Gents, the link isn't that good... Try http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=617
I could click the image and ended at http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=pic.php&imagenum=1&carnum=617 Good luck! I saved the image so I could mail it to you. Matthijs matthijs meulenbelt wrote: > Gents, > > Practicality force me to sell my Lotus Elite. > > It is a 1976 car, originally a 504 RHD (PAS, A/C and leather seats), > converted to Rover V8 and SD1 5 speed manual gearbox. > > Technically speaking it is in top nick and used as a daily driver. > Repaired and reconditioned when needed and regardless of cost. I really > renewed everything from front to back where technical components are > concerned. The exterior is OK but the inside is rough. > > Specs include: > -prototype of spyder chassis upgrade (!) > -ford capri rear diff (much stronger) > -fast road engine (top speed 160 mph) > > interior/exterior: > red, electric window lifters and mirrors; A/C compressor gone... > The headlamps stay down for weeks. > Interior in red leather (rough) and sunbleached carpets. One front seat > needs reupholstering or serious repairs, the other only some stitching. > Rear seats OK. > > In the last 2 years I had almost everything renewed, see below: > > Engine: > Reconditioned (the engine bay looks perfect!), ported heads, Holley 4 > barrel on offenhauser manifold with beautiful chrome pancake airfilter, > tubular exhaust manifolds, typhoon cam, high bleed lifters, adjustable > pushrods, crane fireball ignition, high end spark plug cables, hardened > rockershafts, all new gaskets including composite head gaskets and > valley gasket, honed cylinders, new piston rings and internal bearings, > new seals, new radiator and new electric fans, oil cooler with new > hoses, stainless steel silencers etc. > > Gearbox: > Rover SD1, in since summer last year. Hydraulic clutch. > > Propshaft: > new and custom made > > Diff: > instead of the lotus item a ford capri 3-litre diff, custom made new > inner drive shafts made by moser engineering > http://www.moserengineering.com/ included (not in now), new custom made > outer drive shafts, all universal joints new. > > Chassis: > rear end: > Spyder chassis upgrade makes that the U/J's in the drive shafts are no > longer loaded with stress from the suspension. Look at > http://www.spydercars.com/ for more info. My car is really the > prototype. Not all steel but alloy hubs! Adjustable camber and spax > adjustable shocks. > Chassis has no rust, is all silver coated, new rear diff reinforcement > bar, new rear zinc plated triangular trailing arms, all new rolled not > lathed studs (much stronger), nuts and bolts, extra set of diff rubbers > included. > front end: > New bushes, new track rod ends, new trunnions (special high pressure > oiler included), new ball joints, new wheel bearings, recon PAS-pump > etc. > The car looks beautiful underneath and from the back where you see lots > of the suspension, better than new! > > Brakes: > New front rotors (discs), lathed rear drums with custom brake shoes, > reconditioned slave cylinders, new master cylinder, new brake lines and > brake hoses. Even the handbrake adjustment mechanism works perfectly! > > Tires: > 2 new and 2 almost new Goodyear eagles 205/60 VR14's > > Electrical: > Much redone with proper relays, redone centre console (not an > improvement in styling, done by the builder of the conversion, but > technically very good) etc. > > Extra's > Original shop manual and parts manual, guide for the conversion with > wiring diagrams etc, original test from road and track. > > The car is exceptionally fast, seats four adults with lots of luggage, > has incredible roadholding and is relatively silent. Maintenance is easy > where the drive line is concerned. The rest I already did so you don't > have to worry! > On the highway it drives 1 litre on 11 kilometres at 80 MPH! When > pushing it makes not even 50% of that, ofcourse. It has a dutch > registration and recent MoT. > > Piccie of the actual car (I'm behind the 'wheel) at: > http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/pic.mv?imagenum=1&num=617 > Specs mentioned there are incorrect! > > Mail me for more info! > > Matthijs Meulenbelt > The Netherlands [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lotus-cars/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
