
Jay Leno's Garage
1969 Lotus Elan
TV-G
2013 • E39 Feb 28, 2013 12mIn the late 1940s, engineer and RAF pilot Colin Chapman decided to utilize the experience he gained in the skies on the ground, by building a racecar in his girlfriend's garage. While still holding down his day job, Chapmen begged, borrowed and bartered to create his prototype, which he entered in a time trial as an afterthought.