Lotus X180R No. 3

Identification

On file
GROUP LOTUS PLCHETHEL ENGLANDTYPE: X180R1991 PRODUCTIONVIN: 602413 OF 20
Chassis record
Badge
No. 3 of 20
VIN
SCCFC20B4MHF60241
Build serial
60241
Window number
Last known location
Texas
Indicated mileage
14,200 (2011)

Record confirmed 2025 All twenty chassis

Provenance

On file
Delivering dealer
Lotus Cars USA
First owner
Ron Foster (Lotus Cars USA)
Market
United States
Not a private sale. The car entered service as the personal demonstrator of the president of Lotus Cars USA, travelling on its Manufacturer’s Statement of Origin, never formally titled, until Foster released it with roughly 8,000 miles showing.
Provenance

Nothing is on file for the ownership of this chassis. The whole track is an open gap — which is itself the fact this register exists to close.

  1. 1991–199?

    Ron Foster

    Lotus Cars USA president; ran the car as his personal demonstrator until it was released for sale.

  2. 199?–?

    M. Drendel · Hickory, NC

    Bought the car still on its MSO with about 8,000 miles.

  3. 2011–?

    Undetermined · Bethel, PA

    Listed on eBay by dealer Andy Charlish (Atlanta, GA) and sold in November 2011.

Account

On file

Documents

Not on file

Not on file. No window sticker, invoice, title or service record is on file. A single delivery document would anchor the whole entry.

Photographs

Not on file

Not on file. No period photograph of this chassis is held — a delivery photograph, a window sticker, or a shot of the dash plaque would open the record.

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Record & sources

On file
Record confirmed
2025
Provenance grade
Chain of ownership from a factory demonstrator; no factory build record held
What would complete the fileThe exterior and interior finish, the transmission specification, and every ownership date remain unrecorded. No period photographs or delivery documents are on file.
Sources
  1. eBay listings, 2005 and November 2011 (dealer Andy Charlish, Atlanta, GA)
  2. X180R registry correspondence