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Lotus Europa Forums => Members Cars => Topic started by: DAllen on Thursday,May 01, 2025, 06:11:05 PM
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Picked up this gem yesterday. A '73 Twin Cam Special with 60k+ miles on the clock. Pretty much completely disassembled. Body is in tough shape. Boxes and boxes of new parts. New/unused engine. New head. Have yet to sort through everything.
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Let the fun begin!
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Congratulations on your “new” baby! You get to (have to) learn about every detail her! Keep us up to date with your progress!
:lotus:
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Congrats, (I think) ;D
May I inquire as to how much you paid? Curious as I have written about a sad, sad basket case that we went to look at and walked away from due to the owners asking price.
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Congrats. An exercise in intestinal fortitude building. Your enablers are standing by. Cheers. :beerchug:
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The PO had this thing sitting in is garage for years and eventually tired of walking around it. He offered to give it to me.
I gave him something just so I wouldn't feel guilty about it.
Looking high & low for a shop manual. I had a pdf saved at one time but can no longer find it.
Lifting the body off another TCS and the steering system is problematic for us.
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Here is the best source of Europa information (including shop and parts manuals that are searchable), mods, and more (http://lotus-europa.com/manuals/).
Good luck!
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Thanks for the link, BDA.
Whether this Europa proves to be good luck or bad luck remains to be seen. It could easily go either way.
I expect I'll give the body away. Anyone interested?
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The PO had this thing sitting in is garage for years and eventually tired of walking around it. He offered to give it to me.
I gave him something just so I wouldn't feel guilty about it.
Looking high & low for a shop manual. I had a pdf saved at one time but can no longer find it.
Lifting the body off another TCS and the steering system is problematic for us.
I've got a spare TC manual if you're interested, send me a PM.