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buroz:
Spent another weekend working on my '71 S2 and more good progress was made. The front and rear suspension, steering and gear linkage is all good to go. Just needs a nut & bolt check, going over to check all torque settings are correct and I need a small piece welded for the rear gearbox mount. A few other small jobs and I'll be ready to put the body back down on the [new] chassis.. for the first time in 15 years :)

I'll be ordering new silicon hoses from Banks shortly, but I also need a new radiator. Does anyone know which ones fit? I unfortunately no longer have a radiator at all, so have nothing to compare it to and I'm assuming something like a VW polo rad' will fit?

Brake pipe to the rear, do you run the pipes through the chassis? I'm assuming you do, but someone might have a better idea?

Windscreen surrounds: Mine is very ugly. The silver plastic is massive and just doesn't look very nice. Is there a better option?
I'm still a way off of having to worry about such things, but I think it every time I look at it! :)

Oh and the final dumb question is the callipers/disks are from a Triumph Spitfire, right?

BDA:
I’ve been caught by the differences between the S2 and the TCs but I can answer some of these.

For a radiator, I would recommend an aluminum radiator off of eBay and if you want to be more original, there’s also what seems like a stock radiator with a modern fan (https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313&_nkw=lotus+europa+radiator&_sacat=0).

Brake tubing ran under the backbone on the TCs and I assume also on the S2.

There is a recent thread on windshield surround that might interest you. From the top level of the main menu, search for “surround” and I’m sure you’ll find it.

The front brakes came off a Spitfire. Along with a lot of other good information, this page has links to some parts cross references (http://lotus-europa.com/manuals/index.htm).

buroz:
Thank you for the excellent help.

But when you say under the backbone, do you mean the side nearest the ground? Or do you mean between the chassis and body (in my mind that could also be described as "under" :) )

BDA:
On my car, the brake tubing was originally on the underside of the backbone. When I built my car, I attached it to the side of the backbone. I've heard of others doing the same thing. I don't think there is a huge advantage to running the tubing on the side of the backbone. If you're concerned about rocks hitting the tubing as I was, you can still put it on the bottom and pop a piece of aluminum over it to protect it (when the body is fitted to the frame, it hangs below the backbone by an inch or two). It's tomato tomahto!

gideon:
The windscreen trim wraps around the glass at the edge.  If it is original then you may be able to simply pull it off, but then you'll need to remove the windscreen and replace the ancient butyl sealant with a modern urethane adhesive.  The butyl sealant they used at the factory gets hard with age in some places and doesn't hold the screen in very well.  I found it scary easy to pull of the trim and then push the screen out from inside with gentle pressure. 

I'm sure there's a wide variety of generic windscreen trim options available as an alternative to stock, probably applied after the screen is glued in. 

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