The End of the Becker Era

graeme · Post by **graeme** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 3:00 pm

Drum roll...

http://www.pistonheads.com/lotus/defaul ... ryId=31313

Post by **C7Steve** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:54 am

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=31352

Steve.

Fluoxetine · Post by **Fluoxetine** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:17 pm

Didn't Matt already 'shape' the handling of most modern AM's, through the development work Lotus did for them?

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:13 pm

Think so, can only be good for AM though. Sad to see him leave Lotus

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:33 pm

From TLF

RIP Roger Becker. Very sad news from his family that he passed away this morning after a long and dignified fight with cancer. Roger was not only the man who helped make Lotus the legend in Engineering that it is, he also defined for 40 years what makes the cars so special for us and was a hugely intelligent, wonderful, generous man. Our thoughts are with his family, a very sad loss.

tut · Post by **tut** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 6:06 pm

I only met Roger once in 2001.

After Tut Towers I was invited down to Hethel by Nick Adams for a personal tour of the Lotus Production Line and the models in development, and Roger was one of the team that showed me around.

tut

Jam_s160 · Post by **Jam_s160** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:06 pm

RIP Mr Becker

Jam_s160 · Post by **Jam_s160** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:12 pm

GraemeLotus wrote:
campbell wrote:Sad to hear this, Andrew.

Best hang on to what you've got, then!

Mine's a Minter / Rackham / Thomson progeny, and they're all long gone
Mr Rackham is here and very busy, although we did just have time for a coffee ......!

Graeme, please saty hello to Richard Rackham & Russel Carr... I had the fortunate opportunity to meet them both at your HQ and at the LEGO offices near Windsor when I tried to get the 340r made into a LEGO model. This was all back in 2004ish, long time ago now. I think Katie D was the marketing lady also involved and she left and got involved in other things... Either way Russel & Richard were great to meet despite LEGO dragging their heels at the time and unable to get the 340r into an official LEGO model so long ago. See if they remember over a coffee

I briefly got to say hello to Matt Becker while being shown around your HQ.

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j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:47 pm

Sad news. RIP.

GraemeLotus · Post by **GraemeLotus** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:59 am

Jam_s160 wrote:
GraemeLotus wrote:
campbell wrote:Sad to hear this, Andrew.

Best hang on to what you've got, then!

Mine's a Minter / Rackham / Thomson progeny, and they're all long gone
Mr Rackham is here and very busy, although we did just have time for a coffee ......!
Graeme, please saty hello to Richard Rackham & Russel Carr... I had the fortunate opportunity to meet them both at your HQ and at the LEGO offices near Windsor when I tried to get the 340r made into a LEGO model. This was all back in 2004ish, long time ago now. I think Katie D was the marketing lady also involved and she left and got involved in other things... Either way Russel & Richard were great to meet despite LEGO dragging their heels at the time and unable to get the 340r into an official LEGO model so long ago. See if they remember over a coffee
I briefly got to say hello to Matt Becker while being shown around your HQ.

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I'll say hello for you, I've got a meeting with Russell later today

tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:23 am

What is Nick Adams up to nowadays Graeme?

tut

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