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Lotus videos
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How about making this a thread for us to post links to favourite Lotus videos ?
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I came across this on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedJpVJx71Y
It's good to think my car may have been assembled by a bloke in a purple Rab C Nesbitt vest with a hammer
No smart corporate polos in those days.
How about making this a thread for us to post links to favourite Lotus videos ?
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I came across this on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedJpVJx71Y
It's good to think my car may have been assembled by a bloke in a purple Rab C Nesbitt vest with a hammer
No smart corporate polos in those days.
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Re: Old Lotus video
Lovely video. I liked the 'new small car that will be in production for ten to fifteen years' under the cover too.
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D*mn you! there goes my Saturday
Love this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJ02OI86yY - note the preferred car for handling tests on suspension development...(shame they used a Burgundy one though)
Love this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJ02OI86yY - note the preferred car for handling tests on suspension development...(shame they used a Burgundy one though)
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I've got a copy of Car magazine from 1986 where they also show the two test Excels - and the red one is definitely Calypso Red. Nice to see the video though, they must have been going some to spin the white Excel like that.
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amarshall wrote:D*mn you! there goes my Saturday
Love this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJ02OI86yY - note the preferred car for handling tests on suspension development...(shame they used a Burgundy one though)
I thought you did very well in your efforts to keep up with the red car Angus. You might have washed the car knowing you were being filmed though.
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By coincidence, this issue is currently on eBay, ending midday 15 December.I've got a copy of Car magazine from 1986 where they also show the two test Excels
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOTUS-EXCEL-SE-CA ... 35a565d896
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For some reason I clearly remember buying that issue of Car new in WH Smiths. I'll still have it stashed somewhere. Strange how certain things stick in your mind.
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The title of Car magazine is teasing me
Is their a feature in my car that I haven't discovered yet?
I must say I do not have a owners manual.
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Is their a feature in my car that I haven't discovered yet?
I must say I do not have a owners manual.
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Does it have rocket launchers?
Stealth mode?
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Classic and Sportscar mag video featuring a nice looking Eclat; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xOg7Fwm ... 1g&index=3
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This bloke is testing a £6000 car ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcfX7NBOdmY
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A few years earlier at Rover... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQSdrqUm3w0amarshall wrote:D*mn you! there goes my Saturday
Love this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJ02OI86yY - note the preferred car for handling tests on suspension development...(shame they used a Burgundy one though)
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Pathé have a nice collection: https://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/lotus+cars
https://www.lotusexcel.co.uk/
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Good piece about RAF Hethel and the current Lotus factory here
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