Harry Hanford's 1954 Lotus
1954 Lotus Mark IV owned and raced by Harry Hanford. Harry was a mechanic at Atwater's Speed Shop. Harry bought the car from Alan LeMay. Alan was the second owner, and when Harry got the car, it was painted red. Around 1957 - 1958, Harry had the Crazy Arab's Concourse Body Shop in Encino paint the car. Von Dutch was working out of the Arab's shop at the time, and Von Dutch and the arab repainted the car yellow. Von Dutch louvered and pinstriped the Lotus. The car was raced until 1960. After that it was put in storage. It stayed in storage for 30 years, until Walter Okon, Thousands Oaks, California bought it and did a mechanical restoration on it. When Walter restored the car, he left the body alone. [1]
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