1:12 Team Lotus Type 49B 1968 - w/Photo Etched Parts
Item #12053

Description
The Team Lotus Type 49B evolution debuted in the third race of
the 1968 Formula One racing season. It kept the DFV Cosworth
engine as a stressed member, while adding downforce-improving
revisions such as a front wing and wedge-shaped engine cowling.
From the sixth race on, a distinctive high rear wing was added,
which was attached directly to the rear uprights (other teams
attached theirs to the engine block) so as to feed downforce
directly back to the suspension. Furthermore, ever-inventive team
chief and designer Colin Chapman adorned the 49B in sponsor
colors; it was essentially the first time that had been done in
Formula One, and quickly set a trend which continues even into
the modern day. That year, the Type 49B would make driver Graham
Hill and Lotus champions as the British team overcame the
devastating loss of mercurial driver Jim Clark.