Glen Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 26/01/2021 at 07:30, Lex Templar said: @Glen this is 10953 from 1980 going back together at the moment. Another L25 Monaco white (with brown) and all Essex bits from factory. @Lex Templar was the body removed from the frame before painting this car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Templar Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Hi @Glen yes body is off chassis, I think in tour situation it would be the best thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 8 hours ago, Lex Templar said: Hi @Glen yes body is off chassis, I think in tour situation it would be the best thing to do. Good morning @Lex Templar is there a guide somewhere that will explain what needs to be removed to allow the body to be separated from the frame or is it easy enough to figure out as I go? I will be removing the dash as it will be retrimed but is there anything that I need to watch out for? Regards, Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Templar Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, Glen said: Good morning @Lex Templar is there a guide somewhere that will explain what needs to be removed to allow the body to be separated from the frame or is it easy enough to figure out as I go? I will be removing the dash as it will be retrimed but is there anything that I need to watch out for? Regards, Glen Hi Glen, SJ Sportscars is doing all the work so I don't have first hand experience at removing the body. If you start a thread in the restorations section I'm sure people will be along to help. The dash will look something like this below when removed. Keep in mind your car would have had a ruched leather interior, something very difficult to re-produce. It looks like all the original leather has been replaced in your car. It may be easier to find a complete interior as it looks like everything needs replacing..but of course there are lots of subtle differences between an early car like yours and and an 82 and onwards car. It depends on how far you want to take it and how much money you plan to sink into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Lex Templar said: Hi Glen, SJ Sportscars is doing all the work so I don't have first hand experience at removing the body. If you start a thread in the restorations section I'm sure people will be along to help. The dash will look something like this below when removed. Keep in mind your car would have had a ruched leather interior, something very difficult to re-produce. It looks like all the original leather has been replaced in your car. It may be easier to find a complete interior as it looks like everything needs replacing..but of course there are lots of subtle differences between an early car like yours and and an 82 and onwards car. It depends on how far you want to take it and how much money you plan to sink into it. Thank you @Lex Templar I will post in restorations and judging how much help everyone here is willing to provide I should get all my questions answered. I will let you know the original interior colour once I receive the certificate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve clack Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hello, a good friend of mine's brother has a dry sump Esprit turbo, that is not on your list. 0966 Monaco white with full red leather. 2nd of 4 in total of that spec. 4 bolt split-rim 3 piece compomotive wheels. Roof stereo. It has been hiding in his garage since 1998 in Southampton. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Dan E Posted February 17, 2021 Gold FFM Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, steve clack said: Hello, a good friend of mine's brother has a dry sump Esprit turbo, that is not on your list. 0966 Monaco white with full red leather. 2nd of 4 in total of that spec. 4 bolt split-rim 3 piece compomotive wheels. Roof stereo. It has been hiding in his garage since 1998 in Southampton. Is that hiding as in not moved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steve clack Posted February 17, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Dan E said: Is that hiding as in not moved? Not moved, in hiding... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTUSMAN33 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Brilliant and added, thanks Steve 👍🏻 Looks nice, hopefully it will grace our roads again sometime in the future? Dave Quote Do or do not, there is no try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocus Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 17/02/2021 at 14:00, steve clack said: Hello, a good friend of mine's brother has a dry sump Esprit turbo, that is not on your list. 0966 Monaco white with full red leather. 2nd of 4 in total of that spec. 4 bolt split-rim 3 piece compomotive wheels. Roof stereo. It has been hiding in his garage since 1998 in Southampton. please make some new pictures!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jayhart Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Evening all. I’ve managed to buy a spare rm610 cockpit stereo and amp. It powers up but cassette player not working. I hope it’s just a belt or something. Has anyone had theirs repaired by anyone? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyww Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 I have repaired two 610s and two 310s. Belt is definitely the first thing to check. They also suffer from damp causing corrosion of contacts. There is a multi-pole sliding switch internally which switches all the circuitry between the cassette and tuner and this was a fault on at least two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jayhart Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 That’s very interesting is the belt something I can look at or should I send it to you? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyww Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 You could check it. The cassette unit comes out as a module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jayhart Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Ok will do fingers crossed Ok fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilside Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 06/03/2021 at 21:38, dr_jayhart said: Evening all. I’ve managed to buy a spare rm610 cockpit stereo and amp. It powers up but cassette player not working. I hope it’s just a belt or something. Has anyone had theirs repaired by anyone? Thanks. If you get in to trouble with it have it serviced at Agenta Audio Classic Car Radio they’ll sort it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 I haven’t had a good look yet but how hard are the Panasonic roof radios to remove? I think mine will require a refurbishment as it’s been sitting for 10 years in a more hostile environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 On 15/01/2021 at 12:50, Glen said: The interior it really rough and missing the original steering wheel. I have a parts car coming from Kuwait that was a front end hit, I will update with the chassis number when it arrives in the next week. @Lex Templar I will let you know once I get the certificate @Lex Templar On 15/01/2021 at 12:50, Glen said: The interior it really rough and missing the original steering wheel. I have a parts car coming from Kuwait that was a front end hit, I will update with the chassis number when it arrives in the next week. @Lex Templar I will let you know once I get the certificate @Lex Templar @Lex Templar, I received my certificate today, yes it was a white car with Brown leather from the factory. Now I’m going to have to figure out what colour brown it is for the retrim. I have attached the bottom of the page from Andy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jayhart Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 Just seen this pop up on auction site. 11098 yellow with cream 1981 anyone know it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAR Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 That's not an 81 car, its an 85 on an earlier reg plate. 🙂 1 Quote It's getting there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJGC Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 Looks like an updated n/a S3 to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza 907 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 Says its a 1981 X reg N/A upgraded in 1995 to Turbo HC spec (1986/7 presumably). Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenwhyte Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Another Bitsa example : £50k that!👍😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve clack Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 I mentioned a few weeks back that a good friend of mine's brother had a dry sump Esprit turbo, Monaco white with red leather interior. If he wanted to sell would anybody be interested in buying.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenwhyte Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 37 minutes ago, steve clack said: I mentioned a few weeks back that a good friend of mine's brother had a dry sump Esprit turbo, Monaco white with red leather interior. If he wanted to sell would anybody be interested in buying.... I think there would be a whole host of people interested in buying generally.....but it’s nice to see you’ve come here first. Without pictures and a full description though we will never know how many - can you gather more details and post up? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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