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Garage / Re: Optional extras for the S1
« Last post by jbcollier on Tuesday,April 16, 2024, 06:52:25 AM »And a (useless) radio.
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Garage / Re: Optional extras for the S1
« Last post by 46/0320 on Tuesday,April 16, 2024, 06:24:59 AM »That's what I thought. Strange that the authors mentioned this. Lotus must have considered offering these options and told them about it, otherwise they wouldn't have written it in their articles I guess. I really like the possibilities you have to configure your car nowadays. Than the only choice you had with the S1 was the exterior colour?
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Garage / Re: Optional extras for the S1
« Last post by jbcollier on Tuesday,April 16, 2024, 06:11:09 AM »Not that I'm aware of. I have heard of a couple of cars with twin tanks but they seemed to be one-offs rather than official factory options. Same with the carpets, the S1 interior is pretty bare so local distributors or dealers might try to spruce things up a bit. Again, not an official option.
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Garage / Re: Fried white and red ignition wire on my 72 twin cam
« Last post by jbcollier on Tuesday,April 16, 2024, 06:07:52 AM »The current flow through the RW wire can be quite high. Spiking 30+ amps before settling down. If the spade connection gets a bit iffy die to corrosion or being loose, then that amount of current can produce quite a bit of heat. That's why the wire is melted by the connector and fine elsewhere. If there is a true short, and current is going even higher, the whole wire would get hot and melt.
I would change the switch and fit new connectors on the RW wire and brown feed wire. Use w-crimp connectors. Then add a relay near the starter to take the high amp load off the ignition switch.
I would change the switch and fit new connectors on the RW wire and brown feed wire. Use w-crimp connectors. Then add a relay near the starter to take the high amp load off the ignition switch.
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Jeff
Congrats on your new purchase.
Dakazman
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I have restored a 73 Special over the last few years. I think Europa's look really good in pistachio green. I live in Nelson,not far away. If you need to take any measurements or check on parts etc just let me know. Stuart.
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Garage / Re: Fried white and red ignition wire on my 72 twin cam
« Last post by BDA on Monday,April 15, 2024, 09:28:21 PM »Let us know how it goes!
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Garage / Re: Fried white and red ignition wire on my 72 twin cam
« Last post by GPS on Monday,April 15, 2024, 06:18:56 PM »Thanks for the scurity advise as I was not paying attention to these deatils as I noemally would.
I will procede to check the solenoid.
Cheers
I will procede to check the solenoid.
Cheers
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Jeff!!You seem to be following my rule: do the stuff that doesn’t show and give the stuff you can see to the professional!
If you’ve restored almost any car, you shouldn’t have much trouble restoring a Europa because they are very simple cars.
Here are some essential websites:
http://lotus-europa.com/manuals/index.htm (searchable online manuals and lots of other information and mods)
https://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=1389.0 (list of suppliers)
Don’t worry about asking stupid questions, nobody will judge you. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people here who will be happy to help any way they can.
I’m looking forward to your pictures. This forum requires that pictures not be too big. There are several ways of “resizing” pictures. Here are two:
https://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=1379.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_55eg00H-w
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Thanks for the kind words of welcome. Nice to know there are other former plastic pig owners on here! My SE5A was restored when I got it in the 90s, but after 2 years and 30,000 miles of heavy use it needed restoring again and I needed something with more doors.
It is the Vincent Haydon one with the Cosmics. I love the pistachio green colour with the body shape, it's a proper 70's colour, and the Cosmics are an alloy I always had a love for, and fitted them to a mini I did up as a 70's pastiche. So this was a Europa with my name on it, just have to get it and get it back how it should look (say it quickly).
It is the Vincent Haydon one with the Cosmics. I love the pistachio green colour with the body shape, it's a proper 70's colour, and the Cosmics are an alloy I always had a love for, and fitted them to a mini I did up as a 70's pastiche. So this was a Europa with my name on it, just have to get it and get it back how it should look (say it quickly).