Lotus Elite / Eclat / Excel

Good luck Dave. Hopefully the UK will turn a corner soon and your fortitude will be rewarded.
Best regards, Chris

'Updated' seems to cover a multitude of sins. Not much evidence of research behind the write up.
Lovely car though!

Tim fitted the new system yesterday. It went straight on with no issues, fits well and looks very shiny. Took it for a long drive to get the system up to temperature. The exhaust note is very slightly muted (it may have been blowing slightly from one rusty silencer joint) and the engine seems to pul...

I found a local guy - Tim at Total Vehicle Services, Romsey - who races a 700BHP Nascar, has a really interesting garage/workshop - cars and bikes on 3 floors. We put the excel on his smaller lift and inspected the exhaust system. Still quite solid but rusting at the unions for the rear silencers, t...

Thanks for doing this. We all wish Oliver a full and speedy recovery and look forward to his next Words.
(I wonder if he's had time to sketch any concepts whilst recovering?)

Thanks. The map looks fine and comes up in English on my 15 year old Windows Vista laptop.

I blame my guide dog....

I clicked the link and got a message that the ZeeMaps page is frozen because more than 100 visits.

It's been a long time but I think dpr59 owned a silver SA, not sure if the same car.

Brakeparts list a Mintex option for the Supra MA61 / Celica 2.8 - BPS 1216, currently on order, not clear which compound.
Unhelpfully the Mintex 'brakebook' catalogue does not list the Excel under Lotus and does not reach far enough back under Toyota Supra to include the MA61.

Should be E646 WOW! Great looking car with plenty of go (and stop).

Or perhaps you have stacked up so much additional knowledge over time you now need to assist your internal filing system occasionally?

Ah, yes. That was probably me after discussing with Rachael (older daughter). She is an Art graduate with an interest in book binding. Rachael investigated scanning the content of an existing handbook, cleaning it and printing it plus making copies of the original vinyl-covered binding. Then she got...

Ah, The CTEKs seem to use a fairly low charging voltage whereas Optimates can kick up to 20V.
I think I know why my battery died.

The King Charles at Kingworthy?