Is This How Chapman Decided on 'E' for All Models?

[Ridgeman580]

Received an e-mail from an old gent who
claims to be a retired Lotus parts securer.
He claims that the reason why Chapman
became enamored with the letter E was
because, one day, while fiddling at his desk he placed four dots, framing the
corners of a square to designate four
wheels. Then he placed a fifth dot, a little bit to the left-upper portion of dead center signifying the driver. When he connected the dots via straight lines, the letter E appeared. P.S. - He also told me that if he hadn'd died, when he did, there
was a good possibility that Chapman would have been indicted with Delorean
during the fiasco involving the bankruptcy
of that gull-wing car.

[Feffman]

Ridge:

If you want to learn about Colin Chapman you should read two books:

Colin Chapman Wayward Genius - Author: Mike Lawrence

And: Jabby Crombach's Book Which I can't remember the title of
(Colin Chapman, The Man and His Machines) I think!

Both are good reads. Jabby was VERY close to Colin and Hazel. It's more insight into the devbelopment of Lotus where Mike Lawrence's book skips all the hype and digs into the good and not so good side of Colin.

Mark Pfeffer

[Allan Gibbs]

I heard it was because the "E" on his typewriter was always broken.