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dave72h2
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looking for a late excel se

Post by dave72h2 »

Hi, This is my first post. Hello everybody.
I will be at Donnington on the Saturday looking to hopefully see some excels for sale.
I am looking for an SE with leather and possibly with aircon. The lower the milage the better. It must also have good history.
If you are not going to Donnington then please pm me with details of your excel se that you have for sale.
Cheers, Dave
Cambridge.

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Post by dpr59 »

Take a look at Texas' car.
It will be at Donington, for sale, and is an excellent example.

See you Saturday morning

Dave
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The hunt for an Excel is now over :wink:
After looking at cars and talking to people at Donnington on the Saturday,
I very nearly headed north to Weatherby to view a red Excel with 65k 1989 red with tan interior. It was peeing down. I decided not to go as it would mean another 200 miles to my already longish journey.
Well, Sunday I searched pistonheads site. The rest is history. 1990 red SE,
18300 recorded miles now sits in my garage :D And to top it all off, it was 30 miles from my house. It is a minter.
Will venture out in it soon, and definately will be at 60th Lotus aniversary.
Anyone in or around Cambridge?
Dave

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Hi Dave, great to hear that you have been successful. Enjoy!
Alan
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Post by Redlotus »

Hi Dave

I am located in St Ives and work in Cambridge and currently use mine once a week although it does not really like the crawl into central Cambridge of a morning.

I saw your car advertised but just can not understand how anyone can own such a car and not drive it! Looks excellent

Simon
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1971 MGB

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Post by dave72h2 »

Simon, My Excel was owned for 10 years by a chap (second owner) that was in the armed forces and (so I was told by previous owner) spent a lot of time out of the UK. He only done 2800 miles in 10 years. The car was serviced once a year by HHC. I am now the fourth owner.
Dave.

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Post by Redlotus »

Dave

That will explain it then. Great looking car. look forward to seeing it in the flesh sometime.
Simon

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1971 MGB

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Post by Tanz »

Any chance of some pics :?:

Cheers,

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Phil, not too good at loading images yet, but you will find pics on pistonheads.
Dave.

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Post by Tanz »

Hi Dave,

When your ready to post some pics - just save them on your hard drive and upload them to Photo bucket or a similar site

http://photobucket.com/?link=topmenu&sp ... v_tab_home

There will be 4 links listed under each picture (if you use photo bucket) - just click on the 4th link and paste it in your post - job done,
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Phil
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Thanks Tanz. Hope this worked!

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Post by Tanz »

Looks in fantastic condition - wish mine looked that good under the bonnet
Great pics
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Phil
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Post by Rojo »

Tanz wrote:Looks in fantastic condition - wish mine looked that good under the bonnet
Great pics
Cheers,

Phil
I agree with Phil, It looks a stunner from your photo's. :)

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Post by Steve C »

I remember that number plate .. I also remember drooling over the car at Castle Combe, probably around 2 years ago. It looked stunning.

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Post by MJN53 »

Hi Dave - the car certainly looks great and you beat me to it! Did you get any other cars offered to you that looked good as I'm actively looking for one. I use to own a 1990 claret SE and would love to know if this still exists and dare i say for sale? Cheers. Mike

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