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by **router** » Wed 27.06.2007, 13:08

My carpets are looking abit worn, can I get replacements?

by **Dave Eds** » Wed 27.06.2007, 13:30

Admin!!!!!

by **ailwyn** » Wed 27.06.2007, 14:19

Dave Eds wrote:Admin!!!!!

PMT?

by **Dave Eds** » Wed 27.06.2007, 14:27

ailwyn wrote:
Dave Eds wrote:Admin!!!!!

PMT?

Thread under wrong heading! - until Sy moves it and makes me look like Gary :shock:

by **ailwyn** » Wed 27.06.2007, 15:30

I know, just thought it was a loud scream :-D

by **Dave Eds** » Wed 27.06.2007, 15:39

by **Specky** » Wed 27.06.2007, 18:38

router wrote:My carpets are looking abit worn, can I get replacements?

yes and no...

depends on colour and which bits of carpet you require..

Wot you got....

or what do you want?

TTFN

by **router** » Wed 27.06.2007, 20:18

I have red carpets and looking for the drivers side footwell for my SE

by **Specky** » Wed 27.06.2007, 20:40

router wrote:I have red carpets and looking for the drivers side footwell for my SE

Then the short answer is NO...

Lotus sold off all there stock recently...

Where to go next, I don't know...

TTFN

by **dapinky** » Wed 27.06.2007, 21:13

Router,

The best i can advise is to see if Lotus still have any of the nearside footwell ones left (They were being sold off for a fiver in January) and i think Jamie (Jimbob, on here) bought a few bits not so long ago.

The drivers side had to be bought from South West Lotus at their huge markup :cry:

Failing that, i think you will be unlucky in your quest, unless some ever appear again on e-bay.

The only other alternative is to see what else may be available and do a colour change. It's only the footwells which are moulded, the rest can be cut from flat carpet.

Algirdas did post something a while ago about some company in USA who were looking into moulding new ones, but i haven't seen anything since then.

by **Paul.P** » Wed 27.06.2007, 22:58

Router, try Coverdale Carpets, they offered to make some if we send them a pattern ?

by **router** » Wed 27.06.2007, 23:46

cheers for the advice theres afew things to do here....

by **algirdas** » Thu 28.06.2007, 03:26

Dear Dave:

Mike K and I are looking into this albeit, at a glacial pace. Realistically, I need to get my act together on the Samco hoses, hand brake levers and the LOG. By that time, the coffin should be here with the gray carpet set that will be used as a template.

Did you know that Emerson Fittipaldi is being re-united with his Lotus 72 at Woody Creek raceway high in the Colorado mountains?

Sincerely,

Algirdas

by **jimbob** » Thu 28.06.2007, 21:57

Dapinky's right, S.W. lotus had some sets of red ones for both sides a couple of months ago although they were about £105 a piece :shock:

Worth a try because I got the last 2 L/H ones from Lotus, one went on the floor, the other Im cutting up to do the doors with.

by **Jim Brown** » Sun 19.08.2007, 01:18

Surly the company that did the original carpet can reproduce a quantity even if there is no official lotus logo I would like new carpets too

by **GeoffSmith** » Sun 19.08.2007, 06:05

Jim,

Welcome to LEC.

From experience, there can be problems with Lotus suppliers, even for a car as old as our own: Even if you can track down the OEM and manage to convert the Lotus part number to the OEM reference number and persuade them to run off a few, the quite often still work with Lotus and will respect the agreements they have with Lotus not to supply Lotus parts to the general public. That's not to say that they won't supply something to a pattern provided by the customer......

Geoff

by **stevieshag** » Sun 02.09.2007, 17:01

If anyone still wants red carpets i have complete set from my breaker they are in very good condition, if anyone interested get in touch

stevie

by **Jim Brown** » Thu 20.09.2007, 23:29

stevieshag wrote:If anyone still wants red carpets i have complete set from my breaker they are in very good condition, if anyone interested get in touch

stevie

Hi Steve I am interested in red carpet I will log on tomorrow if still available and sort some thing out

by **Jim Brown** » Thu 20.09.2007, 23:42

geoffsmith wrote:Jim,

Welcome to LEC.

From experience, there can be problems with Lotus suppliers, even for a car as old as our own: Even if you can track down the OEM and manage to convert the Lotus part number to the OEM reference number and persuade them to run off a few, the quite often still work with Lotus and will respect the agreements they have with Lotus not to supply Lotus parts to the general public. That's not to say that they won't supply something to a pattern provided by the customer......

Geoff

The simplest things can be the most difficult we have aproduct that we care passionately about as a young man this it was my dream to own a lotus now that I have finally got one I would dearly like to restore it to as close to its original state as physically possible to fulfil my dream and apassion I feel a little cheated that whilst this is cared about by so many passionate owners things like carpets can not be gained through lotus every thing deterates I could have brought a cortina MK2 and popprd out to the nearest national carpet and have them copy the pattern of the original but my passion is with lotus just for the pleasure to sit behind that little yellow badge with the black writing sad I know but we have chosen lotus lotus needs to invest a little time in us part number work back wards they must have some one that knows the original providers of this product was start there

by **stevieshag** » Fri 21.09.2007, 09:33

Yeah carpets still for sale.

Pm me..

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