R.I.P. - Pinky

[Monty]

I think the bump on the head was of the back of the head part of the seat, if u feel the very top of the seat further back u can feel the metal, just shows how hard my head was thrown back  :o<br><br>Wonder what the insurance would ask for her  ??? say we count out the front for spares, except for possible, engine and box maybe turbo etc. what will the car make in parts?

[Paul.P]

Well Paul, that lift to Donny's got to be worth something m8, ain't it ?

[clemo]

vultures to the ready !!<br>poor pinky a day dead and this lists of wants will now grow ...<br><br>by the way could do with a rear numberplate holder. ;D

[jimp357]

Monty.....<br><br>Only just seen the thread.... <br><br>Sorry to see.  Sorry for your loss.  Glad to see your OK.   ;D    Hope you'll get another one.<br><br>Hope this isn't out of place...I could be interested in the engine & gearbox.<br><br>Once again, good to see your OK.<br><br>Jim

[stevo]

fcuk me monty only just seen this thread, are you ok mate?<br><br>pinky doesn't look to clever. :-/<br><br>see you at donny.

[rjbean]

Sorry to hear your news, but glad you're ok. take care

[delta]

Monty.<br>Sorry to read this thread. Must be awfull.  :o<br>Main thing though is that you are OK. Fingers crossed for a happy landing with the insurance.<br><br>All the best.  :)

[stevo]

i know its not much but you can take heart in the fact that bits of the late pinky can go on to keep other elans going. <br>just not the front bits.

[Sooty]

There is no way on earth they will repair that, I'm afraid. <br><br>The guide for writing a car-off is if the repairs are more than 60% of the cars value. <br><br>4 years ago I had a new front clam and a door and that was close to £3500 and weeks of waits for the parts. <br><br>I also had a quote from LRV for the cooling system, ie rad, 2 fans, etc and that was almost £1500 incl labour.<br><br>Let's hope they will sell it back to you for a reasonable amount so that you can use the good bits.<br><br>Out of interest, where is it?<br><br>Manchester? Wigan? Bolton?

[Sy V]

When I eventually worked out what that last picture was, I was appalled.<br><br>I've often wondered about the lack of safety for taller drivers on our Elan seats - being 6'2" my seat top is level with the nape of my neck.<br>Last night, I loaded up the Freelander with my two spare (grey/yellow) donor seats to take to Hethel this morning to have refurbished and retrimmed.<br>I'm really not sure about the practicality of this exercise now - that "U" shaped metal bar over the top rear of the seat back is undoubtedly the culprit behind Monty's second head.<br>Personally, whilst I don't harbour any plans to stuff Stripey into Armco, recent events (Monty and now Stef) serve to remind all that "things can happen". <br>Stripey's interior face lift can wait...I'm going to explore a high-backed seat (yes, wide as well!) and four-point (extra long!) harness refit - bollocks to keeping it "Lotus" just for the sake of it.  However, I may well find cost-prohibitive factors scuppering my ideas.

[ESM]

I reckon the dampers fitted to the car in the early 90s have degraded to the point where the back end of the car is made unstable by bumps in poor grip conditions (don't ask me how I know). I believe rear damper peformance is especially critical in the Elan due to the front heavy nature of the car. I advise anyone who hasn't replaced their dampers to do so  :-/

[GROMIT]

just seen the pic,s monty holly s**t . i think halfords do a red tuch up paint for miner scraches like on pinky 1or 2 pots of that and pinky will be ready for donny

[rob]

I changed my dampers 18months ago as the car was twitchy at high speeds. You could feel the rear moving around on the motorway, even more so around the bends.<br><br>It felt MUCH better after the new ones were fitted. Easy diy job and not too expensive, get it done peeps, before this happens to any one else.

[Monty]

[quote author=ElanScanMan link=board=nontechgen;num=1107619750;start=60#60 date=02/09/05 at 00:40:21]I reckon the dampers fitted to the car in the early 90s have degraded to the point where the back end of the car is made unstable by bumps in poor grip conditions (don't ask me how I know). I believe rear damper peformance is especially critical in the Elan due to the front heavy nature of the car. I advise anyone who hasn't replaced their dampers to do so  :-/[/quote]<br><br>

had his rear end fixed a couple of months back at a well known lotus dealers, his rear suspension raised by about one and a half inches  Shocked. could have been a factor, certainly did'nt look right.

<br><br>Now there`s a thought, cause the front suspension was very stiff, even on it`s lowest setting. It was kinda weird were i lost it, as before replacing the wishbones. I Hammered the corners on the tops with no problems and they were rotten if u remember  :-/  ???<br>

[John_W]

[quote author=_Monty_ link=board=nontechgen;num=1107619750;start=60#64 date=02/09/05 at 04:41:58]<br>Now there`s a thought, cause the front suspension was very stiff, even on it`s lowest setting. It was kinda weird were i lost it, as before replacing the wishbones. I Hammered the corners on the tops with no problems and they were rotten if u remember  :-/  ???<br>[/quote]<br>Monty,<br>I think the concussion's setting in ... have a lie down. I read that three times and can't follow your meaning.<br><br>Or maybe I should have a lie down.<br><br>John  ;)

[Monty]

Think i do need to lie down  ::)<br><br>I`ll try again.<br>Now there`s a thought, cause the front suspension was very stiff, even on it`s lowest setting. It was kinda weird were i lost it, as before replacing the wishbones/dampers (last year) when I first got the car use to hammer her around those corners on the tops/country lanes with no problems and those wishbones were rotten (which i didn`t know) back then if u remember. So what i`m saying is with what ever dampers CN`s put on the rear and the AVO`s on the front has that upset the balance of the car