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Garage / Re: It's not easy being green - 1971 TC
« Last post by BDA on Today at 01:34:56 PM »
That looks pretty bad!!! I can see you have your work cut out for you!

Don't be alarmed by the light shining through your fiberglass. It just means that the paint has come off one or the other (or both) sides of the fiberglass there.
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Garage / Re: It's not easy being green - 1971 TC
« Last post by Cheguava on Today at 01:19:28 PM »
Thanks BDA and Brian - I did wonder if that tube would stop air getting to the dash vents. Thanks for the tip about motorcycle fans too, eBay is awash with them at reasonable prices, so looks like a plan for the rebuild.

Made more progress today, deployed the angry spanner on some of the nuts and bolts that would not undo and removed the radiator, air horns, blower, and (just using a socket!) the chin spoiler. Having to jack up the car and remove the n/s front wheel to attack the air horn fixings revealed just how much is going to need doing once I get to the Meccano phase, but I also noticed how much the light shines through the body tub, like a magic lantern. Is this standard added lightness, or has some coating fallen off?
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Garage / Re: Europa TCST
« Last post by TurboFource on Today at 01:04:24 PM »
Made an adjustable pedal stop so I can easily adjust how close the pedals are to me…

I was able to salvage the passenger seat track to use on the drivers seat because it’s set was fairly dissolved from water like the pedal set was …. so much to my dismay but also logical, the seat foam absorbed that water like a sponge and lightened the seat far more than I anticipated   :-\

Is there a seat drawing available ? 

What are seat options? Thought I was past the fabrication stage ….  :o :( …
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Garage / Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Last post by Bainford on Today at 12:50:34 PM »
Yup, cool photo.
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Garage / Re: Lotus Factory Tour
« Last post by BDA on Today at 12:16:37 PM »
Thanks for the great pictures!! It's nice to see such a nice grave marker for Jim Clark.
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Garage / Re: Semi Off Topic: Rarest Lotus of All? LOL
« Last post by Bainford on Today at 12:10:07 PM »
Quote from: FourLoti on Today at 09:41:57 AM
They show up FS from time to time. Here's a few that sold on BAT this year.  https://bringatrailer.com/jensen/jensen-healey/

Including that rare Jensen GT. I was tempted to bid on that as my next project, but wised up in time to save myself :)  Interesting fact I read is that Donald Healy resigned from the JH board because new American owner, Kjell Qvale, decided to position this model upmarket as a sort of a "junior" Jensen Interceptor, and dropped the Healy name. Thus, Jensen GT.
Ron
I have always thought the Jensen Healey was a bit of a chunky looking roadster, but that Jensen GT is a good looking car. Still a shame about those front bumpers, though. I'm not sure if I was aware of these.
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Garage / Re: Lotus Factory Tour
« Last post by Bainford on Today at 12:04:07 PM »
Thanks for posting the photos. It looks like a very interesting trip. I lived in the UK for 8 months back in the early 2000s, but wasn't quite as Lotus minded as I am now. I went to many races and visit a number of factory tours and similar visits (including being invited to a personal tour of the Williams works, which I regrettably had to decline due to work obligations) but none were specifically Lotus oriented. If I had a chance for a do-over, I would absolutely hit up all of those spots.
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Garage / Lotus Factory Tour
« Last post by My S1 on Today at 11:47:26 AM »
Just want to share some photos with you folks of the Classic Team Lotus Tour that my wife and me took last month.  A wonderful tour with a very knowledgable guide.  Could have spent all day there.  The factory tour...just another factory.

The Clark Museum was well worth the trip up north to the Borders.  I would recomend that you spend the night in Duns bedause it is such a delightful village.  Quite a few tours and rallies and such are organised by the museum and the Clark Trust.
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Garage / Re: Semi Off Topic: Rarest Lotus of All? LOL
« Last post by FourLoti on Today at 09:41:57 AM »
They show up FS from time to time. Here's a few that sold on BAT this year.  https://bringatrailer.com/jensen/jensen-healey/

Including that rare Jensen GT. I was tempted to bid on that as my next project, but wised up in time to save myself :)  Interesting fact I read is that Donald Healy resigned from the JH board because new American owner, Kjell Qvale, decided to position this model upmarket as a sort of a "junior" Jensen Interceptor, and dropped the Healy name. Thus, Jensen GT.

As to this FB ad, there's another JH in the photo so I doubt the seller was confused, more likely hoping the Lotus title would get more (clueless?) eyeballs than JH.

Ron
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Garage / Re: What a cluster
« Last post by EuropaTC on Today at 09:21:30 AM »
Quote from: GavinT on Today at 05:47:01 AM
Is it possible to use a banjo fitting in that "tight install".
Presumably the port external surface would need to be a machined flat surface and perhaps some aren't? . . dunno.
I've noticed Wilwood have adaptors for banjo fitting so I'm not sure.

A banjo fitting would be perfect there but as you mentioned it's going to need machining. You might get away with a thick copper washer but personally I'd want a machined surface on the high pressure side of the system.
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