Esprit Picture & Video Thread

[robington 142]

I'm also interested in jukeboxes, so here is a resto I recently finished in the garage and I thought the 2 pictured well together.  The jukebox is a 1957 AMI H, the car is .... well you know that bit

 

[Fridge 950]

You need to get some Blondie, Madonna, Eurythmics and Simple Minds on that to keep it within period.

[jep 853]

Sheena Easton 'For Your Eyes Only' top of the bill. 

[Gis 198]

Night drive outing with the classic car club Singapore folks. Nice and cool temperatures & some legendary local backdrops. Dempsey hill and the beautiful Raffles hotel. 

[Luc 24]

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A f*cking weekend under storm and sun

[Dan E 1,556]

Spent a few days polishing 

[C8RKH 6,254]

Looks great. Hopefully you'll have the other side done by next weekend @Dan E

[Dan E 1,556]

Lol you are so right I have got to do the other side

[Dan E 1,556]

If anyone is interested, which I presume that would be absolutely no one as, I guess you actually have a life, this is what I done, the difference is night and day. I do this all by hand as I don’t trust myself with a machine. 
 

1. Wheels first using using Bilt Hamber Auto Wheel which is excellent and contains no acid

2. Ultimate Finish snow foam 

3. wash with Valet Pro Advanced Poseidon Car Wash using the 2 bucket method, buckets with grit guards also from Ultimate Finish 

4. dry with microfibre towels 

5. get the Big Boi heated blower out to get rid of all the excess water, if you haven’t got one of these then I suggest you do stops all water marks and is especially good on wing mirrors 

6. clay bar with Bilt Hamber Auto Clay soft, this is excellent as you can just use tap water in a spray gun thing, your wife will have one, I know because she doesn’t have one anymore 

7. Meguiars 105 Ultra Cut Compound applied with a pad and polished off with a microfibre, I had to do this twice on the horizontal surfaces, be careful with any edges easy to remove the paint from a 40 year old car

8. Meguliars 205 Ultra Finishing polish same process as above 

9. Dodo Juice lime prime lite as the pre wax 

10. Dodo Juice Purple Haze wax 

11. Glass G4 Nanotech glass polish 

12. a good lawyer for the inevitable divorce 

13. Gin and wine, check in with Sparkles when you can start drinking it’s normally not long after 11am 

oh and you need a Bose speaker and a Spotify account 

 

Lastly never polish in circles always straight lines 

[Sparky 2,833]

I am duty bound to inform you that you've done a wonderful job, as I need to stay on your good side for the next few weeks.

[Dan E 1,556]

1 minute ago, Sparky said:

I am duty bound to inform you that you've done a wonderful job, as I need to stay on your good side for the next few weeks.

Yours is next I can’t look at them swirl marks anymore 

[Sparky 2,833]

Oh all right then.  I'm too good to you.

[Dan E 1,556]

 

Just need to purchase one of these first 

[Sparky 2,833]

You're just jealous of glorious Norfolk Mustard Yellow.

[Giniw 288]

12 & 13

Well now that's an impressive work list!

[Chillidoggy 4,343]

18 hours ago, Dan E said:

If anyone is interested, which I presume that would be absolutely no one as, I guess you actually have a life, this is what I done, the difference is night and day. I do this all by hand as I don’t trust myself with a machine. 
 

1. Wheels first using using Bilt Hamber Auto Wheel which is excellent and contains no acid

2. Ultimate Finish snow foam 

3. wash with Valet Pro Advanced Poseidon Car Wash using the 2 bucket method, buckets with grit guards also from Ultimate Finish 

4. dry with microfibre towels 

5. get the Big Boi heated blower out to get rid of all the excess water, if you haven’t got one of these then I suggest you do stops all water marks and is especially good on wing mirrors 

6. clay bar with Bilt Hamber Auto Clay soft, this is excellent as you can just use tap water in a spray gun thing, your wife will have one, I know because she doesn’t have one anymore 

7. Meguiars 105 Ultra Cut Compound applied with a pad and polished off with a microfibre, I had to do this twice on the horizontal surfaces, be careful with any edges easy to remove the paint from a 40 year old car

8. Meguliars 205 Ultra Finishing polish same process as above 

9. Dodo Juice lime prime lite as the pre wax 

10. Dodo Juice Purple Haze wax 

11. Glass G4 Nanotech glass polish 

12. a good lawyer for the inevitable divorce 

13. Gin and wine, check in with Sparkles when you can start drinking it’s normally not long after 11am 

oh and you need a Bose speaker and a Spotify account 

 

Lastly never polish in circles always straight lines 

Needs air-con.

[Neal H 876]

Dropped my Jeep off at LG Motors in Swaffham for an MOT and in their showroom they have an S3 Esprit in bits. They’ve bought it to restore. Apparently it has sat unused for 16 years, but from what I could see it didn’t look too bad. The doors, engine cover and front hatch had all been removed and everything looked pretty solid, the interior actually looked pretty good for something left untouched for 16 years.

It is a 1981 NA S3 and they plan to repaint it in its original black (currently it’s white). They have some nice other ‘modern’ classics in their showroom, so I think they’ll make a good job of it. It’s nice to see another being brought back to life.

[Andyww 1,278]

Discovered some sad news, the company in Blackpool who did the bodywork restoration on my car has gone into liquidation.

Surface & Design were a group of ex-TVR guys plus one ex-Lotus. They will be greatly missed, I would have gone back there for any future fibreglass work on any project car. Where they excelled was in the detailing, fiddly bits such as cant rail and screen trim, bumper fit etc which very few people get exactly right.

[Bibs 11,148]

I remember Kato had an amazing job done by them on his Esprit when they first opened up 15 or so years ago. Sad news, they were excellent! 

Give the Beaconsfield Workshop a look, they're the most comparable in terms of quality if you need any more work done and are factory approved (and a lot closer!). 

[Mark Blanchard 1,646]

Surface & Design were well respected.  Shame.

37 minutes ago, Bibs said:

I remember Kato

I'd forgotten about Kato.  What ever happened to him?

[Bibs 11,148]

He grew his hair and got ripped! 

He's still running LEW, there are updates on there! 

 

[Jacques 944]

On 05/12/2020 at 21:30, Luc said:

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Looks and sounds like a totally normal Danish Summers day.

[Luc 24]

Haaaaa, Turtle Wax, the friend of old paints

Edited December 12, 2020 by Luc

[LOTUSMAN33 1,458]

That is looking superb Luc, what a lovely example a d LHD as well?

Dave  

[Luc 24]

Original beige leather as well !

 

this picture make you want jump into

Edited December 12, 2020 by Luc