Well, according to RoSPA, it's only been compulsory to fit rear seat belts since 1987 - only two years before it became compulsory (for children) to wear them.
Never knew that before today...
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- Thu Sep 23, 2010 15:02
- Forum: Bodywork, Fitments, Interior and Trim
- Topic: Rear Seat Belts Missing???
- Replies: 6
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- Thu Sep 23, 2010 14:49
- Forum: Bodywork, Fitments, Interior and Trim
- Topic: Rear Seat Belts Missing???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1706
Re: Rear Seat Belts Missing???
OK - so can they be fitted? Relatively easily?? Or should I just ignore the earlier cars and wait for a later car with belts fitted appears on the market? This is a BIG issue - the whole point (well, the biggest point) of replacing my BGT with an Excel was so I can take my kids in it. No seat belts,...
- Thu Sep 23, 2010 14:20
- Forum: Bodywork, Fitments, Interior and Trim
- Topic: Rear Seat Belts Missing???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1706
Rear Seat Belts Missing???
Oh, and another thing about this car on eBay - I can't see any evidence of rear seat belts: http://i.ebayimg.com/22/!B3gND-g!mk~$(KGrHqR,!hYE)7y!VDsoBMmeiel07g~~_12.JPG Did some cars come without rear seat belts fitted as standard? This is an '84 car, surely rear seat belts were a legal requirement ...
- Thu Sep 23, 2010 14:11
- Forum: Bodywork, Fitments, Interior and Trim
- Topic: Replacing seat covers?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1606
Replacing seat covers?
Hi! Still looking for an Excel - or more relevantly, still trying to sell my MG BGT to finance it. Anyone interested??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300468812780&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT Anyway, back onto the point. There's an Excel up on eBay, good price, no reserve, sounds...
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 16:30
- Forum: Servicing, Belts, Fuels and Oils
- Topic: Workshop Manual
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1524
Workshop Manual
Still not got myself an Excel (taking longer than anticipated to sell my MG BGT, and that has to happen first), but doing a bit of forward planning.... I was hoping to get myself a Haynes manual, but they don't seem to do one for the Excel! Or indeed any Lotus. Does anyone else do a decent workshop ...
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 23:31
- Forum: Spotted/New Owners
- Topic: Excel on eBay - what do ya reckon?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2110
Re: Excel on eBay - what do ya reckon?
Well, I didn't buy it, nor did any other sucker.
The search continues...
The search continues...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 21:50
- Forum: Spotted/New Owners
- Topic: Excel on eBay - what do ya reckon?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2110
Re: Excel on eBay - what do ya reckon?
Got some answers back from the seller. Good news is that the door beams have been done and there's a recent cam belt change. Bad news it's not only the wrong carb, it's the wrong engine! His full reply: "I replaced drivers hinge bar.all electrics are working ok.cambelt changed at MOT time & full ser...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:13
- Forum: Spotted/New Owners
- Topic: Excel on eBay - what do ya reckon?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2110
Re: Excel on eBay - what do ya reckon?
Not only still looking, but jumping the gun a bit! Had meant to wait until the MG BGT was MOT'd and sold. Cracked radiator delayed the MOT (got a new one to fit this weekend), then I'm off on holiday, so she won't be for sale 'til mid-August. Still, they don't come up for sale in Scotland too often,...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:44
- Forum: Bodywork, Fitments, Interior and Trim
- Topic: Interior Trim Colours
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1689
Re: Interior Trim Colours
There's one that was on sale on Pistonheads recently:
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1805699.htm
Interior is bright red:
No idea if that was original, but I certainly couldn't conceive of living with it!!
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1805699.htm
Interior is bright red:
No idea if that was original, but I certainly couldn't conceive of living with it!!
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 09:33
- Forum: Spotted/New Owners
- Topic: Excel on eBay - what do ya reckon?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2110
Excel on eBay - what do ya reckon?
There's an Excel on eBay right now - item 370410188072. Non-SE, '87, blue. It's in Falkirk - close enough to Aberdeen that I don't mind travelling there to pick it up, but too far away to go over and view in person before the auction ends. So, if I buy it, it'll have to be sight unseen (unless someo...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 07:41
- Forum: General
- Topic: Top Gear doing horrible things to a Lotus 2+2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 12803
Re: Top Gear doing horrible things to a Lotus 2+2
It could become the new "celebrity Lotus", alongside the James Bond Esprits!
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 08:28
- Forum: Spotted/New Owners
- Topic: Not a new owner yet
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1710
Re: Not a new owner yet
I guess bagpussawake hasn't spotted this thread yet! :P I'm also toying with the idea of buying an Excel, and he was good enough to let me poke around his and take me for a ride last week, so I could make sure it'd suit me. Well, it was more like a drug dealer handing out free samples to get you add...
- Tue Jul 06, 2010 19:54
- Forum: General
- Topic: Top Gear doing horrible things to a Lotus 2+2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 12803
Re: Top Gear doing horrible things to a Lotus 2+2
Not necessarily - last series they had the classic car challenge where they bought a Sprite (Clarkson), Lanchester (Hammond) and Citroen (May), and all liked their cars so much that they bought them off the BBC to keep afterwards. This despite the fact that Clarkson has several times in the past exp...
- Tue Jul 06, 2010 16:52
- Forum: General
- Topic: Top Gear doing horrible things to a Lotus 2+2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 12803
Re: Top Gear doing horrible things to a Lotus 2+2
What if the feature ends up suggesting it's a really good car? People all over the country will want to rush out and buy one, there's only so many for sale out there, and prices will be pushed up (albeit briefly). I'd better get out there and buy myself one before the rush starts! Would help if anyo...
- Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:40
- Forum: Spotted/New Owners
- Topic: Considering an Excel...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3477
Re: Considering an Excel...
BTW - do/did you work at Baker Hughes? I remember seeing a Scimitar parked outside a few years back when I had a meeting with someone there.