The Lotus Grand Tourers

Get one of these Peter, used one in a mx5/eunos years ago to make the standard radio work. Bash https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315288457270?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5339055780&toolid=20006&_ul=gb&customid=CjwKCAiAkc28BhB0EiwAM001TUKfqeLqfv6TufGzBqxG2dVyD69IY8UWDw26zH8jisjMD7s...

Had the engine and box out a few times and I always left the prop in place and I did this all on my own in a small garage. Dont create work for yourself.

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I got some quotes from other classic brokers a few years ago and the issue with many was agreed value. I had a new valuation from club lotus, the most trusted source in my view, but some of them wouldn't accept it wanting to use thier own "expert". Trying to find out who said expert was and thier qu...

Cheers for that, I thought it might be bait. Although if andretti lost 'someone' might throw a hissey fit, claim it was a fix and get a crowd of patriot supporters to invade the podium. Is the fia house white ?

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I don't how much of this is true or just publicity related but there are quite a few rumours of a return. It seems to stem from Cadillac's entry into F1 as the 11th team and it appears that there has always been provision for 12 teams in F1. It would appear that some of the rumours are because of th...

I know that the geometry of the mirrors is different because I tried to fit a new lhd one to my car many years ago and it couldn't be adjusted to be able to see properly. The problem I had on the old one was that the rubber had split, I did manage to take the new rubber cover off the new lhd mirror ...

Perhaps we all need a self help group, hi Im bash and Im addicted to Lotus Excels etc etc. Can we have piccy.

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In the lock assembly in front of the tumblers should be an o ring seal, if thats missing it will also leak.

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Nice to hear from you. Theres going to a few upheavals on the horizon because alot of dealers across the board have been acting as finance companies that happen to throw in a car, making all the profit on the finance. Thats why there are lots of new cars on the road. Just because they have an acrony...

Ditto, merry garage season to your Excels little helper.

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Elite reunion.
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Remind me, did you rebuild the carbs ?, cos Im thinking pump diaphram. If these arnt working properly it will cause hesitation. Some others on here are much more conversant with this. Mpg sound good but they are a bit flat low down normally and will feel moreso if you are used to fuel injected cars....

Unicorn model. I've only seen lhd ones for sale/mortgage.

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Im in the habit of looking in secondhand bookshops and I came across a book called worlds fastest cars. Its an old stocking filler/ coffee table book but it had an early Excel in it.

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Practical classics
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