ebay 18 Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 £7,000.00End Date: Sunday Jul-2-2017 13:46:07 BSTAdd to watch list Click to view item Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ebay 18 Posted July 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 £7,000.00End Date: Friday Aug-11-2017 19:57:09 BSTAdd to watch list Click to view item Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ramjet 1,085 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Paging @Stuart Monument. Paging @Stuart Monument. Quote All we know is that when they stop making this, we will be properly, properly sad.Jeremy Clarkson on the Esprit. Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, some just stink more than others. Link to post Share on other sites
Gold FFM johnpwalsh 1,326 Posted July 15, 2017 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 This is the second time it has been listed in the past month. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Monument 787 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 15 hours ago, ramjet said: Paging @Stuart Monument. Paging @Stuart Monument. Cant have them all i'm afraid ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oilmagnet477 747 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 All? I think you are some way from that target yet Stuart 1 Quote Is the price for that bit in Yen or £? Link to post Share on other sites
Elite7 4 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) who cares about active suspension: the car is rotten and needs a complete resto..in this state its better to dismantle it for parts. to bring this car back to its former glory you need to spent thousdans of pound...and finally end with a car which won´t habe much more value than any other excel in good nick. if it would be a porsche or mercedes, the story would be different...but as its "only" a lotus-excel...forget it. Edited July 30, 2017 by Elite7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ebay 18 Posted August 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 £7,000.00End Date: Saturday Sep-9-2017 14:38:30 BSTAdd to watch list Click to view item Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rjwooll 205 Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) On 30/07/2017 at 11:32, Elite7 said: who cares about active suspension: the car is rotten and needs a complete resto..in this state its better to dismantle it for parts. to bring this car back to its former glory you need to spent thousdans of pound...and finally end with a car which won´t habe much more value than any other excel in good nick. if it would be a porsche or mercedes, the story would be different...but as its "only" a lotus-excel...forget it. I don't know about the condition of the car, but regarding the active suspension this was a fantastically innovative approach in the day. Unfortunately, the cost of the system (valves, sensors, controllers etc) was, I understand, too high to make it commercially viable. This car doesn't have the computer used to control the active suspension. Sourcing some more up to date hardware to replace it wouldn't be too much of a problem to someone with the right skills, but also missing is the Lotus software that controlled the system. Recreating this would be the biggest cost as it would need to be developed from scratch, and would necessitate a lot of system testing to make it work properly. All you really have with the car is the hydraulic system, which likely will also need major overhaul - and the components, if available, are likely to be expensive. So reluctantly I agree with you! Richard Edited August 13, 2017 by rjwooll Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pbharcourt 378 Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Shame he wont take my Elite as straight swop, I would give it a loving home Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silverfrost 1,387 Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Paul the elites the dogs dangleys, no way i would swop one for an excel even if it has got the active suspension Quote A Link to post Share on other sites
oilmagnet477 747 Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 As an example of the marque and how Lotus were trying to push boundaries, this car has obvious attractions - however, from a day to day perspective, I doubt if that value translates anywhere beyond a museum (and a Lotus one at that?). It is going to be either extremely costly to get the original set up working (if it is at all possible to work out what was originally intended?) and without it, it becomes just another rotting classic with an interesting past (IMO). 2 Quote Is the price for that bit in Yen or £? Link to post Share on other sites
ebay 18 Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 £7,000.00End Date: Sunday Oct-22-2017 19:43:25 BSTAdd to watch list Click to view item Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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