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From: Doug Milliken <bd427@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: OT GPL  Real Lotus 49 Question
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On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Andrew Thatcher wrote:

> >I just got a model of the Lotus 49 from Exoto and am wondering about
> >the pipe that extends down the outside of the left side of the body.
> >It appears to be a pipe running I presume from the engine to the
> >radiator in front. It looks strange to see a pipe on the outside but I

> That pipe is indeed the water return pipe. The underside of the tub was
> stepped to form pipeways on both sides for oil and water feed to the
> engine,so all pipes were outside the main tub.

Additional trivia:

I recall that this caused a problem with the BRM(?) at Watkins Glen in the
mid-1960's.  On this car, the external water pipe cut right across the
center of the white circle (background for the car number).  It made it
very difficult for Timing and Scoring to tell the difference between the
two team cars (numbers 8 & 9 if memory serves), since T & S were looking
down from the tower (the pipe cast a shadow).  The numbers were
changed/moved (forget how) before the race, after a little "conference" in
the garage. 

