The Lotus Grand Tourers

I have started the winter projects on my Excel, and figured I would try to keep everyone up to date with the progress if they are interested. A little history on my car, bought Nov 2013, slowly worked on until MOT'd July 2014. Driven for 2,500 miles since then and loving every mile. Now that the col...

Angus,
Glad to hear it is back on the road again.
Jeff

Just thought I would share my carved pumpkin with you guys for Halloween.

Mike,
I hate to state the obvious, but I bought mine from LotusBits, and I am sure they can ship them for you.
Jeff

I'll take one, hoping to get to the NEC.
Jeff

Welcome, and you will find lots of help here.
Jeff

Kieran,
Have you found any pictures of this car yet? I have someone with a little interest.
Jeff

Kieran,
Let me know if I can help you by taking any pics for you since I am in Feltwell in Norfolk. I will also see if anyone in the area is interested since I get a lot of people asking me about mine especially as I am using it as a daily driver right now.

Jeff

She looks really good cleaned up, and I am glad to see her coming back onto the road.
Jeff

Excellent work. I would love to be able to see it when it is completed. You are my inspiration on some of the mods I would love to do to mine, especially the instruments. I am hoping to get a good look at some at the NEC this year, and look for other upgrades.
Keep up the good work.
Jeff

Thanks everyone for the comments. I may have to postpone my paint job though since my timing belt tensioner snapped on my Saab last weekend. If I can get it running without replacing too many parts this weekend, I might still be able to get the Lotus into my garage so I can start doing the prep work...

Bad news all, Rimmer Bros has these parts now listed as "No Longer Available".

I have talked my wife into my being able to get a respray done on my Excel. I knew it needed it when I purchased it since someone buffed the paint right down to the get coat in several places and has numerous stone chips on the spoiler. I want to talk to a local body shop that said they would do the...

MrCoolA,
How hard was it to mount the RX8 seats? I am seeing them on ebay going fairly cheap, and in better condition than the XJS seats since they are obviously not as old. Looking at some of the upgrades I want to do to my excel and hoping they will work.
Jeff

Way to go Crofty, I still haven't gotten my headlight motors to work right yet. I did get it through MOT in July with having them manually screwed into the up position so that I could drive it. I am in the same position of slowly getting her to where she needs to be. Talked my wife into a respray in...