• Former Goodwood Revival competitor • Periodically restored throughout its career • Refreshed engine (183bhp) and gearbox • Currently used for hill climbs and sprints This very well presented Lotus 23B is not only a fine example of its type, but is also a car that was accepted for the Goodwood Revival Meeting in 2008.

Driven by the then owner Alastair Morrison's son Hamish, the Lotus performed very well in that year's Madgwick Cup event, qualifying 4th fastest on the starting grid, grabbing an immediate 2nd place first time into Madgwick Corner and finally finishing 5th only after spinning through 360 degrees leaving the chicane on the very last lap.

This was a prodigious performance considering that the car was then effectively 'straight out of the box', having just emerged from restoration and never having been raced before by its then owners.

Its owner from 1986 to 1991, John Morley had bought the Lotus from Spain.

John Morley was the British Government's Deputy European Commis...