Lotus 56b start up

[@Rudolf.Aigner]

Lotus was and is always good for something extraordinary. Thanks for sharing this video. ❤

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

I had a chance to ask Joe Leonard who drove one of the STP turbine cars in the Indianapolis 500 race how it was. He wasn't known for talking to people much, but he was at a machine shop in Santa Clara ever week for the BBQ and flat track racers hangout. He told me a little of driving it, but had a flameout during the race and he was told to not try to start it again. Joe was a pretty interesting guy, we talked about bikes we owned and liked and a couple other things. he lived in some great times. The Turbine cars were pretty amazing, and I'm happy they were kept in collections and can still run today, they're part of history.

[@Jelios]

very nice to see and listen that car thanks!

[@schraubfix69]

Hellfire! Mister Chapman was a real genius. My favorite is the chassis number 5.

[@Allansybesma]

But who built and raced the 1st turbine powered car?.

[@Rudolf.Aigner]

​@Allansybesma Wasn't it an Opel, long time ago?

[@MegaTube1313]

Good to see he took his shoes off, cos where he’s going he won’t need them 😮

[@tonywright8294]

Why ?

[@mecano572]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brucebeauvais1324]

Having been in the driver’s seat of a couple of Lotus cars, one has to take one’s shoes off or step on at least two pedals at once.

[@brucebeauvais1324]

Some line of a turbine car show? That’s one of three Howmet turbine cars behind and to the left.

[@pauli5506]

Lotus rocket car!

[@robertknight5429]

No, gas turbine wheel driven! Like the Rover Brm.

[@johno9507]

I love the recycled exhaust nozzle from a VSTOL Harrier/Rolls-Royce Pegasus. 😄🇦🇺

[@lucybarney1]

They must be fuel tanks in the side pods 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️😱😱😱😱😱

[@davidthompson1321]

I saw that turbine car in gold leaf colours in 1971 at the Oulton park gold cup I think Rene Wilson was driving it but not to sure.. George Bamford

[@pl7868]

That's pretty cool , didn't know he made a turbine or was so long ago forgot , have owned a 23 b for think 50 ish years now , pretty sure it's easier on fuel than that though 🙂

[@geezer4962]

Chapman was a genius, so was Andy Granatelli.

[@RoadToad123]

I’m sure I heard an interview with Emerson Fittipaldi who tested the car but never raced it and he said that once you got it going because it had pretty much no engine braking it was almost impossible to stop. He suggested that if Chapman could have got better brakes and tyres for it, it would have been a serious contender. Still a fantastic looking car.

[@davidfoster3814]

I believe Fittipaldi placed 8th in the 1971 Italian GP in a Lotus 56

[@peterf1]

@@davidfoster3814 Yeah, he raced it at the ROC at Brands Hatch as well.

[@davidfoster3814]

@@peterf1 Didn’t know that ! EF’s least favourite racing car I read elsewhere.

[@carpballet]

Who is the dipsht that walked in front of the camera?

[@daveversion2.2]

I think you just identified him by his name……

[@marco-ft2gq]

Is the exaust terminal

[@tonylockhart1963]

There’s ALWAYS one

[@douglassantosdeoliveirarod5633]

Hi hás a drive-shaft, or power-shaft or just get impulse by the engine, like trust?

[@robertknight5429]

The turbine engine drove the wheels via an automatic transmission. Like a turboprop or helicopter.

[@douglassantosdeoliveirarod5633]

@@robertknight5429 the Y2K does that too… thanks!

[@robertknight5429]

@@douglassantosdeoliveirarod5633 what's a Y2k

[@peterf1]

Yes Virginia, there used to be a real F1.

[@sfwolfpack1]

360p didn't know flip phones are still around.

[@XskiXedgeX]

video of something beyond interesting, taken in 2024, uploaded in 360p.

[@rogerfroud300]

Interesting. These days with maximum fuel loads, it wouldn't make it half way through a race.

[@daviddickinson6346]

It wasn't designed with the current rules in mind was it, but yes today it would not since there is no re fueling.

[@robertknight5429]

I think my uncle had some involvement with this at NGTE Pyestock.

[@orfeomasi-eh6nv]

Roba da matti😂

[@dubler48]

is this the car when the front driveshafts let go....you are gone?

[@SoloVee65]

The Lotus 72 had inboard front brakes and used stub axels to connect the hubs to the brake rotors. The failure of one of the stub axels is what caused Jochen Rindt's fatal accident.

[@JosemariaAlmendra]

P&W pt 6 A 20...

[@francoisyseux5623]

Is it an helicopter engine??

[@simoncullum5019]

Yes Huey and Cobra

[@rogerlishman2532]

​@@simoncullum5019I don't think so. There is a Pratt&Whitney decal on the vertical stabiliser, so it's likely to be a PT6 series engine, and certainly looks like one. The Huey was powered by a Lycoming engine, the T53 if I recall.

[@simoncullum5019]

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