Lotus Elite / Eclat / Excel

Pete Boole wrote:The Bagshaw isn't really a hotel! It's a virtually un-manned set of rooms in a lovely old building. No restaurant. No bar. We'll be eating in town somewhere I'd think.

Pete

Yep. Hopefully we will all find a nice place in Bakewell

Shaun

Pete Boole wrote:Just got the last room at the Bagshaw! Looks like a quirky place! Need to book a restaurant nearer the time.

Pete

Maybe they just didn't like the sound of Stu then
Yes will need to book a restaurant but there should be loads in Bakewell.................shouldn't there?
Shaun

I'd been wondering about the steering wheel as well. I'm fitting electric power steering and I though a slightly smaller wheel would work well with it but I have no idea about the design. I really like the Excel wheel. Pete Pete if you like the style of the Personal wheel fitted to later Excels you...

shaunw wrote:Classic run booked Now looking for accommodation near the Hassop start point.

Shaun

Jerry, Di, Carol and I are booked into Bagshaw Hall in Bakewell. There are still rooms available but from what I can make out they will get taken pretty quickly.

Shaun

Classic run booked Now looking for accommodation near the Hassop start point.

Shaun

After a superfast Medium run in 2018 Claire and I opted to do the Slow run in 2019 and found it enjoyable. If I remember correctly I think the Classic run is a shorter route than the Fast, Medium and Slow runs. I've been refused the weekend off work so we'll not be able to make it to this year's ev...

Looks like Kev Jerry and Phil are all going to give the classic run a try this year. It starts at Hassop so Jerry and I are currently looking for a suitable place to stay.

Shaun

LITP 2020 tickets are now available from the MLOC store. For a change this year I'm considering doing the classic run. Ive done the intermediate runs in previous years and for the first two years it was great, fast enough to be exciting but not so fast that I was constantly struggling foot to the fl...

barker_001 wrote:Shaun / Pete, do you have a part number for the Mintex 1144 pads? Thanks...

And mine are four pots Bryan! Someone on here must know though!

Hi Hodders! Mintex 1144 pads offer more bite. In my opinion unless you plan on track use or really hard road use drilled and grooved discs are not necessary and on my car have proved to be a bit noisy. 4 pot calipers on the other hand are definitely worth considering as they give a more positive bra...

I thought Hazel Chapmans car was gold. I saw it once at Donnington.

Shaun

Following on from the recent post about the maxi box, this is a link to a manual for the W58 gearbox. Note this is not from Lotus, so I don’t know if there are any differences, but thought it may be useful to someone. Brilliant Alan! That may be just what I'm looking for, and timely too :D Pete I d...

I'm not sure what the problem was with my old box , my guess is that something was amiss with the selector rods. The bush I was talking about is a press fit on the bottom of the gear lever and this sits in a nylon (?) seat. The two parts come as a kit and are available from Toyota dealers for about ...

The w58 can have a superb rifle bolt action but only if there are no worn parts. As you know Pete I swapped my gearbox as the gear change was sloppy and unfortunately something other than the easily changed delrin gear selector Bushes was wrong with it. I haven't driven a Getrag box but I cant see h...

SO I was gutted when I realised I can't make the weekend this year , especially as it looked Like a cracking little Hotel. SO as I have to go locally in a few weeks to look at a Dog I was wondering if the hotel was as nice as it look on there Website. As I read some of the comments I think I know t...