Lotus Festival 2018 (date now announced 29 Sept at Hethel)

[RonR]

It was great to meet you guys yesterday, and thanks to whoever pointed out my elan's incontinence.
That's the second leak I've had since ordering a set of Samcos, only another 4 weeks until they arrive, so fingers crossed!
I've put up a few photos in the Gallery Here:

Answers to a few questions asked:

1. Yes I do have letter 'H' stamped onto my original boot key
2. The steering wheel restoration kit I used (No connection, etc) is from the Leather Repair Company Here. It might even restore your worn leather gear knob.

I even got to try my key in Clemo's Boot lock!

[TrevorB]

Below is an email received today from Bibs of TLF

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Hi

A very big thank you to you and your club for helping make this Saturday such an amazing day at Lotus, what a party! Feedback from the event has been excellent and it was great to see our club area so packed with so many varied cars, all presented in such excellent condition. I hope that you personally enjoyed the day and all of your members had a great time at the factory, rest assured that the event was all the better for your attendance so thanks again for all of your efforts.

Of course, any feedback both good and bad is welcome so please feel free to email your thoughts if you find the time.

Finally, please see below for a message from Marcus Blake, Commercial Director, Group Lotus.

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Dear All,

On behalf of Group Lotus, I would like to thank you all for your support and participation in the Lotus 70th celebrations. It was a genuine pleasure to meet so many of you, and to bring so many iconic cars together to the home of Lotus at Hethel. Having read through several of the forums now, I am pleased to see that the event has been well received by those that attended or watched over the live streams. There are many elements involved in turning a design and production facility into a showground for the day, and we are grateful to so many of you to help us make this happen.

Please look out for a few more videos of the event that we will put out on social media over the coming days, and please do continue to post and share using #lotus70.

Best Regards

Marcus



Marcus Blake

Commercial Director

GROUP LOTUS PLC

Part of the GEELY HOLDING GROUP

Hethel, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8EZ, England


Kind regards,

Bibs

Lotus70.com

T: 0845 094 6195

E: info@lotus70.com

[Kathryn]

It was a fantastic day! Thanks to all for helping make the day so good.

I didn’t intend to disappear for so long at the end of the day, I intended to return before most of you went home! I went to look at the cars parked on track, realised I wouldn’t have time to walk the full length of them so decided to wait and watch them drive past. However I was invited into a passenger seat and ended up experiencing the whole thing in an Elan Sprint - really topped off a fab day!

Thanks RonR for the link to the steering wheel restorer, I think I’ll give it a try. And thanks to GiniW for showing me the Esprit chin spoiler. I still want it, but it really is too expensive, especially given as I damaged my rubber lip on the way to Hethel!

I’ll post some photos in the Gallery section. EDIT It won’t let me! I’ve shared them to the Lotus M100 Owners And Enthusiasts Page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1376617 ... 8385233808

Looking forward to the next one already!

[Giniw]

(What is the price for the steering wheel restoration? On TLF someone pointed me a steering wheel refurbisher (=new leather) and apparently it's about 150€ (or £?) including UK postage, and the result seems very, very good. I will have to find the link though!)

[Kathryn]

(What is the price for the steering wheel restoration? On TLF someone pointed me a steering wheel refurbisher (=new leather) and apparently it's about 150€ (or £?) including UK postage, and the result seems very, very good. I will have to find the link though!)

Ron posted a link above for a do-it-yourself kit for £29.50. More a leather restorer than a full restoration.

[Giniw]

OK, thanks =)
As for the upholstery DIY option, I do love that guy's channel (although it's not directly related to the restoration process or RonR link, but just upholstery):
https://www.youtube.com/user/Cechaflo/videos
Steering wheel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcAmaou3F2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODcGWn9yhpE
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... wEfco6fqtg

[Tuga2112]

Ron posted a link above for a do-it-yourself kit for £29.50. More a leather restorer than a full restoration.

Kathryn, can you tell me where is this ?

i would like to investigate this in more detail. my other car steering wheel is very worn, i would hope its still in a restorable state, this may be something i could use as well.

[John_W]

Six posts above yours!
viewtopic.php?f=140&t=26814&start=293

You really do need more beer tonight.


https://shop.leatherrepaircompany.com/p ... 1736519179

[Tuga2112]

Six posts above yours!
viewtopic.php?f=140&t=26814&start=293

You really do need more beer tonight.


https://shop.leatherrepaircompany.com/p ... 1736519179

thanks.

its been a long day for me.
although i been active in the forum because i was working on the elan today. actually im exausted from trying to remove front wheel bearings from my mum's alfa spider so... also, my focus is being distracted all the time while trying to research on 3 different things while reading the forum.

[RonR]

Re: Steering wheel Restoration kit.
If you're like me in a "Monkey see, Monkey do" kind of way, there's a Youtube demo video Here