Lotus 25 or is it 24

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Lotus 25 or is it 24

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As I got a tip for www.motorsportimages.com I went there looking for pictures of the 1962 Lotus 25.
I found many but there are some that i question.
Are these ID:
1017835781
1017835782
1017835783
1017835784
1017835785
1017835786
1017835787
1017835788
1017835789
Really the 25? I was thinking that they perhaps could be of the Lotus 24.

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Hi Orso,
No they are not a lotus 25, all the photos you list show a tubular chassis and the Lotus 25 had a monocoque.
Although motorsport images is a great resource, their image descriptions are sometimes wrong.
img 1015167510 and 1015167516 are of the Lotus 25's debut at Zandvoort. From these you should be able to identify the rest!
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I noticed the tubular framing and that it didn't look anything like the 25 so I hoped that it would be the 24 as it also were at Holland 1962.
I have been toying with the idea of building a Lotus 24 but pictures are harder to find than of the 25.
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The problem with motorsport images is, that the description is usually based on the car used in the race.
A good example is Monza 1978:
Several pictures of Peterson have a description telling you that Ronnie is driving a Lotus 78. Even when it is quite obvious that Ronnie is sitting in a Lotus 79.
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