Lotus Europa Forums > Garage
Hello
TurboFource:
:Welcome:
Cheguava:
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).
BDA:
:Welcome: 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
Triton:
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.
dakazman:
:Welcome:
Jeff
Congrats on your new purchase.
Dakazman
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version