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Postby surfboardfiller » Tue 05.12.2006, 23:28

Lotus Elan Coupé

I now have a car in need of bodywork, respray and the hood is all wrong! What a perfect candidate for a Lotus Elan Coupé!

The previous owner had the good will to rescue this car from the breakers and had the windscreen repared before I got it.

Watch this space!

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Postby Doug » Wed 06.12.2006, 03:04

it suppose it's good to have a convertible as you guys in England always have such narrow garages!! can you even get the door open in there?? at least you can leap out of a convertible . . .
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Postby clemo » Wed 06.12.2006, 10:25

when you say coupe..
do you mean like the one at the singapore motorshow back in 96?
i think we had some photos of it on the mk1 site ..

little bit of minor damage to that ..

looks like " foal" play to me..

good luck with the project.
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Postby surfboardfiller » Wed 06.12.2006, 11:37

Doug wrote:it suppose it's good to have a convertible as you guys in England always have such narrow garages!! can you even get the door open in there?? at least you can leap out of a convertible . . .

:lol:

When I bought my BRG Elan, the guy who sold it had to push the car in and pull it out of the garage as it was so narrow! Perhaps the builder was a bike fanatic?

This photo is courtesy of Paul, the previous owner. His garage looks narrow but it is actually a double with some space inbetween.

It's very hard to find a decent garage in Bristol, most houses were built before cars were invented and most garages built before cars were big enough to be comfortable, probably why there are so many Minis Smarts and Elises :?

"when you say coupe..
do you mean like the one at the singapore motorshow back in 96?
i think we had some photos of it on the mk1 site .." Not sure, I'd like to see some photos of that! :D
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Postby paulrwebster » Wed 06.12.2006, 18:12

There was something missing from that photo.
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Postby Ekapol » Wed 06.12.2006, 19:52

A dead Loch Ness monster :shock:

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Postby Doug » Thu 07.12.2006, 06:54

well it's better than this:

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and this is the memorable one for me ----> Not for those with weak stomachs






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Postby Nige » Thu 07.12.2006, 13:52

Ah, Venison :smt063
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Postby ailwyn » Thu 07.12.2006, 13:58

Nige wrote:Ah, Venison :smt063


....and Rare, just the way I like it :D
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Postby GeoffSmith » Thu 07.12.2006, 14:37

Mmmmmm Bambi.


I wonder if this is where JohnB got the inspiration for his dashboard from?
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Postby Elanlover » Thu 07.12.2006, 14:59

Doug wrote:
and this is the memorable one for me ----> Not for those with weak stomachs






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Aye Carumba! :smt078
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Postby dapinky » Thu 07.12.2006, 15:39

Did the driver come from the same pub as Dico & Monty?
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Postby surfboardfiller » Thu 07.12.2006, 22:45

Doug wrote:well it's better than this:-


Some hich hikers don't take no for an answer! :wink:
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Postby clemo » Fri 08.12.2006, 10:27

is the engine still working ?
is is it only ONE BREAK HORSE POWER?!

i don't want to be a NAGG but?
if you have problems with the paint work
you could sand if down with fine cHORSE paper!

and HOOFER out the inside...

(sorry not funny really , but couldn't resist)
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Postby surfboardfiller » Fri 08.12.2006, 12:03

clemof1 wrote:is the engine still working ?
is is it only ONE BREAK HORSE POWER?!

i don't want to be a NAGG but?
if you have problems with the paint work
you could sand if down with fine cHORSE paper!

and HOOFER out the inside...

(sorry not funny really , but couldn't resist)


Clemo! this is a serious post would you please stop horsing arround! :-D
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Postby Monty » Fri 08.12.2006, 12:14

He`s a one treck Pony :-D
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Postby dapinky » Fri 08.12.2006, 14:07

I suspect FOAL play!
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Postby Dave M » Fri 08.12.2006, 15:05

WHOA nelly... :offtopic:

I detect FOAL play on poor Phil's thread. Shall we JOCKEY this thread back ON TRACK MARE, uh...I mean "where" it belongs?
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Postby Ekapol » Fri 08.12.2006, 21:42

Detailing will take some time... Few bottle of SimpleGreen and a lot of determination. :smt083
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Postby clemo » Fri 08.12.2006, 23:33

i think this should now be known as PROJECT RED RUM
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