The Prisoner Lotus Seven

Kar 120c lotus 7.
The prisoner lotus seven. The show started and ended and lotus itself stopped making the seven by the early 70s. The lotus seven is a small simple lightweight two seater open top sports car produced by the british manufacturer lotus cars initially called lotus engineering between 1957 and 1972. Lotus seven series ii cosworth 1965 from the prisoner specifications and some film shots below illustration. The car used in the public broadcasting system series the prisoner was a lotus seven s ii.
There exist a number of pictures of the car at the end of a line of elans at the old works factory in cheshunt long before the companys move to hethel. This article is from the the prisoner faq by patrick lopresti patl at lcsmitedu with numerous contributions by others. Doug demuro 2263934 views. Attempts to modernize the original fell at with the series 4 and lotus sold the rights to caterham a company that reverted to building sevens in the series 3 mold immediately.
The car used in the prisoner was a lotus seven series ii which was available as a kit or assembled hence why the prisoner claimed he built it in many happy returns. When the prisoner was being planned one of the issues to be considered was the stars main on screen transport. The original kar 120c lotus a demo model series ii was used and eventually sold to an australian. The prisoner lotus 7 is a very difficult car to pin down.
Print of kar120c shown below is only available from the portmeirion souvenir shop or onlinethe prisoner merchandise. But asides from the princess 4 litre hearse of the opening credits the vehicles that will forever be associated with the prisoner are the lotus super seven and the mini moke. The prisoner claimed to have built it and could have because it was available as a kit in england. The license was kar120c and caterham currently has the plate.
The prisoner the car used in the show was a lotus seven series ii which was available as a kit or assembled hence why the prisoner claimed he built it.