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    Paul Coleman
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    129G 1976 Esprit S1 white/tartan
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  1. Just need to get some blue LEDs underneath the car now...
  2. I sold this car at the end of February. I'm not sure if the new owner is a member here but if he is then maybe he will keep us posted on progress
  3. Do you mean this... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325895148382?itmmeta=01HPWGH7SEF70MJS976JR146SF&hash=item4be0dd535e:g:BmkAAOSwAuBlXGZr&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4F2RNrCyhy3SD4WLX27QKEf7Qq5wiHySH3s63KVREwkayBDi4GuYrE2v%2FjP%2B5O31f78lTBtXct03b1Msa8qkPBrqE1abtWo7kCWutuuiAchmAV73GLIagrnBeBe6BLNikTHv2EtMk8bFL0GSzgmjsBVK86Qgau1yVNr%2B%2FE005k7xTRWEfW65uapZnynM3Lwc0SGw4HEILNea8PEaEQPA9iRqq%2FxLee5T7tRpwmDrtrm1zfw5oJi5bjUQmfr%2FfzI0M1DE34hy8Q%2FRZu4PtEWEx4cpwOeVzjbdWlWdN4hgkhqi|tkp%3ABk9SR-r8xJC3Yw
  4. I have a '76 S1 and this year I have used it only 3 times for 10 minutes each time. It is left on a battery conditioner all the time and the longest I've left it without it moving or starting is 18 months. I've never had a problem with it and so far it has always started.
  5. If you get contacted by @hyuuuttr645 then be careful as I suspect they are a scammer! I'm willing to be proved wrong but my spidey senses are tingling and they're not usually wrong.
  6. A full restoration of an S1 usually means a bill of £10k with SJ!
  7. SJ sell the interior chrome trim pieces... https://www.sjsportscars.com/parts-and-accessories/SJ079U0037.htm They also do the ones for the door handles... https://www.sjsportscars.com/parts-and-accessories/A079U4171F.htm You will also need the clips to fix them as well
  8. Congrats, good find. They're rare over here so even rarer in Oz! The only S1 I know of that had S2 bits out of the factory was Phil Leech's silver one 278G which was a factory development car. Yours was probably modified by a previous owner back in the day to try and update it when the S2 came out? If you get a heritage certificate from Lotus they may have more information. To retro fit the S2 front spoiler you have to remove the lower front quarters of bodywork which are difficult to reconstruct unless you have the moulds. I did one a couple of years back... Have you have escaped the dreaded after market sunroof? The S1 Wolfrace wheels will be difficult to find but they are out there if you hunt long and hard enough. The S1 tail lights are Fiat X1/9 so nothing special. The wing mirrors do come up on eBay once in a while.
  9. If it's the same as the S1 then I think it came off a Morris Marina (MK1?) or Ital
  10. A very long shot but I'm after the reset knob for the odometer on the S1 Veglia gauges...
  11. I haven't had that many cars - I've had a Turbo, 2 S2s and 4 S1s (2 of which I still own) plus I've part owned an S2 and 2 S1s.
  12. Very little progress so far. I have been stripping the paint which all needs to come off. But so far I've done very little as it's a boring job and enthusiasm has been lacking somewhat. I have done one of the front wings... You can begin to see where the new front end was grafted onto this car at some point in the past. The donor car 214G was obviously a yellow gelcoat car, so it's safe to assume that it no longer exists now! I know the front came off 214G as it's written on the underside of the panel but I will remove that at some point as it confuses the issue. I have also stripped the front section... It has had a replacement wing on the other side as well which will need a bit of work. I don't know where that panel came from as it has no gelcoat at all and the joins need reworking. It's beginning to look like a patchwork quilt and by the time I replace the roof and do a few other repairs it will be even worse. I have sourced an original steering wheel (thanks Dave) and I can donate a spare wheel to the project so those are 2 pieces crossed off my 'to find' shopping list. The only other thing I've done is to get the original number plate put back on the car. When I bought it it had CXI909 on it but I've managed to get the original RON469R back on it now.
  13. Well nobody can accuse you of having a garage queen!
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