Robin
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Originally posted by jr
was the lotus not worth saving ?
I thought that PMSL
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Graeme
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look at the front wheel, is it near to the bulkhead? looks like it may of been in a hard crash if so?
[Edited on 16-07-2007 by Graeme]
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j10E W
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as jr said!!! rare as fook arnt they
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Hamish
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they are. but that wasnt my choice was it. the guy was splitting it. He had another one as an everyday car
I wondered why the lotus had a towing ball  
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SVM 286
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 Oh my good god!!!
That is so not a girl's car.
One of my mates had one at college before he got his MK I Escort.
Wicked little cars.
Always wanted a Lotus. Remember seeing rows of brand new ones waiting on the quayside on a school trip to France.
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by Kano
Volkswagen do the funky manifold thing aswell.... tis gay..
As do Mini's and some Vauxhalls.
Aye, Chevette is. Ford pre-crossflow too, hence the name ha ha 
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Hamish
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The blue one is some guy who was scrapping the shell the green one is my gf's.
Her mate has the last registered lotus one in the uk
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SVM 286
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SVM 286
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I don't think i've ever seen anything like that done to such a comparitively rare and valuable car. 
It's like bulldozing an HSR or leaving an RS 2000 parked in the sea.
I can't begin to imagine how a Lotus Sunbeam (especially in the rarer colour) ends up being scrapped.
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ed
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It has holes in it to start with.
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Hamish
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Because unless you have alot of money, time and know how. It just wouldnt be worth it. Tbf, the shell was fucked, it was rotten through and through
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SVM 286
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You'd be amazed what can be rescued these days.
Something that comparitively unusual would be worth the effort too.
I actually cannot remember that last time I saw one on the road.
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Robin
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Even a fudged shell would be worth a grand or so to the right crowd
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by Robin]
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Ben J
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
The blue one is some guy who was scrapping the shell the green one is my gf's.
Her mate has the last registered lotus one in the uk
Well thats bullshit if you've been told that....theres about 30 left, that are in regular use, in varying states of condition.
My dad had a absolute mint (I mean mint) S2 Lotus Sunbeam in the Moonstone (blue) with black stripe (which is rarer than the black with silver stripe, but not as rare as the blue with silver stripe) that was regarded as the best in the country, which he sold a couple of years ago to the editor of Autocar magazine, where it later had a feature. Theres a club SLOC, (Sunbeam Lotus Owners Club) which has pretty much every remaining car in the world documented.
You can get a minter, if you can find someone that wants to sell, for about £5-6k. A semi decent for about £3k and a shitter for £1-2k
My dads was great...very quick and handled soo well for a car of its age. The sound too!!!!!
He sold it in the end because it didn't get used enough cos my Mum wouldn't get in it!!!
AND to cut the roof off that shell........
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by bjackso2x]
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Mattb
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quote:
Originally posted by Kano
Volkswagen do the funky manifold thing aswell.... tis gay..
alot of older cars had this design, its known as a contraflow head...
When the manifolds are on different sides of the head its known as crossflow heads (Ford made this a big thing)
Sunbeams are 
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Behr
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1981-TALBOT-SUNBEAM-LOTUS-BLACK_W0QQitemZ180139879665QQihZ008QQcategoryZ122150QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Ben J
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Originally posted by Behr
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1981-TALBOT-SUNBEAM-LOTUS-BLACK_W0QQitemZ180139879665QQihZ008QQcategoryZ122150QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Thats an S2...doesn't look too bad, but its been messed about with a bit....
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Hamish
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quote:
Originally posted by bjackso2x
quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
The blue one is some guy who was scrapping the shell the green one is my gf's.
Her mate has the last registered lotus one in the uk
Well thats bullshit if you've been told that....theres about 30 left, that are in regular use, in varying states of condition.
My dad had a absolute mint (I mean mint) S2 Lotus Sunbeam in the Moonstone (blue) with black stripe (which is rarer than the black with silver stripe, but not as rare as the blue with silver stripe) that was regarded as the best in the country, which he sold a couple of years ago to the editor of Autocar magazine, where it later had a feature. Theres a club SLOC, (Sunbeam Lotus Owners Club) which has pretty much every remaining car in the world documented.
You can get a minter, if you can find someone that wants to sell, for about £5-6k. A semi decent for about £3k and a shitter for £1-2k
My dads was great...very quick and handled soo well for a car of its age. The sound too!!!!!
He sold it in the end because it didn't get used enough cos my Mum wouldn't get in it!!!
AND to cut the roof off that shell........
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by bjackso2x]
Why is that bullshit He uses it every day to get to and from work. he is on the sunbeam lotus owners club, and his is the blue with the silver strip as you say. His is an A registered one and i believe there are only 3 of them remaining.
Tbh i dont know why everyones getting so mad about cutting the roof of the car. I know that they are rare cars, but if the guy was splitting it then thats hardly my choice is it, and my gf used it to her advantage.
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Ben J
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
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Originally posted by bjackso2x
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Originally posted by Hamish
The blue one is some guy who was scrapping the shell the green one is my gf's.
Her mate has the last registered lotus one in the uk
Well thats bullshit if you've been told that....theres about 30 left, that are in regular use, in varying states of condition.
My dad had a absolute mint (I mean mint) S2 Lotus Sunbeam in the Moonstone (blue) with black stripe (which is rarer than the black with silver stripe, but not as rare as the blue with silver stripe) that was regarded as the best in the country, which he sold a couple of years ago to the editor of Autocar magazine, where it later had a feature. Theres a club SLOC, (Sunbeam Lotus Owners Club) which has pretty much every remaining car in the world documented.
You can get a minter, if you can find someone that wants to sell, for about £5-6k. A semi decent for about £3k and a shitter for £1-2k
My dads was great...very quick and handled soo well for a car of its age. The sound too!!!!!
He sold it in the end because it didn't get used enough cos my Mum wouldn't get in it!!!
AND to cut the roof off that shell........
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by bjackso2x]
Why is that bullshit He uses it every day to get to and from work. he is on the sunbeam lotus owners club, and his is the blue with the silver strip as you say. His is an A registered one and i believe there are only 3 of them remaining.
Tbh i dont know why everyones getting so mad about cutting the roof of the car. I know that they are rare cars, but if the guy was splitting it then thats hardly my choice is it, and my gf used it to her advantage.
You said it was the last remaining registered Sunbeam Lotus in the UK...thats incorrect theres at least 30 registered and still on the road....probably more. Infact there is definatley more than 30. The last SLOC National Day I went to there were about 50 cars present, that had been driven to the event.
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by bjackso2x]
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nova_gteuk
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always like the talbot sunbeam,my mate lynn used to have one,a red ti caged up with buckets was so kool when i was 16 spinning round in that
always had a softspot for them since was lookin at on on ebay the other day 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1981-TALBOT-SUNBEAM-LOTUS-BLUE_W0QQitemZ230151728164QQihZ013QQcategoryZ122150QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
or this one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1981-TALBOT-SUNBEAM-LOTUS-BLACK_W0QQitemZ180139879665QQihZ008QQcategoryZ122150QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
If i had 3k spare id defo buy one
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Edd
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quote:
Originally posted by bjackso2x
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Originally posted by Hamish
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Originally posted by bjackso2x
quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
The blue one is some guy who was scrapping the shell the green one is my gf's.
Her mate has the last registered lotus one in the uk
Well thats bullshit if you've been told that....theres about 30 left, that are in regular use, in varying states of condition.
My dad had a absolute mint (I mean mint) S2 Lotus Sunbeam in the Moonstone (blue) with black stripe (which is rarer than the black with silver stripe, but not as rare as the blue with silver stripe) that was regarded as the best in the country, which he sold a couple of years ago to the editor of Autocar magazine, where it later had a feature. Theres a club SLOC, (Sunbeam Lotus Owners Club) which has pretty much every remaining car in the world documented.
You can get a minter, if you can find someone that wants to sell, for about £5-6k. A semi decent for about £3k and a shitter for £1-2k
My dads was great...very quick and handled soo well for a car of its age. The sound too!!!!!
He sold it in the end because it didn't get used enough cos my Mum wouldn't get in it!!!
AND to cut the roof off that shell........
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by bjackso2x]
Why is that bullshit He uses it every day to get to and from work. he is on the sunbeam lotus owners club, and his is the blue with the silver strip as you say. His is an A registered one and i believe there are only 3 of them remaining.
Tbh i dont know why everyones getting so mad about cutting the roof of the car. I know that they are rare cars, but if the guy was splitting it then thats hardly my choice is it, and my gf used it to her advantage.
You said it was the last remaining registered Sunbeam Lotus in the UK...thats incorrect theres at least 30 registered and still on the road....probably more. Infact there is definatley more than 30. The last SLOC National Day I went to there were about 50 cars present, that had been driven to the event.
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by bjackso2x]
no he didnt he said he has the last one to be registered in britain
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Ben J
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Depends how you read it..........
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by bjackso2x]
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Jenko_Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by bjackso2x
Depends how you read it..........
[Edited on 19-07-2007 by bjackso2x]
Thats it cover your back
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