Before Europa

The supercar boom happened taking advantage of comics called the "wolf of the circuit" carried by the comic magazine as a fourth grader in an elementary school. The car on which Yuhoya Hubuki, alias the hero of these comics, was a Lotus Europa twin-cam special. He made it 18 years old, had Lotus Europa bought from the elder sister of a model, and was running about the town of night in quest of game. If it fights if game is found, and it wins, on the line with a red bonnet, star mark is minced and it leaves the competition record. Public road Grand Prix will be held such inside. Small [ in the public road Grand Prix ] or the appearance to which Lotus Europa only with 1600 cc extracts a certain Ferrari and Lamborghini for no less than 5000 cc is strongly impressed in a childish mind. Although most Japanese Lotus Europa owner was influenced of the "wolf of a circuit", it is not an overstatement. At the time of a junior high school student, the plastic model of Europa of 1/12 scale was made, and the structure of a backbone frame or a suspension was studied, and when it seemed to be F1, it was impressed. The name of founder Anthony Bruce Colin Chapman of a Lotus was known at the time. Mario - Andretti drove the Lotus in 78, the world champion of F1 was finished, and it concentrated on the Lotus of me myself. 　Since it was employed and had passed by motorcycle, I bought the car, after becoming 26 years old. Although I bought used Isuzu Gemini and it had ridden in the beginning, it has changed to the used Gemini handling by Lotus immediately again. When the name of a Lotus is attached, I want to surely have come to ride. The catch copy of Lotus Gemini thinks that it was what is surely called "father who likes a sports car." Even now, Gemini of the 1988 year vehicle is continuing riding, while a destributor, computer, muffler, timing belt, exhausts and etc... exchanges. Time passed from the time of a schoolchild in about 20 years, and when hearing that I also got the child, and the child came out to the world and I never ride Lotus throughout life, it came to obtain consent of a wife with a definite promise called the only wish in a lifetime. Europe is imported from British native country, and has almost continued till present in the normal state.

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