Lotus Elan Central

I`ve only had Pinky II for about 3 week and project creep is showing it`s ugly head :-/. So thought i`d start a new thread to keep things in one place.
Up to now i`ve:-
Front Drilled and grooved disc with green stuff pads. (off Pinky)
Refurbed 2 of my wheels £120 ::) 2 new proxies tyres. £130.



Bought Those TopEnd pipes, stripped them and had them bling with the heatshields.



Put those bits back on the Car.



some of the things already done to the car:-




Next job is to do a Front and rear suspension rebuild even thou theres nothing wrong with the wishbones etc, just not happy with the ride height, so i`ll be using pinkys bits ie. wishbones, AVO shockers etc.

nice pics and info, thanks!<br><br>where's pinky's carcass thru all this? laying aside the  drive in the grass??  :-/

Pinky is round the back of the house up on bricks  :'(

After all you have been through with Pinky I, I consider this a brave effort Monty. Keep it up!<br><br>Costas

Cheers<br>Costas, I don`t think i`ll be going to for down the project creep as the Shark, but i intend to do the<br><br>suspension<br>Front Brakes<br>Exhaust<br><br>and since i think i`ve damaged the turbine thingy-me-jig in the dam Turbo, i might have to fit a bigger turbine, i need to have a word with sy on that one.  ;D

Engine bay looks brill Monty, i can feel one of Nitromans bolt kits coming on ? ;D

looking good monty...<br><br>are you going to be supplying the bling bitz....<br>or just the sun glasses,   <br> i want to do those bling bitz too, but gotta get suspension & brakes done first.. <br><br>looks great....

[quote author=Paul.P link=board=project;num=1112384700;start=0#6 date=04/01/05 at 12:28:52]Engine bay looks brill Monty, i can feel one of Nitromans bolt kits coming on ? ;D[/quote]<br><br>I agree, but i didn`t think i would of got another car so quick, thats why i never ordered one ::) + i`ve spent to much  ;D<br><br>stevieshag -<br>

<br>looking good monty...<br> <br>are you going to be supplying the bling bitz....<br>or just the sun glasses,   Cool<br> i want to do those bling bitz too, but gotta get suspension & brakes done first..  <br> <br>looks great....

<br><br>Just the Glasses LOL, i fell lucky with those pipes the very difficult to get hold off + they don`t come chromed, i had to strip them and clean the welds up.

LOL,<br><br>Awwwwww Marie don`t be having a go at me  :-* LMAO, just not had time to fit u`r little baby yet. I`ll get on to it  :-[<br><br>

Monty,<br><br>1) Are you related to Gerome ??<br><br>2) What's that shiny box in the boot where your Dave Myers rear strut brace shoiuld be ??<br><br>3) Has this helped you pull the burdz ??<br><br>Answers on an LEC postcard please <br><br>Mark

[quote author=Rambo link=board=project;num=1112384700;start=0#12 date=04/04/05 at 15:04:31]Monty,<br><br>1) Are you related to Gerome ??<br><br>2) What's that shiny box in the boot where your Dave Myers rear strut brace shoiuld be ??<br><br>3) Has this helped you pull the burdz ??<br><br>Answers on an LEC postcard please <br><br>Mark [/quote]<br><br>1) Nope<br><br>2) Nope, Ok maybe a pigeon LMAO)<br><br>3) Thats the turbo charger , I`ll be putting the rear strut brace in when i`m doing the rear suspension  ;D (not had the car long, give me a chance  ;))

I know it`s sunny out there, but i`ve took Pinky II of the road and stripped the suspension down today. I`ve removed the bottom wishbones and damper & spring, the top wishbones have already been replaced and are the S2 version ;D, it`s also got new drive shafts, trackrod ends and top balljoints. Just got to do a paint job and waxoyl in side the chassis. Then i can get the new bottom wishbones on and the AVO dampers.



Now the dampers and springs i`ve taken off are fed spec and the Pink beast looked like an off roader. ::) So i`ve compared the Fed`s to the original damper and spring and they look like the same size so i can only asume that the rating in the fed spec spring is a different and cause the higher ride height. ???

been busy today jay, could've been out soaking up the sun shine...<br><br> <br><br>

Tell me about it  ::) My back and knees are killing me  :-[ but once it`s done that`ll be new wishbones all round so should be good for another 15 years +.  ;D

Just an update, been painting today ::)
Before


after

That looks really good.<br>What type of paint did you use?

Just used Hamerite, i`ll be putting a coat off clear waxoyl over the chassis.