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Oct 28, 2009 · Britain has lost another of the champions of its specialist sports-car industry, Graham Nearn, who died on Oct. 24 at age 76. Originally a Lotus dealer, Nearn built a highly successful sports-car ...
Oct 29, 2009 · Graham Nearn died peacefully in London on Saturday, October 24, 2009. As the founder of Caterham Cars he was responsible for the survival and continued existence of the Caterham Seven sports car ...
Oct 29, 2009 · A piece of sad news came from Britain this week, as manufacturer Caterham announced the death of its founder, Graham Nearn. The 76-year-old passed away over the weekend. Nearn, who started his ...
Graham Nearn fell in love with the Lotus 7 after seeing it displayed at Earls Court in 1957. He was so enamoured of Colin Chapman’s brilliantly bold, original design that in 1959 he launched Caterham Cars to distribute the individualistic, two-seat sportscar.
PERSONAL JOURNEY. Graham, Jane and Dominic Nearn. To be born and raised in Newcastle, England is a blessing. Newcastle Upon Tyne is a special place, enjoying a magnificent aspect on the banks of the River Tyne. It is a city steeped in heavy industry. Shipbuilding, mining and steel boomed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
THE UNMUTUAL WEBSITE. CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS. GRAHAM NEARN - LOTUS/CATERHAM DIRECTOR. Adapted from an interview conducted by Dave Jones and transcribed by Dave Healey in 1993, with their kind permission. He was asked initially about the company who originated the Seven - Lotus. GN: The company was formed by a man called Colin Chapman, who died ...
Feb 7, 2024 · Caterham Cars was Lotus’ sole remaining UK Seven agent, so it was perhaps inevitable that founder Graham Nearn purchased the model’s rights from the Hethel parent company. The Caterham Seven Twin Cam’s Minimalist cockpit has the bare essentials (left); the Twin Cam is the earliest car in our set, as its live-axle chassis reveals
