Lotus Elite / Eclat / Excel

I know I suggested this but Im out, sorry guys but Im in a tier 3 area. Hopefully the memorial day next year will be in calmer times.
Bash

Pete, seeing as both your cars are in bits perhaps you could drop the TVR body onto the Lotus chassis and you could say they are both 'done'.

Bash
Ps, I'll give you a lift !

Id be up for the springtime meetup but I suppose we will have to hope current events dont continue, it will no doubt have to be socially distanced.... if thats possible. I went on a couple of local drives with my local motor club after the last lockdown which were centred around being outside at the...

But... How much would it cost to have some made ?, And, if this had been for a posh fiat (ferrari) how much would they have cost ? I actually am really pleased that someone has paid proper money for these its a good indicator of how much they love their car, and no, it wasn't me. Bash (how much ?) P...

Wow, thats alot of cash. Of course the choice is yours, but, one of the things that defines a Lotus is the suspension and going along the theory that Lotus really knew their stuff It took me years to get hold of some new old stock dampers so I could retain the standard springs too. Being lucky enoug...

Count me in sounds like a good idea
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Where did Oli live, I was thinking (I know thats dangerous) if we cant do a sound off for him what about having a national memorial meet up near to where he lived when things settle down to show his family the regard that we all had for him.
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A great fella. Ive also owned an S1 TVR tasmin so we had a good chat about both cars, a very nice guy. If Covid wasnt an issue we could have travelled to his funeral and given him a 'sound off' exhaust blast as he went past on his last drive, I bet he would have liked that.
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Im glad Im not on the same wavelength as Stu. My cars sat around at the moment cos we moved house and Im too busy decorating and fixing house stuff, I really need to give it run even if its only to the supermarket.... the long way around obviously.

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Ive had a look, they should only fail a car if its near the fuel system or there is a risk of fire.......... Which means it open to interpretation by the tester, again !!!! Another interpretation is depending how much business the tester wants to drum up (dealer ?). I bet you can still pass a landro...

I think these were only on the later cars, either that or mine fell off over 25 years ago.
Bash

Never go to a dealer for an mot, Ive heard this story so many times. Plus, Ive never heard of the heat shield one ?
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Im also offended, surely ex police officers should be on the list. I worked extremely hard at being a professional knob for over 29 years. Could you please edit your list and include me. Bash Ps, Im enjoying the sillyness here, its been sadly lacking of late and we have all been letting the club down.

Yes, really ! Its in this months practical Performance car magazine. Oh, and its got a Ford V8 and the chassis has been shortened and narrowed.
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I know that holbay worked with lotus for the formula junior racers but apart from that ??
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Ps, I slso found out that Holbay was initially founded in Sheffield.