)						#84, dnf								#35, dnf
Lotus Sweden						#110, acci dent
Lotus Sweden (group S)														#36, in entry list
Dieter Mohr						#111, eng ine
Ragnar Eklund/ Arno Gyltman						#112, 22nd
Don Marriott/ Bobby George (26R group S)									#74, dnf
Willy Elsinger (26R 1598cc group S)									#75, dnf			in entry list
Pierre Papazian									#121, 43rd
Robert Gordon (26R group S)										#75, OTL				#34, 29th
Keith Burnand (26R group S)										#76, OTL				#38, mecha nical
Chris Barber (26R group S)										#78, spare car		#12, rear dumper		#32, differ ential
Chris Barber (26R group S)												#14, disqua lified
Squadra Foitek													#123, 19th
Squadra Foitek, 26-R-22 (26R 1590cc group S)													#163, 12th
'Allen'													#125, 61st
Vin G. Neuchatelois													#127, 40th
Felder Racing													#128, dnf
Felder Racing													#140, in entry list
Bianco Azzuro													#129, 37th
Helbling Racing													#131, 52nd
Ecurie du Nord													#134, dnf
Ecurie la Meute													#135, 71st
Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich													#136, in entry list
Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich (26R 1594cc group S)													#171, 49th	#33, dns
Richard Vogel													#139, 63rd
Ecurie Léman													#133, in entry list
Don Marriott (group S)														#31, 18th

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 32/14			1/0			4/1			5/1	2/0		2/0	11/9	7/3
Driver	Team entries and car number
Bardahl Switzerland
Urs-Peter Dietrich			61						68
Fred Gysler			61
James Bernard Fortmann			62						112					39
Alfred Frei			62
Silvano Stefani									68
Mauro Cintolesi									112
Lotus Sweden
Harald Kronegard						84
Björn Svensson						84
Per Brandström						110								35
Peter Trapp						110
Rolf Örell														36
Robert Gordon
Peter Jackson										75				34
Mike Crabtree										75
Keith Burnand
Keith Burnand										76				38
Peter Taggart										76
Chris Barber
Bill Dryden										78
Don Marriott										78		14
John Hine												12
Ray Adlam														32
Squadra Foitek
Werner Rüfenacht													123
Karl Foitek													163
Vin G. Neuchatelois
Charles Perrenoud													127
Felder Racing
Hermann Bürgi													128
Jakob Zolliker													140
Bianco Azzuro
Josef Burri													129
Helbling Racing
Hedy Ruoss													131
Ecurie Léman
Jacques Hussy													133
Ecurie du Nord
Jean-Claude Ehinger													134
Ecurie la Meute
Yvan Gruaz													135
Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich
Urs Hauenstein													136
Gerhard Kobler													171
Willy Elsinger														33

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Car entry	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Brands Hatch	Monza	Targa Florio	Nurb	Spa	Watkins Glen	Zeltweg	Le Man
Team	24h	12h	6h	1000km		1000km	1000km	6h	500km	24h
William C. Morton (group S)		in entry list
Sportvagnsimport Team Lotus (group S)						#104, 40th
Team Metronome						#121, differ ential
Arno Gyltman/ Stig Johansson						#122, 43rd
J.S.R. Engineering (group S)						#88, in entry list
Chris Schirle/ Christian Schmarje						#124, in entry list

Statistics
Starts/finishes 3/2						3/2
Driver	Team entries and car number
Sportvagnsimport Team Lotus
Björn Svensson						104
Boo Johansson						104
Team Metronome
"Mr. Muzak"						121
Bernhard Hakansson						121
J.S.R. Engineering
Anthony Godfrey						88
Mike Franey						88

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