1974 Lotus Color Chart...

[pharriso]

This document is currently for sale on eBay & has to be one of the most useless documents ever printed!

Some colours I have not heard of before, but why are there no colour samples

[h20hamelan]

I believe the Canadian Green is the two green stripes over white for Canadian race cars.
Wonder if they are all race colours?

[pharriso]

Wonder if they are all race colours?

The model range in '74 was Europa Twin Cam & Elan Plus 2 S130, never heard of a race car in Roman Purple.

[The Veg]

I'm almost afraid to ask what Burmese brown looks like.

[stugilmour]

No kidding! Yet another variant of Stay Around Brown perhaps? A colour chart without colours is pretty unique.

[The Veg]

It made me think of a BMW motorcycle colour from the early '70s called 'Havana gold' that in reality was just shit-brown.

[pharriso]

Same as Tawny Brown?

[JimE]

My Tawny Metallic Sprint is down as bronze on the logbook. Chart doesn't mention Tawny or Lagoon Blue. Jim

[trw99]

Colours available in 1974, as far as I know:

L16 Ford Tawny Oct 72 - Jan 74
L19 Sable Oct 72 - NK
L21 Purple Oct 73 - NK
L22 Bitter Green Oct 73 - NK (became L28 Canadian Green in 74)
L23 Sepia Brown Oct 73 - Mar 74
L24 Firecracker Oct 73 - Jan 74
L25 Monaco White Oct 73 - NK
L26 Olympic Blue Oct 73 - NK
NA Laurel Green 73 - 74

Others from this card:

Polar Black - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L15 Gloss Black?
L07 Lotus Yellow Still going strong from mid 67
Burmese Brown - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L23 Sepia Brown or L27 Rover Brown?
Scandinavian Blue - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L12 Lagoon Blue?

Tim

[h20hamelan]

Wonder if they are all race colours?

The model range in '74 was Europa Twin Cam & Elan Plus 2 S130, never heard of a race car in Roman Purple.

Wondered if they were countries whom Lotus was selling cars to, with a designated colour. Canada got Green appropriately.

[JimE]

Colours available in 1974, as far as I know:

L16 Ford Tawny Oct 72 - Jan 74
L19 Sable Oct 72 - NK
L21 Purple Oct 73 - NK
L22 Bitter Green Oct 73 - NK (became L28 Canadian Green in 74)
L23 Sepia Brown Oct 73 - Mar 74
L24 Firecracker Oct 73 - Jan 74
L25 Monaco White Oct 73 - NK
L26 Olympic Blue Oct 73 - NK
NA Laurel Green 73 - 74

Others from this card:

Polar Black - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L15 Gloss Black?
L07 Lotus Yellow Still going strong from mid 67
Burmese Brown - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L23 Sepia Brown or L27 Rover Brown?
Scandinavian Blue - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L12 Lagoon Blue?

Tim

Tim - no Lagoon Blue? My Special made in March 75 is that colour and left the factory that way. Jim

[smo17003]

Colours available in 1974, as far as I know:

L16 Ford Tawny Oct 72 - Jan 74
L19 Sable Oct 72 - NK
L21 Purple Oct 73 - NK
L22 Bitter Green Oct 73 - NK (became L28 Canadian Green in 74)
L23 Sepia Brown Oct 73 - Mar 74
L24 Firecracker Oct 73 - Jan 74
L25 Monaco White Oct 73 - NK
L26 Olympic Blue Oct 73 - NK
NA Laurel Green 73 - 74

Others from this card:

Polar Black - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L15 Gloss Black?
L07 Lotus Yellow Still going strong from mid 67
Burmese Brown - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L23 Sepia Brown or L27 Rover Brown?
Scandinavian Blue - Not on any Lotus paint list I have seen from the factory; perhaps the same as L12 Lagoon Blue?

Tim

I thought Scandinavian Blue was a species of parrot?

[Davefettback]

Paint codes for all years

[hamm61]

I have a +2 in Bitter green lo22, it looks fantastic