The Lotus Grand Tourers

The responses are in this thread. In addition this was discussed on our club Zoom call and with the club committee, both of which were supportive of the proposal. The summary above addresses the concerns expressed. Cheers, Richard For the record - I think there were 7 responses in favour, 2 undecid...

Out of interest, what were the numbers of responses "in favour" and "opposed" to this proposal? Or was it just an executive decision?

Nothing against Esprits, still aspire to one, etc etc. but I'm firmly against the idea. Plenty of online places for the Esprit owners to discuss things and I fear this almost-unique forum would get diluted by Esprit-talk.

In all the years I've owned an Excel I've observed: a) universal comments that the Excel is undervalued and b) when one sells for a strong price, there are accompanying comments saying "it's not worth that much".
Of course, the two viewpoints may both be valid.

Here’s a link to the video if anyone interested - scroll forward to 28.40 if you just want to see the good cars. https://youtu.be/r9vNzqTapT8 Thanks for the link. Some other time bookmarks: the Excel from 30:08 and the actual Eletre reveal, in the middle of the Cheesiest-ever car launch :roll: , is...

I have one of these spare. PM me if you want to discuss its sale.

@metblue I also have a spreadsheet of Celebration models and 1992 Excels. Unless it's the same list? PM me and we can compare.

Here's a short (4-page) road test on the Celebration model, from Performance Car magazine, August 1991, plus 2 pages of superficial Lotus history. Must be one of the last magazine tests before end of production of the Excel? https://www.dropbox.com/s/ks462asvmqkshzm/Lotus%20Excel%20Celebration_Augus...

Sent you a PM...........

https://www.facebook.com/groups/eliteeclatexcelforsale/permalink/1870067413191430/ 1974 Elite S1 503 (a/c removed), 32k miles, £16k. Red. Massive history, new tyres & spare. JPL 861N. Non standard alloys & steering wheel. Sevenoaks area. Looks fab in the photos. I have no connection to the seller.

Been on this forum for almost 15 years (others will be even longer) and I know from gut feel that Excel (and Elite) prices are higher these days, especially for the rarer, low mileage, well-maintained, lotsofhistory ones. The basket cases can be obtained for a few thousand (hundreds?), as they alway...

Yes, new brushes, cheap part, and basically give the motor & its mechanism a good overhaul.

There is a step-by-step set of photos I took here, if the link on the awkward Photobucket site still works for you:
https://app.photobucket.com/u/hodders44 ... 67e894c2b0
(Take the steering wheel off though).

When you see old links with "phpbb" in the middle, you need to remove the phpbb bit; then the link will work. So for example, https://www.lotusexcel.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3172&hilit=wiper+motor+removal won't work, but https://www.lotusexcel.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3172&hilit=wiper+motor+remo...