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The Paddock / Re: Lotus Europa 16V Gordini
« Last post by BDA on Today at 09:08:17 AM »
That's great, Mecky!! Congratulations! The car seems to be running really well! It's too bad about that spin. I was really hoping you'd make a pass on the GT-40 stick.

 :trophy:
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Garage / Re: Europa TCST
« Last post by Bryan Boyle on Today at 07:18:11 AM »
Quote from: TurboFource on Monday,April 22, 2024, 01:59:44 PM
*** DELETIA****

...why does everything have to be a challenge  :confused:

Never surprised at anything I come across.  I think it comes down to the manual assembly nature of the car and the 'as it comes down the line, make it fit' nature of the production.  EVERYTHING takes a bit of 'fettling'. 
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Garage / Re: Europa TCST
« Last post by dakazman on Today at 07:01:50 AM »
  Turbo, I feel your pain,  :I-agree:
 I made a bracket for the clutch cable also. my hoses weren't perfect either off Ebay ,but I'm sure you'll work it out. Sometimes it feels like I'm going in circles so then I start another task that will also give me a problem. Makes sense doesn't it? :headbanger:
 so just keep moving forward.
D'man
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The Paddock / Re: Lotus Europa 16V Gordini
« Last post by Mecky on Today at 06:45:13 AM »
The first race event of 2024 is in the books. New engine and gearbox configurations work nicely. I finished 2nd in class in both races against competition of four younger cars, the newest built in 1998. That's a solid start and brings a bunch of championship points. :beerchug:

As a first sneak peak, here is some onboard footage from my 2nd race at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend. I tried to bring the fight to a Ford GT40, but lost due to a driving error: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXdSovqKufM
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Garage / Re: Europa TCST
« Last post by TurboFource on Today at 03:25:25 AM »
Still plugging along …. nothing picture worthy ….
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Garage / Re: The revival of 650143R, 1970 with TS.
« Last post by Richard48Y on Monday,April 29, 2024, 07:36:00 PM »
New stainless transfer tubes arrived at last.  :)
Single cut each made them much less expensive to ship.
Shipping was still more than the parts.  :headbanger:
A little disappointed that the bends are not as nice as original tubes.
Now I need to find someone very good to put them back together.  :welder:
Even with that I have saved a couple hundred dollars over the US sources.
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Garage / Re: Restoration of 3940R
« Last post by Kendo on Monday,April 29, 2024, 07:25:32 PM »
Yes, the VIN on my TCS was written on the top “shelf” under the window on both doors. That’s how I know that both my doors are original, even though the driver door was extensively damaged and repaired by a PO. Protip (actually, amateur…) scrape the paint out of the VIN casting so paint doesn’t “erase” it.
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Garage / Re: What's this??
« Last post by jbcollier on Monday,April 29, 2024, 06:49:27 PM »
Bryan is spot on.
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Garage / Re: Restoration of 3940R
« Last post by TurboFource on Monday,April 29, 2024, 06:17:35 PM »
VIN is written on door…I will have to look at mine closer …
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Garage / Re: Restoration of 3940R
« Last post by BDA on Monday,April 29, 2024, 02:26:14 PM »
The paint looks original to me. Time for a respray!
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