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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: sbrazil on Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 01:32:45 PM

Title: Part Source List
Post by: sbrazil on Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 01:32:45 PM

Has anyone ever compiled a list of parts off other cars used by Lotus?  I know the steering rack and steering column came from a Triumph Spitfire and they used as many off-the-shelf parts as they could.  My car was pretty stripped and I'm keeping an eye out for everything I'm going to need.

Title: Re: Part Source List
Post by: literarymadness on Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 01:47:48 PM

Here a cross-reference for Europa Parts.

https://www.gglotus.org/ggpart/europacr.htm

Title: Re: Part Source List
Post by: BDA on Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 03:25:37 PM

I would go further and suggest you book mark this page: http://lotus-europa.com/manuals/

There is A LOT of good information there!

Title: Re: Part Source List
Post by: jbcollier on Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 08:28:24 PM

It's kind of funny, but finding parts for pedestrian vehicles from the 60s is actually quite difficult now.  Now the speciallized, Europa-only parts are easier to find.  Back in the day, it was the reverse.  Fortunately there was a good deal of cross pollination from period British sports cars and they are ridiculously well-supported now -- trust me, they weren't back in the day.

Title: Re: Part Source List
Post by: BDA on Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 09:01:26 PM

Here is a thread with a collection of links that might be useful: http://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=1389.0