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Collected my '83 Turbo today - 160 mile journey home - car transformed!!! ;)

Will write a full report on what's been done shortly - but I feel like Ive got a new car!

Oh - and I'd forgotten just how conspicuous an Esprit is B)

Steve - if your reading this - your team have done a stunning job - would recommend SJ Sportscars most highly...

Anyways,

For now - here's some pix - if anyone's going to SuperCar Sunday - I'll see you there...

Still some stone chips - but that was because I had to call a halt at some point! Oh - and as well as full mech overhaul - she's got new carpets and numerous trimmy bits. Steve has had the exterior restored to original spec will black strips anf Turbo Esprit decals - I think it looks the business now - just don't ask me to add up the bill...

Oh - and a big thank you to Ian (mayesprit) who I've never met - but PM'd me last night with the offer of a lift from Exeter Station to Crediton if I needed it - further proof (if any were needed) taht the nicest, most genuine people, drive Lotus cars :)

At SJs this am...

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At home this evening:

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Catch you later...

Iain

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1983 Turbo Esprit - Silver - 'Lottie' and 1999 Elise - Norfolk Mustard - 'Liz' Daily driver - 286,000 miles and counting!

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Backmarker Newbie

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Iain,

Looks gorgeous mate. ;)

You're a lucky man. Money well spent.

Please don't post anymore pics. I'm already begining to regret selling my lovely fully restored silver S3 turbo :crybaby:

See you and yours at Supercar Sunday

Graham.

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looks super , see you at supercar sunday

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Iain, a wonderfully looking Esprit, thats a real beauty! Your next job is to catch up on eight lost years Esprit driving. Enjoy. ;)

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk - that will teach us to keep mouth shut!

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Thanks all for the kind words - she's not 'mint' - but very fit for purpose - with a slight patina of age - just how I like 'em...

Wayne - what can I say - that song sums up how I felt driving home today: ;)

I just took a ride

in a silver machine

and I'm still feeling mean

I got a silver machine

Do you want to ride

see yourself going by

other side of the sky

Well I got a silver machine

It flies sideways through time

It's an electric line

To your Zodiac sign

It flies out of a dream

It's anti-septically clean

You're gonna know where I've been

In my silver machine

:)

Then there's (dare I admit it) the David Essex song - Silver Dream Racer:

I've a dream, silver dream machine.

Here am I, I'm going for another try,

Flying high, I've got a lot of love inside.

Is there love enough now to get me through?

Yeah, I know now where I'm going to -

Not to lose now but to win;

Tell me, how do I begin?

I've a dream, silver dream machine.

Well, alright, I've got a lot of love to try,

'Cos love is the thing,

And freedom is the word I sing.

Is there force now, yeah, to get us through?

Yeah, it's deep in me and it's deep in you -

Not to lose now but to win,

Tell me how do I begin?

I've a dream, silver dream machine;

Silver dream, silver dream machine.

Is there love enough now to get me through?

Yeah, I know now where I'm going to -

Not to lose now but to win;

Tell me how do I begin?

I've a dream, silver dream machine;

Silver dream, silver dream machine;

Silver dream, silver dream machine.

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1983 Turbo Esprit - Silver - 'Lottie' and 1999 Elise - Norfolk Mustard - 'Liz' Daily driver - 286,000 miles and counting!

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Yeah - seemed to make a lot of peeps smile when we were stuck in traffic on the M5 this evening...

Oh - and I was in convoy with my wife in her Landrover - so cruising @55/60 - there'll be a few Caravanners this evening recanting tales of overtaking a Lotus Esprit I can tell you!

And 10 out of 10 to the wee laddy at the services - heard to shout out loud - Daddy, Daddy - look - a Lotus Esprit! He looked about 8 - obviously well educated! :yes

Oh - and for those that sold their Silver G Turbos - here's another couple of pics ;)

IMHO I think silver is one of the best G car colours - it accentuates the curves!

No - seriously.... :)

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1983 Turbo Esprit - Silver - 'Lottie' and 1999 Elise - Norfolk Mustard - 'Liz' Daily driver - 286,000 miles and counting!

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Stunning Iain. Wasn't this the car you were going to sell a short while back? ;)

And 10 out of 10 to the wee laddy at the services - heard to shout out loud - Daddy, Daddy - look - a Lotus Esprit! He looked about 8 - obviously well educated! :yes

Class.

In the garage no-one can hear you scream 

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:yes ;):)

Wow! If I ever get a G-Turbo, I want one that looks just like that! Seriously!

Tony K. :)

 

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Looking fantastic, and fingers crossed good weekend weather to catch up on some serious driving. 8 years???? That's a hell of a long time to be without your Esprit. We were without our current one for around 10 months when it went spectacularly wrong.....I had to be virtually surgically removed from it when it finally returned!

Just because you can, does'nt mean you should.

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Simply stunning Iain. Make sure you park next to bigsi at Supercar Sunday!

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Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!

Modifying esprit's.. now that's fun..

PS... I AM NOT A CERTIFIED MECHANIC.. I Have chosen to help those in need, in the past and must not be construed as being a certified technician.

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:):) :yes Great job by sj sportcars and money well spent, that

car look so so nice.....and its silver :)

Cracking job.. you lucky lucky man.

regards danny :yes

A

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