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Lotus Europa Forums => Classifieds Forums => FS / WTB: Cars and Rollers => Topic started by: thehazz on Monday,April 12, 2021, 09:14:49 AM
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Details:
2nd owner (but never driven by 2nd)
21k miles (purchased new at West Herr Ford Amherst NY)
5 speed manual
Clear title.
Motor is locked up. The car was in storage for 20 years. Seems to have the most desirable options. Car is located in Grand Island, NY 15 minutes outside Niagara Falls NY and Buffalo NY.
I can get more pictures as needed.
https://imgur.com/a/4wCr9Ij
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:Welcome: thehazz!!
That could make a nice project for somebody!
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Good morning my name is Bud Hepburn and I live just outside Toronto and this could be an ideal candidate for me since you are so close to the border although it will still seem difficult till the border opens up. Can you supply more pics and asking price so I can evaluate the car. I would like to see pics of the interior as well as all of the other areas. I have wanted one for 50 years and this just might be it. I am assuming that it has a proper registration etc. Maybe a zoom call or face time could be arranged as well. looking forward to more info. Thanx
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Hi "thehazz"
:Welcome:
good luck with the sale....
Mark
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Hi Thehaz,
Is your Europa still for sale?
Cheers.
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Thank you all for the wonderful welcome and the great advice and knowledge. This vehicle sale is pending.
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I am buying this car and just waiting for paperwork to be completed so I can get it across the border and into Canada. Going to be a lot of work but it is a TIME CAPSULE and will be a great project to keep me busy for a while. I may have to lean on some people for advise every so often and there are a lot of resources on this site
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Congratulations, Bud! I look forward to hearing about the progress on your new baby! :beerchug:
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Congrats Bud. Be sure start a thread with pics when it arrives. Looking forward to seeing more. Cheers :beerchug:
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Bud, Welcome. I am planning a trip in my Europa to Guelph once the lock down is over. PM me if you would like a visit.
Sandy
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Welcome aboard!
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Well this car is finally coming home after a dazzling 10 gruelling months of having to deal with the DMV in NYS and their total incompetence.
When it comes in, I will toast to the perseverance of the seller and buyer not to give up and walk away. The seller is an awesome individual and I couldn't have picked a better person to work with
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I'm glad to hear your sale went well even if the delivery was difficult. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of your baby!
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Congratulations! Also looking forward to more photos.
May your chassis be free from rot,
Your engine loosen with a bit of Mystery oil,
And, your tranny be leak free!
(old Lotus owner's blessing(
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations!!!! Now I defiantly need to motor down in my car to compare them. Mixed emotions, I want the snow to stick around for skiing and for it to melt so I can wake my Europa up and drive her.
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Finally got the car home today after 10 months of frustration with NY DMV trying to get paperwork to import it into Canada. An Abstract should not take months to get yet they managed....Nice to see it here and will have a lot of work to do to get it up and going in the future.
Tomorrow is the start of a new project
Chances are I will be looking for some help on this over the coming months
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Glad you got your baby home! :beerchug:
Keep us informed of your progress and we'll help whenever we can.
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Thanx to everyone, especially Carl and Amy who sold me the car. They are wonderful people. The car was delivered on Thursday afternoon and I spent Friday examining the car as I had not seen it for long and was interested in assessing it. The car has everything , even a seized engine that I knew about in advance> I spent Saturday compounding the paint as it had 40 years of weather on it and got half of the car done. It isn't PUUURRRRFect but it did clean up nicely and I am going to leave it as patene color and will NOT repaint it. Th is is an original car in every way.
Monday comes with new tires as the originals don't really hold air well anymore and the rest of the body gets done this week.
The car goes to the garage in a few weeks where we will remove the engine and trans and will go for a rebuild. The car comes back home to restore all of the necessary evils like brake and gas lines, suspension etc. By the time the engine is done, I hope to have the rest completed as well
I will try to keep everyone in the loop till the car is actually on the road...thanx to all
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I assume that you've allowed for the fact that you cant push the car around lon its wheels with the transmission removed as there is nothing for the lower link or upper link ( aka half shaft) to mount to.
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My car looks very similar to yours. Mine also came from upstate NY and was disassembled and off the road for 28 years. Since the engine was out and disassembled one of the previous owners used an angle iron and some pneumatic swiveling casters and the car was very movable.
Good luck with your project.
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Car went to the shop today to have the engine and transmission removed and rebuilt. This is an ORIGINAL car and is complete and hope to have it on the road before the end of summer