Lotus 62
The Lotus Type 62 race car was a development of the successful Type 47 and intended to race in the Appendix J Group 6 Prototype Class. The car was designed by Martin Waide at Lotus Components and had a space frame chassis, and featured the new Lotus 2.0-litre LV240 DOHC engine.
2 cars were made Chassis numbers #T62/GT/1 & #T62/GT/2
The car had limited competitive success, due mainly to problems with the Vauxhall derived engine block. The car's most successful race was finishing 3rd position at the Tourist Trophy at Oulton Park in 1969.
Race Results
Years raced: 1969, 1971-1974
Number of events: 24,
Total entries: 30,
Finishes: 22,
DNF: 7,
Wins: 8,
Additional class wins: 3,
Second place finishes: 3,
Third place finishes: 2,
Pole positions: 5.
When Colin Chapman removed all links to Vauxhall in 1973 the engines were replaced with Lotus 906 engines.