Lot63 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Nice piece of info and I think you are pretty much right in saying that it was used on the opening sequence of the show, as you can see Lotus owned the car up until April 1984, The car was used for number of events, magazine tests and promotions during that period, I have checks with Lotus and it was the only one to come out of the factory in that particular configuration with the pinstripe in Calypso red primarily as Lotus wanted it for promotion purposes and to be slightly different from the standard decal/ paint scheme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenwhyte Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Fantastic - maybe Lotus will want it back for their new Heritage collection when you’re done!😉 Definitely no side stripes on the Late Late Breakfast Show car and the pinstripe can be see too so ties in and likely your car👍 Can’t wait to see it finished and returned to its best - what kind of timescale are you thinking Tim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenwhyte Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Just reading back Tim and realising how long you’ve owned the car…..have you any photos of it between ‘86 & ‘99 you can share, to keep us going until you’ve completed the resto? Can’t beat some period photos😉👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenwhyte Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 And just incase you’ve not seen this road test Tim, here’s your car being out though it’s paces with some complimentary words to support…… http://www.lotusespritworld.com/ERoadtests/AlternativeCars_May83.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAR Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 My car, new in May 82, has a pinstripe which I've asked about on here before. It appears it may have been an option at the time? 1 Quote It's getting there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lot63 Posted January 8 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 8 Happy to oblige, here’s a couple I took around the late 80’s, note the lovely non factory sunroof…. Not lol 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwat Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I always thought the red turbo with the gold pin stripes & alloys was the absolute mutt's nuts 😃 1 Quote Cheers, John W http://jonwatkins.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenwhyte Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Brilliant - love a period pic!😎👍👍👍Great to have photos that go so far back! How many miles did you put on her in your ownership Tim? How come you ended up having it off the road for quite so long…..?😢 Thanks for posting the photos👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lot63 Posted January 8 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 8 I've put about 20k on her over the years til 1999, regarding keeping it off the road quite simply it needed the sunroof sorting due to it leaking plus the paintwork being cellulose faded very quickly so put it in the garage with the idea of restoring her over a 5 year period.......Well work got in the way plus the kids, so 23 yrs later and newly retired i'm on the homeward straight!! (Almost!!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJ Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 5 hours ago, stephenwhyte said: love a period pic!😎👍👍👍Great to have photos that go so far back! I think that we need a "Period Pictures" thread - which I've just started 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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