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Here we offer one of the most glamorous, slim and slender single-seater racing cars of all time – the monocoque-chassised Lotus Type 35 which was a developed version of the successful Type 32, the model which had introduced the Lotus theme of twin-boom ‘bath-tub’ monocoque stressed-skin construction to Formula 2 racing in 1964. The vendor informs us that this particular car, in contemporary Formula 2 trim with a 1-litre Cosworth SCA engine, was owned in 1966 by one Carl von Neute. It passed to Ake Ekold in 1967 and by 1971 was with Martin Steffle in Cosworth –Ford MAE-engined Formula 3 guise. Subsequent owners have included Michel Piol in France from 1989, Vintage Automobiles of Monte Carlo, 1991, Jean-Jacques Gravier, 1992, and the current owner in France, 1995. For Formula 2 racing under the 1-litre category the Cosworth Engineering company in England produced a Ford-based single overhead camshaft fuel-injected racing engine known as the Cosworth SCA (‘single camshaft series A’) which was capable of developing around 130bhp reliably. Lotus mounted this power unit in a logical evolution of the Type 27 monocoque Formula Junior chassis nacelle which took the Type 32 classification. Twelve of these cars seem to have been built, the most successful of them being the quasi-works team cars run by Ron Harris-Team Lotus for drivers including Formula 1 stars Jim Clark, Peter Arundell and Mike Spence. Some 22 of these Type 35 cars were produced in period, and they were used and updated variously to run in Formula 2, Formula 3, American Formula B and C and even – with a Martin V8 engine installed – briefly in Formula 1. We understand that this particular example is currently equipped with an 1100cc Cosworth SCC version of the SCA Formula 2 power unit. It has been restored to perfect running order by Thierry Argenson, Sixty Racing Service, and promises some highly enjoyable and exciting historic motor sporting action. Seules 22 Lotus 35 fûrent construites à l’époque pour courir en Formule 2 ou Formule 3 et aux Etats-Unis en Formule B ou C ou encore, succintement, en Formule 1 avec un moteur V8 Martin. L’exemplaire que nous sommes fiers de proposer à la vente était équippé à l’origine d’un moteur 1,000cm3 Cosworth SCA de Formule 2. En 1971, il fût remplacé par un moteur Ford MAE pour Formule 3. Le propriétaire acheta cette Lotus 35 en 1995 et la fît entièrement restaurer par Thierry Argenson de Sixty Racing Service et ré-installa une version 1,100cm3 Cosworth SCC du moteur SCA monté sur les Formule 2. Cette monoplace est prête à courir et promet à son futur propriétaire beaucoup de plaisir.