Make: Lotus
Model: 7170/F5/F1
Year: 1970
Chassis: 70B-01
Engine: Ford 302, 5 lt.
Transmission: Hewland DG 300
Owner: Steve Rich
Location: Auburn, CA, USA
Previous Owners: Bruce Burness, Pete Brock, Bob Dunlop
Racing History: Assembled by Lotus Components in England, it was completed in January of 1970 for the International Car Show in London. The car was shipped to Los Angeles for George Folmer to drive in the Questor Grand Prix. George qualified 6th, next to Emerson Fittipaldi. He ran up front, but succumbed to engine failure. Canadian, Bill Breck, made a deal with Lotus Components to purchase the car, but when his finances failed to materialize, the car was bought by Pete Brock for John Morton to drive. The car, dubbed the Stainless Steel Carrot by Sylvia Wilkinson, John’s girl friend, managed to run only three races before being wrecked at Road Atlanta in a freak rain storm. Pete Brock, lacking the funds to rebuild, sold the car to Bob Dunlop, who needed the spares to keep his Lotus A car running. It has been stored since 1972, until Dunlop’s partner, Steve Rich decided to restore it to it’s image as seen in Sylvia Wilkinson’s book: The Stainless Steel Carrot – Life of John Morton.