Description:

Arguably the most successful of all Junior designs. Believed sold new to the US, history exists covering six prior owners back to 1970s.

30deg Inclined 109e Engine, Five-speed Hewland Transaxle, Twin 40 DCOE Carburettors, Outboard Girling Disc Brakes, Front & Rear Anti-Roll Bars.

Imported to the UK in 2015 and now in beautiful condition following comprehensive restoration. Offered sale following shake down test in June this year.

Frame and Running Gear

· Original Arch Motors frame, bearing correct brazed-in frame plate stamped with 22/29 (verified by Duncan Rabagliati as that of a genuine J Series Lotus 22). Frame checked and restored by Dave Abbot. Looking beautiful in fresh grey powder coat

· Hewland, five-speed, Mk8 Transaxle with magnesium case. Complete rebuild by Tony Wilson, with new bearings and oil seals. Ratios: Open Diff 7:31, 1st 13/37, 2nd 17/34, 3rd 20/31, 4th 22/29, 5th 23/28

· Original Girling calipers (date stamped 1962), rebuilt with new caliper pistons

· New, custom-made fuel tank with safety foam and Newton tank vent valve

· Completely re-wired with new battery isolator, fuel pump and rear light

· Lotus style magnesium ‘Wobbly’ wheels

· New (this year) Zero 360 plumbed fire extinguisher system

· New (this year) Dunlop Racing Tyres (Front 4.5-L-13 and Rear 5.5-L-13)

· New FJ complaint AVO dampers

· New AGM Battery, maintained on float charge

Fresh Engine Build

· Ford 109e block, 85mm bore

· Line bored for new steel main bearing caps

· Crankshaft, flywheel and clutch basket dynamically balanced

· New Cosworth pistons

· New Farndon connecting rods

· Steel crankshaft (standard journals, checked and polished)

· New A6 camshaft and hardened followers

· New vernier timing pulley and duplex chains

· Front mounted dry sump oil pump (rebuilt with new scavenge and pressure rotors)

· New custom-made lip seal dry sump

· New steel flywheel (Sam Wilson)

· New sintered clutch friction plate and diaphragm spring

· Twin Weber 40 DCOE carburettors, ultrasonically cleaned with new chokes, jets and emulsion tubes

· New Inlet manifolds (Geoff Richardson)

· New Lotus type coolant swirl pot and 30deg water outlet (Peter Denty)

· Big valve, ported cylinder head, double valve springs and heavy-duty rocker assembly

· Cometic Multi-Layer Steel cylinder head gasket

· ARP Cylinder Head Stud kit

· High torque starter (Tilton XLT)

· New Lucas AB14 Ignition Amplifier, distributor Hall Sensor and Ignition Coil

· New excellent quality, custom-fitted 4 to 1 stainless exhaust manifold with silencer

Evolution of the Lotus 22

The Type 22 became the most successful spaceframe-chassis single-seater Lotus of them all, its thicker-gauge stiffened chassis with Girling disc brakes as standard being much appreciated. Rear suspension was modified with the driveshafts being relieved of later allocation duties by separate single top links attached to taller rear uprights. Now 13-inch wheels were specified front and rear, and the track was slightly wider than that of the Type 20. The latest Cosworth-Ford Mark IV 1100cc 4-cylinder engine became standard, canted at 30-degrees to the right which permitted the engine cover to be lowered considerably. The Lotus 22 made its public debut at the January 1962 London Racing Car Show, costing £1,550 with Cosworth-Ford engine. Peter Arundell became absolutely the King of Formula Junior through 1962 in his works Type 22 – winning 18 times in 25 starts. A total of 77 Lotus 22s were sold during that single 1962 season.

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