Grand Tourers Register
Moderator: Board Moderators
- Qwertyco
- Junior Poster
- Posts: 79
- Joined: Sun Jul 11, 2010 13:51
- Model: plain old Excel
- Colour: White
- Year: 1983
- Location: North Yorkshire
Re: Grand Tourers Register
Not sure if you have my '83 Excel on the list?
I'll pm you the details.
It's Monaco white with red 1/2 leather.
I've owned it since 1989.
SORN since 2007, but nothing wrong with it.
Mike.
I'll pm you the details.
It's Monaco white with red 1/2 leather.
I've owned it since 1989.
SORN since 2007, but nothing wrong with it.
Mike.
"Life is like a Dancing Monkey, - Pretty amusing, until it starts to lob faeces at you"
- Tanz
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 2090
- Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 22:05
- Model: SE
- Colour: Calypso Red
- Year: 1988
- Location: Wolverhampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
Just letting you know that we have lost a Eclat. A Club Lotus Staffs member had a garage fire possibly caused by a freezer. It completely destroyed 2 classics including the Eclat and damaged a third. His house was also slightly damaged. The reg was XNG688S, blue newly enlarged to 2.2 litre.
Cheers, Phil
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
- MetBlue
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 1445
- Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2018 21:00
- Model: Elite 74 & Excel 92 (SEish))
- Colour: Metalic Blue
- Year: 1974
- Location: Northampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
Terrible news. Must be devastating when such things happen.
This wasn't on the register, but I'll add. If you know the owner and could ask what the chassis / engine numbers were it would be good please Phil. do you know if the 2.2 L engine was the original bored and stroked or a replacement?
Tony
This wasn't on the register, but I'll add. If you know the owner and could ask what the chassis / engine numbers were it would be good please Phil. do you know if the 2.2 L engine was the original bored and stroked or a replacement?
Tony
What goes together.... Must come apart.
- Tanz
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 2090
- Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 22:05
- Model: SE
- Colour: Calypso Red
- Year: 1988
- Location: Wolverhampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
OK I will ask him...
Cheers, Phil
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
- Crowman30
- Junior Poster
- Posts: 38
- Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2021 15:38
- Model: Excel SE
- Colour: Calypso Red
- Year: 1987
Re: Grand Tourers Register
I noticed in one of the pictures, the blue Excel on the top right, reg no. F110ECK belongs to Jay Emm and can be seen on Youtube.
Don.
Don.
- rbgosling
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 1724
- Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2010 22:55
- Model: Lotus Excel SE
- Colour: Midnight Blue
- Year: 1990
- Location: Rugby
Re: Grand Tourers Register
I got special SORN insurance for my car while it was off the road when I rebuilt the engine.
"Farmer" Richard
1990 Lotus Excel SE (Lilith)
2022 MG MG5 EV (not due to be a classic for quite a few years...)
2011 Nissan Leaf (Ragly - EV pioneer, must be due to be a classic one day)
1990 Lotus Excel SE (Lilith)
2022 MG MG5 EV (not due to be a classic for quite a few years...)
2011 Nissan Leaf (Ragly - EV pioneer, must be due to be a classic one day)
-
- Regular Poster
- Posts: 130
- Joined: Tue Aug 10, 2021 20:38
- Model: excel
- Colour: red
- Year: 1985
- Location: NL
- Contact:
Re: Grand Tourers Register
but surely not the third party liabilty, which probably is a bit iffy for a non MOT'd car ?
But maybe it is part of a collection under an umbrella policy
- ChrisJ
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 202
- Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2015 22:52
- Model: Excel SE
- Colour: White
- Year: 1989
- Location: Hertfordshire
Re: Grand Tourers Register
This was sold a fair while ago to another TLF member. He also had another Excel (white) - a V8 conversion. Pictures are no longer on TLF, so have no more info than that.
- Tanz
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 2090
- Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 22:05
- Model: SE
- Colour: Calypso Red
- Year: 1988
- Location: Wolverhampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
Cheers, Phil
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
- MetBlue
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 1445
- Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2018 21:00
- Model: Elite 74 & Excel 92 (SEish))
- Colour: Metalic Blue
- Year: 1974
- Location: Northampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
Thanks Phil.
Some good info in that letter in addition to the car details.
Tony
Some good info in that letter in addition to the car details.
Tony
What goes together.... Must come apart.
- MetBlue
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 1445
- Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2018 21:00
- Model: Elite 74 & Excel 92 (SEish))
- Colour: Metalic Blue
- Year: 1974
- Location: Northampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
That's an interesting last paragraph in the provenance letter.
Series 1 starts at 0100D and runs to 0956D + 0960D. That would equate to only 857 Series 1 Eclat's.
Page 28 of Matthew Vales Enthusiasts guide concludes 1,296, although he does state this is an average of a number of varying sources.
That's quite a big difference though.
Anyone with an Eclat willing to share the VIN plate I'd appreciate hearing from you via PM. I've got a good number of V plate Eclat's on the register but don't know VIN's.
The latest VIN I do have is 0800D, which I believe was built March 79. - It's the T plate car currently for sale on Ebay at £15K.
Tony
Series 1 starts at 0100D and runs to 0956D + 0960D. That would equate to only 857 Series 1 Eclat's.
Page 28 of Matthew Vales Enthusiasts guide concludes 1,296, although he does state this is an average of a number of varying sources.
That's quite a big difference though.
Anyone with an Eclat willing to share the VIN plate I'd appreciate hearing from you via PM. I've got a good number of V plate Eclat's on the register but don't know VIN's.
The latest VIN I do have is 0800D, which I believe was built March 79. - It's the T plate car currently for sale on Ebay at £15K.
Tony
What goes together.... Must come apart.
- Tanz
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 2090
- Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 22:05
- Model: SE
- Colour: Calypso Red
- Year: 1988
- Location: Wolverhampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
It doesn't include left hand drive Eclat's. I assume Matthew Vale included all Eclat's.MetBlue wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 20:37That's an interesting last paragraph in the provenance letter.
Series 1 starts at 0100D and runs to 0956D + 0960D. That would equate to only 857 Series 1 Eclat's.
Page 28 of Matthew Vales Enthusiasts guide concludes 1,296, although he does state this is an average of a number of varying sources.
That's quite a big difference though.
Anyone with an Eclat willing to share the VIN plate I'd appreciate hearing from you via PM. I've got a good number of V plate Eclat's on the register but don't know VIN's.
The latest VIN I do have is 0800D, which I believe was built March 79. - It's the T plate car currently for sale on Ebay at £15K.
Tony
Cheers, Phil
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
- MetBlue
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 1445
- Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2018 21:00
- Model: Elite 74 & Excel 92 (SEish))
- Colour: Metalic Blue
- Year: 1974
- Location: Northampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
Doooh : Good point Phil.
Pretty obvious really. There had to be an explanation with such a big difference.
Tony
Pretty obvious really. There had to be an explanation with such a big difference.
Tony
What goes together.... Must come apart.
- MetBlue
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 1445
- Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2018 21:00
- Model: Elite 74 & Excel 92 (SEish))
- Colour: Metalic Blue
- Year: 1974
- Location: Northampton
Re: Grand Tourers Register
Question time.
Anyone know if any LHD Excels were actually made. Without exports to America, I'm sure demand would be low.
Back to Matthew Vales book, it states 2158 as best guess total production. Taking the difference between first and last UK destined serial numbers, I get 1993 RHD cars. Possible I suppose that the other 165 are RHD exports to countries that drive on the correct side of the road - or a mix of exported Left and right hand drive.
Tony
Anyone know if any LHD Excels were actually made. Without exports to America, I'm sure demand would be low.
Back to Matthew Vales book, it states 2158 as best guess total production. Taking the difference between first and last UK destined serial numbers, I get 1993 RHD cars. Possible I suppose that the other 165 are RHD exports to countries that drive on the correct side of the road - or a mix of exported Left and right hand drive.
Tony
What goes together.... Must come apart.