Explore the Restoration Shop and Lotus 29 Chassis

was the first workshop? Both. Both? Yes, they were built at the same time. In my early or mid-50s, I'm pretty sure. Oh. So don't yell at me in the comments if I'm wrong. I'll find out . This is the first IndyCar workshop we've been to, and it's the oldest one. We don't have to listen to this here. Are we exempt? You are exempt. Yes. Yes. What do you think? We have exclusive access to this place. Yes, look, you learn something every time you come here. To these places. We always pick up these little organizational tips and use them in our own garage. We do the same. So this is our big project underway right now . This is the Lotus 29 from 1960 or 1963, chassis number one. Dan Gurney drove this car. It was a great moment in the history of the Indianapolis 500 because roadsters, front-engined roadsters, and tubular-frame cars were dominating the market. They were a staple of American single-seater racing. Dan Gurney had already been racing and experimenting with a rear-engined car built by Mickey Thompson in the Indy 500. He had raced it in 1962. He met Colin Chapman and already had a connection with Ford, he established that relationship and brought Jim Clark and Colin Chapman from Lotus and they brought what in the United States they call a fun car, which is a monocoque made entirely of aluminum. So , you know, there's no tubular frame chassis here. Super lightweight. It weighs around 1100 pounds, compared to roadsters of the era that weighed around 1500