The Lotus Grand Tourers

Page 1 photos 1 and 2 of "Ethels rebuild begins" you will find this car on the ramps. This was the prototype that Brian rebuilt. It was completed and went to a few club outings. It spent a period of time in the Dundee Museum of Transport before heading to auction where it achieved a sale price far l...

See "Fleet reduction in progress"

It's part of a major clearout. It isn't something I particularly want to sell - ergo it has to go to the right person to continue its journey.

Unfortunately not Stu. These seem to be quite a common thing to break along with door handles and mirrors. I can ask a friend if he has one kicking about. I assume this is for the SA?

I am looking to reduce my stock of excels considerably. Posting here for serious enquiries. I have advertised various bits on my profile on ebay. Some key items are not yet up there. In my current possession I have: - A chassis with suspension parts but no shocks and springs on the rear. It has the ...

Evening folks. I am looking at doing another clear out of items I haven't got around to completing. I have a Y reg early narrowbody with the ironcross alloys and ventless bonnet. At last count there were only around 8-10 of these left including a dark blue one I sold to Craig a while back doing the ...

What a shame. This looks the one off active suspension excel. It had Moog valves for suspension. It was sold a few years back without the controller in the rear as the controller went missing after it was borrowed for a land speed record car. WindyHethel was the previous owner. Its a travesty that t...

TrevorK wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 22, 2022 20:26

Why do all the good ones for sale seem to be in Scotland?

It's where the better restorers are

Interesting topic and partly subjective as it depends on how hard you use your car to notice any performance drop. There was an experiment done many moons ago on a drift forum where ethanol enriched fuels were tested versus those that did not contain ethanol. This experiment was conducted when Tesco...

Why is it that when people are taking pictures or presenting cars for sale they would not sort out the little things like the exhaust on the left hanging off because it is missing rubbers. They even focused on it with the rubbers missing.

Looking through this I see I commented on this in 2018. In 2020 not long before I moved premises, I had a local antiques dealer around who just happened to clap eyes on Ethel in the corner of the garage. He bid a solid £40k.

I still own Ethel.

Looking at this car - as noted by a few of you, it sits in a weird year. It is classed as the 87-88MY update but has an earlier Green wickens badge from the 86-87 year excels of which only a few I know of carry a Green wickens badge. After 86-87 they went to the Black Wickens and then back to the Ro...

It's been a rough time. Lost some family members in the last few years plus gained one a while back and I also moved premises. At this point in time I am reducing all the things that are slowing me down and achieving my goals. A new build workshop is in the planning stage for later this year/early n...

Long time no speak folks. Just dropping by to say I am not dead... Just been concentrating efforts in other things. Even Mr Walsh thought I had departed for other shores. Been a lot going and I hope to put some more effort into getting a new workshop up and running again at the new house in due cour...

When you get it off.
I sell alloy sump plugs with Neodymium magnets embedded in them.
Easy to remove with 22mm spanner.
Re-usable.

An obligatory heads up. 250 in an excel is a large jump in percentage from 160/180. The other parts you have to upgrade to keep up with that are significant. The excel is set up as a fast cruiser, changing its character by means of performance requires a change of attitude on the setup. If you don't...