The Lotus Grand Tourers

I heard he was doing something with Mike Taylor for a feature. Look forward to reading this!

Cheers, Richard

Pete Boole wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 22:33 Where abouts in the country are they Richard?

Pete

Norfolk (near Norwich)

I’ve asked if we can have some pics. We probably need to get over to see it to find out if it can be rolled onto a trailer and how accessible it is - but that is a task for after the show.

Cheers, Richard

Thanks guys - and especially Andy with the trailer. I’ll get back to him to see if he is interested and try to establish how reachable the car currently is.

Cheers Richard

Yes it would be and I feel the same! I am in indirect touch with the owner and have asked how difficult it would be to remove the car from his garden. If it is feasible and we have the right help, what do you think about featuring it on our stand at the Restoration show next year? Just a thought ...

A former Lotus designer has two very interesting Elites that he may consider selling.

One is the first press car, GEX 158N unit no. 74/100366A used in several book illustrations. It briefly had a Rover V8 installed for ACBC by Lotus engineer Ian Fettes, but that is long gone, and there is a ...

Can’t make it myself but a couple of other locations to consider are Caffeine & Machine, Eckington (near Stratford) and The Piston Club (Redhill, also not far from Stratford)

Cheers Richard

AndrewWebber wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 09:46 An Elite 'shortie' !

Looks like an AMC Gremlin (if anyone remembers those!)

Credit for getting Gary Mavers involved must go to Tony Donnelly, who invited him to the Elite 50th at Hethel.

I hope Tony can make the show - he has had a major heart op which meant he couldn’t go to the 50th itself.

Cheers Richard

Here is a link to the album of photographs of the event posted by Lord Ant B on Facebook:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/174212968044126/permalink/1083861780412569/?

I’m sorry but I just don’t have the time to go through these and post them directly here. Also I’ve just noticed that the links to ...

AndrewWebber wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 11:06 'Bronze' Richard? Mike Kimberly called it 'Championship Gold' last Saturday......(Andretti - Lotus 79, a couple of months before it's build date)?

Thanks for organizing a great line up....

Andy

I’ll change the description Andy!!!

It’s looking like we will have a full house of Elites on the stand. We have Andy’s and Marcus’s cars volunteered here and as we have had no other offers I invited the Elite 50th concours winners to display their cars on the stand also, which they have accepted.

So the full list is:

Colin Pears ...

Bump : this is coming up fast.
What's the car pool looking like?

We have a few Elites on the list. This is an opportunity to make a good show for the 50th anniversary, following the 14 Elites that showed up for the Lotus Remembered celebration at Hethel last weekend!

If anybody would like to ...

Great work Andy!

Cheers, Richard

Started looking into the Emira. The ones I’ve seen in the wild have manual transmission (what I’d definitely get), but when I go to configure a model on the Lotus website, manual transmission doesn’t show up as an option. Do they all come w/Auto now? Thanks!

I don’t think any had manual ...

Hi Richard, I'd be happy to 'submit' mine, but as it was only there 2 years previously I understand it may be better to favour others.

I would not be able to be there personally on the Sunday 'public time' as have another engagement in Gaydon on that day. I would be able to get there for the ...