Lotus Europa Community

Not worth the risk of having the window go down farther. I would tack the gear/arm to stop it from moving too far.There is a thermal protection switch in the window motors. I was parked outside all day near Az summer and one window would not go up on a 45 minute drive. I think I put more tension in the spring to disable it. They are both sitting on my shelf.

Great photos, until I saw them side by side I'd not realised just how much bigger the Emira is compared to our cars, the Europa looks "dinky" in those comparisons.  I do like the styling of the Evora and Emira even though I don't find myself wanting one even though in the UK the prices of new or very low mileage (200-300 ?) cars are dropping and the waiting list premiums have completely vanished.

Like BDA I don't have anything special in terms of radio suppression. Petronix ignition, 5k resistance NGK plug caps with copper wires and that's about it.

These days I usually have an SD card with tracks played at random from a relatively cheap media player. The radio is hooked up with a small amplified aerial hidden at the front of the car and does work reasonably well with mainstream and local stations on FM.   

It might be down to modern electronics but I don't recall any problems with reception even back in the 80s/90s with FM, conventional aerials coming up from the front wing and decent radios like Radiomobile, etc.

Brian

I’m glad it wasn’t something serious like worn bearings!

  Jim!!

The distributor that sold me my car glued some heavy aluminum foil on the underside of the engine cover, but as I remember, that was more for the CB radio I had then.

I took all that off when I rebuilt my car. I rarely listen to the radio (I more often play music from my phone or a USB stick) but I don't remember having any problems with reception or interference. I use resistance plugs but that's all. I don't have the capacitors on any of the wiper motor or any of that stuff. I don't know if my more modern radio helps with that or what or if I just don't notice it or don't listen to the radio enough to hear it.

Post some pictures of your baby when you get a chance!