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  1. found 10971

    its a black and gold Esprit (JPS colours) and it has full essex spec, (compomotive wheels, one arm louvers, and ofcourse the roof stereo)

    but it need a lot of work, connection rod broke down (more dry sump cars had that problem in the past)

     

    i am on it, and maby it comes my way,

    the interior is full black leather

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  2. 4 hours ago, jonwat said:

    Why?

    because it was written off, and sold to europe, so i dont look as the wreckt #15 essex.....

     

    colour code A16 is also Essex Blue, so this was #15

    also the interior is pianted black, as you can see some red spots on the interior (when it was a real essex back in those days)

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  3. 5 hours ago, peterwblackburn said:

    Is someone keeping a register of the essex cars ?

    I have found #15 and will be returning it to the UK in the spring.

    all that info came from me,

    i have told the owner that the car number 15 is, but be carefull with that, its a written off car

    it had a big accident back in 1982 and they also blow up the orginal engine, there is no a other dry sump engine inside,

  4. 11 hours ago, dr_jayhart said:

    strong money!

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    it says in the ad. the only one yellow esprit turbo,

    thats wrong, here in the netherlands there is a dry sump esprit in yellow with brown tobacco interior

    that car still runs, and have a MOT.

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  5. On 01/07/2023 at 18:21, ChrisJ said:

    We are probably coming to the Netherlands (Tilburg) on Sunday evening, returning to the UK Monday evening - for my daughter for a hockey trial. There's a big national hockey tournament occurring at our club 26/27 August - which my daughter could be in.

    Will have a discussion with my wife re me coming over in my Esprit Saturday or early Sunday morning , and her driving (oh oh!!!) over Sunday evening.

    I hope you will come over to this great event,

    and i also hope that there will be more esprit owners from the UK!!

    its a cheap great event, from S1 till 2002 Esprit V8 everybody is welcome,

    there are also coming 2 Essex esprits both real LHD cars, (i hope more Essex cars will come over from the UK)

    also JPS is welcome, everybody is welcome, i am looking forward to it,

     

     

  6. 2ND INTERNATIONAL ESPRIT MEETING
     
    Sign up now! for only 45 euro!!!
     
    please be welcome, and hope we can get a lot of esprits together this day!
     
    for you UK guys, there is a big hotel nearby where you could stay for the night (before and after)
    i can help you if you need any help by searching for a right hotel to stay for 1 or 2 nights,
     
     
    all info (also in english and german) and for sign up:
     
     
     
     
     

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  7. On 05/04/2023 at 22:28, grayp77 said:

    Hi Tocus

    I like the idea of attending…. particularly if there will be a group heading out from the UK.

    When there is some more information about the event then I’ll make a decision 🙂👍

    i really hope, that there is a group comming over from the UK to the Netherlands, i can show you how "big" the first event was,

    i should say, set up a group of esprit owners who wants to come over,

     

    greetings Tocus

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  8. On 29/03/2023 at 17:21, plumdeplakmuis said:

    Hi Bauke, whereabout will you organise it? (Suitable location for a racecar?)

    we must have your race esprit S1 at the meeting, that would be great!

    there are coming a lot of more esprit S1 cars, so that would be great,

    the meeting will be in Dalfsen, (i need to go to the location, to check everything, that there is enough space)

     

    Greetings Tocus,

     

    and how about the UK people? who will come over???????? i could help you by finding the right hotel and so on...

  9. Hi Guys,

    i never orderd adjustable suspension for a Esprit Turbo,

    so i have some questions, hopefully some of you can answer them,

    i have 2 LHD esprit turbo cars, and both they are still standing on orginal suspension,

    and that orginal suspension looks awfull, because the wheel gap is just to much i need to lower both car,

     

    the paperwork from both cars is 1986, BUT i have check the chassis numbers from both and also the front brakes,

    and one of the 2 cars is not from 1986 but its a 84 car, (so it has the old brake discs)

     

    the qeustions, are :

    i never orderd adjustable suspension for a G turbo esprit, and i am from the netherlands, so i need to buy the right set(s) and not wrong ones because i am not from UK

     

     

    the qeustions, are :

     

    1 = whats the best/cheapest to go for?? i have found at SJ sportcars the pro tech set, but the GAZ set will be cheaper  (if i see to the prices incl. VAT and sending cost to The Netherlands)

    2 = adjustable suspension is different on a 84 model then on the 86 model, its all about the front i think, it needs to be sure for me that i could adjustable the front suspension as wel as the rear ones, (to get the right wheel gap and road height)

    3 = what i want to order is in total 2 complete sets, (4 springs + adjustable suspension for the 84 esprit turbo and 4 springs and adjustable suspension for the 86 Esprit Turbo) and ofcourse the right ones,

     

    who can help me out?????  MANY THANKS ALLREADY!!

  10. 1 hour ago, Djs44 said:

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    i just read this, Great what you have done to the car, this #44 really deserves it

     

    great that you own it now, and finally finish the car, where SJ started with,

    i am looking out for a ROW (LHD) JPS, that should be great for me,

    keep up the good work, and when all is done, enjoy this piece of Lotus History!

    My Old JPS car,

     

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  11. the brown full Leather on a S3 i have only seen on a White, Silver, and Yellow body colour , and only in 1980 and 1981 not the later ones, i also dont know what the reason was that the brown leather was not a option anymore, does somebody knows that? the most cars where White with Brown full leather,

  12. On 07/10/2022 at 16:43, Senior said:

    Surely people know how to google a unique (ish) car.

    I may well of paid £125000 for it if I was feeling flush, however knowing it was for sale at £95k 3 months ago and made £85k at an auction 6 months ago would stop me.

    exactly..... it dont sells, so "i will ask more" it dont works, they guys who want to buy a essex are rare, and only a hand full,

  13. On 23/08/2022 at 18:44, LOTUSMAN33 said:

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    I did mine myself years ago, it’s not hard work just time consuming Bauke, I used a sanding disc to cut down the spokes then progressed with wet and dry through the grades finishing with 1500 grit.

    I sprayed the wheels black then giving them just a final cut to expose the polished looked. The rims are the same process only doing by hand with wet and dry followed by autosol.

     

    Many Thanks, i will tell that to my friend who has a wheel company, he can do that for me,

     

    Greetings Bauke

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