Esprit S2 Seats and door cards

[rbgosling]

Anyone have any bright ideas where some Esprit S2 seats and/or door cards might be tracked down?

I've posted before about the fabulous minimal-budget stop-motion-animation restoration of a Lotus Esprit (and other cars!) on YouTube series Soup Classic Motoring. He's a friend of our little group, having been a guest on our stand at the NEC show back in November 2017.

But George has a problem. There's a long and horrible story, but the essence of it is that he handed over the seats and door cards to a company to be re-upholstered, the company went bust, and now the parts have vanished without trace.

So, he's put put a plea for help. Of course, he's already tried the usual suspects (Lotusbits, SJs, PNM, Classic Team Lotus), with no luck, as well as pursuing the administrators of the company who had the parts. So if anyone might have a lead on where some Esprit S2 seats or door cards might be found, speak up!

Also, if anyone spots these coming up for sale somewhere, they could be George's original parts, resurfacing and someone trying to get some money out of them. So speak up if you see them!

Meanwhile, in the next video of the series he'll be getting on to the engine at last - should be worth a watch, so watch out for that one.

[Hawaiis0]

Have you spoken to Matt? He'll know

[rbgosling]

I did already suggest Matt to George, gave him the contact details. Not sure if he has been in touch.

[rbgosling]

Looks like Matt may have some. I've made the introductions, let's hope this works out.