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Lotus Europa Forums => Members Cars => Topic started by: gl6 on Wednesday,December 18, 2019, 10:56:25 PM
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Ok, jump in. I know you have a picture to share. (Smile)
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1 of 83, 1986 Competion Prepared SVO Mustang (think R model). It has been on the cover of Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords magazine. Runs traction limited 14.70s in the 1/4 stock, and of course they were made to corner :)
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Locost 7
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....and 94 Brooklands Green
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a 1967 MGB GT, a 2009 Ford F150 for something useful and my huge John Deere lawn tractor, taller than the Lotus.
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1966 Superformance Ford GT40 MkII replica.
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My daily driver is a 2005 SRT-4 Neon ACR edition. 1,175 SRT 4 Neons were released to dominate club racing. Came with adjustable Tokico shocks all the way around, lowered 1/2", ACR Viper style seats ready for harnesses, BBS wheels, 1" smaller in diameter but 1" wider than a normal SRT-4 BFGoodrich KDW2s, some different bushings in the rear suspension. It's a Neon on rails and a lot of fun!
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My other car is...
a boat!
(Hey, I don't own a garage! You guys all have such great cars, but other than the expensive garage I rent for the Lotus, I don't have anyplace to keep anything beyond my daily driver BMW 328d [yes, its a diesel] and my Volvo XC70 wagon.)
Tom
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How can anyone have just 1 Lotus?
'Daily' drive is an S2 Elise with wild cams and a low boost turbo setup, just because.....
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My other car is .... not that interesting! :) My car is a 2005 MB C230 (supercharged 1.8L sedan) but it does have a six-speed! My wife's car is a 2016 Honda CRV that we bought recently with 15,000 miles).
See, I told you they weren't that interesting! :)
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My other car is a SAAB 900 but my daily driver is this 1979 Trek 710. It's not a whole lot slower than the SAAB.
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Costin Nathan GT
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Costin Nathan GT
Wow! Really! That's cool. How many of these things are still in captivity? Do you vintage race it?
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How can anyone have just 1 Lotus?
Excellent question. I have just one, but I aspire to more.
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That is impeccable timing to post that you have a Costin-Nathan. I just saw in my instagram feed that Paul Matty Just put a Costin Nathan up for sale. https://paulmattysportscars.co.uk/costin-nathan-gt-1966/
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Costin Nathan GT
Wow. I'm fascinated by Costin and I reckon he's one of those unsung heroes. A Costin Nathan has GOT to be worth a thread of it's own, I don't care what section you put it in, but you've just got to do it.....
Brian
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dusy-ershim on 31s
(https://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn56/rascott_2008/IMG_0131.jpg) (http://s301.photobucket.com/user/rascott_2008/media/IMG_0131.jpg.html)
suzi the psychic- '89 suzuki sidekick- just a toy.
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That is impeccable timing to post that you have a Costin-Nathan. I just saw in my instagram feed that Paul Matty Just put a Costin Nathan up for sale. https://paulmattysportscars.co.uk/costin-nathan-gt-1966/
ever so slightly out of my price bracket..... maybe if I said I believe in Father Christmas ? :)
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How can anyone have just 1 Lotus?
Elan S4 DHC
+2 Shell (in a sad state)
As of three days ago that was it, then...
Add an Elan S4 FHC and an Elan S3SE DHC. Both in component form.
Yes, I have a problem.
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to me and to everyone on this forum.
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How can anyone have just 1 Lotus?
Yeah, that's the thing isn't it ? I buy a Lotus as my daily driver and fall in love with it over the next few years. Can't bring myself to sell it, so I rebuild it and of course while that's going on I need another car. So I buy another "old" Lotus as a daily while the other gets rebuilt. Rinse, repeat...... 40+ years of addiction.......
Brian
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Hi Brian,
It’s nice to see that the passion for lotus never wears off. Nice cars. I enjoyed reading your old website. You should publish and join Zog from the Elan forums.
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Oh boy, this is a question of obsession that I’m not sure I want to admit. Two months ago I owned eight cars. So, the fun ones :
64 Lotus Elan S1 (frame off restoration built as fast road car)
65 Lotus Elan S2 (soft restoration to keep it original but mechanically sound)
72 Lotus Europa (3 year frame off restoration)
05 Lotus Elise (in the midst of a build to enhance it a bit)
The regular transportation (they are all black vehicles):
03 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck (killer sound system and lifted 4x4)
13 Audi Allroad (completely stock)
14 Audi Q5 (diesel with 400 ft lbs torque & tow hitch)
15 VW Tiguan S (completely stock)
I recently sold the 2 Elan’s and pickup truck. The Europa TC is for sale. I’m down sizing, but will always have a Lotus :beerchug:
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Hi Brian,
It’s nice to see that the passion for lotus never wears off. Nice cars. I enjoyed reading your old website. You should publish and join Zog from the Elan forums.
I don't know if you'd call it a passion, there are times when I'm pretty sure my missus would have called it "a plague". :)
Thanks for the kind words about the antique website of how the internet used to be. It could be updated but I reckon it's quaint as it is, and a reminder of just how far we've come in the last 20yrs.
Certified - now that's some list, far too many for me to handle at any one time ! We "grew" to 6 cars at one point (the 3 Lotus plus interlopers) but I found it just too much effort, there always seemed to be one needing something doing. So we kept the Lotus's and chickened out by each getting a modern car and trading them regularly. Which gives me time to play with toys..... ;)
Brian