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Teddy
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24th May 06 at 08:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dave from V-Tuning as some of you know has been rebuliding a Lotus Carlton to an awesome standard....

Ill let Dave take the story from here



As some of you know i've spent nearly the last three years restoring my Lotus Carlton (build number 890G). Well I can at last say that its passed the MOT, has tax and is pretty much road legal. Its certainly been hard work not helped by loosing the engine and all the running gear last year in a workshop fire.

Anyhow here's some quick pics for ya to have a gander at but the plan is to be at PV so to do the car justice you'll really need to see it in the flesh.

I'm soooooo happy with the way its turned out and all the hard work has certainly paid off.

The first two pics show the engine bay and underneith when I first bought the car to give you an idea of what I had to start with. The outside was pretty good tbh (for an LC anyway) so no point in putting pics of that.

WHEN FIRST BOUGHT THREE YEARS AGO




Then the shell went down to this while it was at the bodyshop having some serious surgery

BODYSHOP PROGRESS


The engine also got a full rebuild so heres a pic of it just before it got dropped in the hole as it were. You can kind of get an idea how gutted I was to loose the first one which looked very similar to this.

HERE SHE IS


And here we go, these pics show the car as it stands at the moment, paintwork is truly awesome btw










I have shed loads more pics with far more detail of pretty much the whole project and these i'm putting together on a dedicated website so once the site has all these on i'll post up the URL which will explain a lot lot more.

However in the meantime hope you like and see you at PV (all going well)


[Edited on 24-05-2006 by Teddy]
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3CorsaMeal
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excellent

everyone loves a bit of paint
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stunning
dna23
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thats quality

Where can i get a battery cover like that? And also what's the point of it - looks or does it serve some function
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nice to know he wasnt completely set back with the fire, i'd have been too gutted to bother to carry on.
Jambo
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I wanna go
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quote:
Originally posted by dna23
thats quality

Where can i get a battery cover like that? And also what's the point of it - looks or does it serve some function




vauxhall sell them
Edd
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love it
CorsAsh
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That is amazing. Wow.
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one of my all time favourite cars.

looks fantastic.
Ry_B
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amazing!
Rob_Lee
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pure jealous matey!
Tom
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Jesus that's some restoration all factory bits aswell (must have cost a fortune)?

Love it mate, totally immaculate
Ojc
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OH MY DAYS
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the cv joints look 2nd hand
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Stunning!!!
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ace
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Awesome, will look out for it at PVS.

quote:
Originally posted by dna23
Where can i get a battery cover like that? And also what's the point of it - looks or does it serve some function


Would imagine it will help in the winter when cold weather can knacker batteries? Could be wrong
Pablo
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that is gorgeous! How much did u spend?
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SHEXY
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omg that is really amazing ! i love it when people by shitters and restore them (not that that was shit)
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bradfincham
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AIII

Daves a true Vauxhall nut and when the last engine was destroyed he had to source nearly all the parts again.
Its a fully blueprinted engine very very special
ed
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Yes, yes and yes! I want one to do the same on

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