The Lotus 32 was a Formula 2 racing car built by Team Lotus

Team Lotus

Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...

 in 1964. It was developed from the Lotus 27

Lotus 27

Lotus 27 was a Formula Junior version of the Lotus 25 Formula One car for the 1963 Formula Junior season. All aluminum monocoque with steel bulkheads...

 Formula Junior

Formula Junior

Formula Junior is an open wheel formula racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI . The class was intended to provide an entry level class where you could use inexpensive mechanical components from ordinary automobiles...

 model. 12 cars were produced, but only 4 competed in the Ron Harris Team Lotus entrants (Drivers Jim Clark and Mike Spence). Jim Clark drove the Lotus 32 to win the 1964 Formula 2 Championship. The whole new chasis of the 32 had aluminium monocoque with steel front/rear bulkhead and centre section to bring it up to weight. Suspension followed the usual Lotus practice; coil spring/damper units were mounted inboard at the front and outboard at the rear. The front wishbones were slightly wider-based while rear geometry had changed and there was full adjustability (unlike the Lotus 27). The Girling brakes were outboard all round.

The Lotus 32 Formula 2 car featured a Cosworth SCA 998 cc Engine with twin 40DCM2 Weber carburattors, producing 115 bhp at 8700 rpm. The engine was canted over at an angle of 25 degrees in the chassis and was mated to a Hewland Mk IV 5 speed gearbox.

At the end of the 1964 F2 season Colin Chapman

Colin Chapman

Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman CBE was an influential British designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of Lotus Cars....

 modified the car to a Lotus 32B (in picture). With a 2495 cc Climax

Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer.-History:The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later, following the departure of Stroyer, it was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed to Coventry-Simplex by H...

 engine, different suspension and wheels for Jim Clark

Jim Clark

James "Jim" Clark, Jr OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965....

 to use in the 1965 Tasman Series

1965 Tasman Series

The 1965 Tasman Series was the second Tasman Series season. It began on 9 January 1965 and ended on 1 March after seven races.-Races:- Standings :...

, which he duly won. The car remained in New Zealand, being sold to Jim Palmer who drove it to fourth in the following year's Tasman championship.

F2 Races Won:
Pau Grand Prix -
Eifelrennen Germany -
Guards Trophy United Kingdom -
Aintree 200 -
Snetterton -
Enna- Sicily