Author Topic: What does your Europa look like today ? (Read 109825 times)

3929R · « **Reply #285 on:** Thursday,April 30, 2015, 03:28:18 PM »

Often when I run at lunch I pass a lonely looking Elise in a nearby parking lot. This morning when I drove my Europa in I looked but the Elise was not there. I parked in the usual area of the lot anyway and while on my lunch run there it was. No idea whose it is but hopefully they smiled when they got to work.

3929R · « **Reply #286 on:** Thursday,April 30, 2015, 03:30:25 PM »

WOOOO HOOO!!! exarkun1178

Serge · « **Reply #287 on:** Thursday,April 30, 2015, 03:45:19 PM »

I'm happy for you Rob! Now it's time to enjoy it!

And Mark, your Europa looks stunning! The only thing that bothers me a little is the raised front suspension, but otherwise it's perfect. If I had to have a TCS, your car would be the perfect spec.

Serge

BDA · « **Reply #288 on:** Thursday,April 30, 2015, 06:54:05 PM »

exarkun1178 & Mark, you two have really done a great job! Congratulations to both of you!!

Twin cams always have their snout in the air. There doesn't seem to be anything you can do about it. I have adjustable spring perches and mine does the same thing. It's just one of those things you have to live with.

Bainford · « **Reply #289 on:** Friday,May 01, 2015, 08:15:36 AM »

Rob, excellent news, congrats

The car looks great. Now get out there and drive it!!

Mark, it's always good to have company, and I'm sure that's true even if you are a Lotus. Cheers.

3929R · « **Reply #290 on:** Sunday,June 14, 2015, 09:36:59 AM »

My 15 year old daughter thinks she will get her license and dad will let her cruise around in the Lotus with her friend. Dad doesn't think so.

BDA · « **Reply #291 on:** Sunday,June 14, 2015, 04:04:46 PM »

She's a beauty! The car, too!

As for her driving the Lotus... I understand how you feel!

blasterdad · « **Reply #292 on:** Sunday,June 14, 2015, 07:22:01 PM »

I don't have to worry about our daughter wanting to drive the Lotus, (15 also) she says it's "ugly".

3929R · « **Reply #293 on:** Monday,June 15, 2015, 08:14:32 PM »

Quote from: blasterdad on Sunday,June 14, 2015, 07:22:01 PM

I don't have to worry about our daughter wanting to drive the Lotus, (15 also) she says it's "ugly".

There's just no accounting for the fickle tastes of teenage girls.

3929R · « **Reply #294 on:** Saturday,June 20, 2015, 05:31:28 PM »

I drove to our local British Field Day today. There were lots of neat cars and motorcycles. There was even one other vintage Lotus. At least it had a Lotus badge. But I'm not sure exactly what it was. Can anyone enlighten me? (I missed finding the owner)

BDA · « **Reply #295 on:** Saturday,June 20, 2015, 06:15:29 PM »

That sounds like it was a nice outing!

The first one is a really pretty yellow Europa... but that one was probably yours!

The white one is probably a race car that somebody put a Lotus badge on because it had a bunch of Lotus parts or a TC engine or something. I don't think Chunky had anything else to do with it.

Arizona · « **Reply #296 on:** Thursday,June 25, 2015, 12:49:51 PM »

Well after several decades without the evaporative loss control system I decided to reinstall it. Fotunately I never throw Lotus parts away so I still had the catch tank. Ugly thing it is and so I considered getting something smaller to repalce it but in the end yielded to originality. The (non original) charcoal canister is from a Harley and I relocated it to a more easily accessable location, as I also did for the ignition coil.

3929R · « **Reply #297 on:** Thursday,June 25, 2015, 01:02:24 PM »

Just curious, what motivated you to reinstall the system? Does Flagstaff have air quality issues? We do and I avoid driving my Europa when the air is poor.

Arizona · « **Reply #298 on:** Thursday,June 25, 2015, 01:15:54 PM »

Quote from: 3929R on Thursday,June 25, 2015, 01:02:24 PM

Just curious, what motivated you to reinstall the system? Does Flagstaff have air quality issues? We do and I avoid driving my Europa when the air is poor.

No, Flagstaff has about the cleanest air of any metropolitan area in the country. We don't have an emissions inspection and I don't drive the Lotus enough to be a danger to anyone's lungs. I guess I just decided to go for a bit more originality. Not that I'm a stickler for originality; the brake boosters are long gone and aren't coming back.

3929R · « **Reply #299 on:** Saturday,July 04, 2015, 01:17:31 PM »

Lost in a sea of excess....

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