HLR News and Historic Lotus are the official magazines published by The Historic Lotus Register since it was formed in 1974.
In October 1974, following correspondence between Chris Draper in Germany and Victor Thomas in England, they decided to form a ‘Register’ to involve others who owned similar early Lotus cars. By December 1974 there were five members. Early in 1975 Bill Friend joined as member No. 6 and suggested the name be HISTORIC LOTUS REGISTER.
Newsletter No. 1 was sent out in April 1975 and No. 2 in July 1975. Bill Friend had designed the HLR badge and the membership had risen to 40. An inaugural meeting was organised by Bill Friend and Alan Hall at Bill’s farm near Hatfield, north of London on Sunday 28th September 1975. This was well attended, with cars ranging from a 1954 Mk VIII to Bill’s Type 78 Formula 1 car. The second meeting took place at the Prescott Hill Climb in June 1976 and Eric Perrin attended as the first overseas member. Contact was made with the Lotus Eleven Register in the USA, founded independently by Russ Hoenig in 1973, and an exchange of ownership records, early drawings and other information took place.
In 1993 the HLR newsletter, or should we say magazine, was relaunched as “Historic Lotus”, with issue #1 being published in ????? of that year.
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Issue 36
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Issue 37
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Issue 38
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Issue 39
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Issue 40
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Issue 41
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Issue 42
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Issue 43
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Issue 44
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Issue 45
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Issue 46
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Issue 47
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Issue 48
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Issue 49
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Issue 51
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Issue 53
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Issue 54
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Issue 55, Winter 2008/9
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Issue 57
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Issue 58
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Issue 60
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Issue 61
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Issue 62
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Issue 63
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Issue 64
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Issue 65
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Issue 66
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Issue 67
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Issue 68
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Issue 73, Summer 2013
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Issue 74, Autumn 2013
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Issue 75, Winter 2013
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Issue 76, Spring 2014
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Issue 77, Summer 2014
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Issue 78, Autumn 2014
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Issue 79, Winter 2014
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Issue 80, Spring 2015
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Issue 81, Summer 2015
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Issue 82, Autumn 2015
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Issue 83, Winter 2015
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Issue 84, Spring 2016
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Issue 85, Summer 2016
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Issue 86, Autumn 2016
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Issue 87, Winter 2016
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Issue 88, Spring 2017
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Issue 89, Summer 2017
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Issue 90, Autumn 2017
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Issue 91, Winter 2017
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Issue 92, Spring 2018
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Issue 93, Summer 2018
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Issue 94, Autumn 2018
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Issue 95, Winter 2018
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Issue 96, Spring 2019
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Issue 97, Summer 2019
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Issue 98, Autumn 2019
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Issue 99, Winter 2019
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Issue 100, Spring 2020
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Issue 101, Summer 2020
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Issue 102, Autumn 2020
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Issue 103, Autumn 2020
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