rb968
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| posted on 2/5/12 at 09:47 PM |
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Lotus Elan crash (detachable rear end)
Just came across this video.....Elan vs Scimitar at Brands Hatch
Lotus Elan crash
Hopefully all walked away OK.
Rich
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 2/5/12 at 10:23 PM |
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Did you seen how that Elan screen just popped out.
I guess it was before the times that they were structural.
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Rod Ends
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| posted on 2/5/12 at 10:44 PM |
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Elan has a backbone chassis, there's nothing of it behind the rear wheels - just fibreglass.
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morcus
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 12:59 AM |
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I don't think it was as bad an accident as the blurb makes out. All that I see happening is the body work and window falling off, the fuel tank
appears to be inside a box like structure. Other than that it's just the wheel. The way it broke almost looks like it's been designed that
way on purpose, though I don't think thats the case.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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Bare
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 02:46 AM |
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Just one crappy Plastic car colliding with another one ZZzzzzzzzzzzz
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Nickp
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 05:57 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bare
Just one crappy Plastic car colliding with another one ZZzzzzzzzzzzz
I think it'd be fair to say that the majority of members on this car based forum would actually find these type of cars interesting 
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scootz
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 06:09 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bare
Just one crappy Plastic car colliding with another one ZZzzzzzzzzzzz
The Lotus Elan is not a 'crappy' car.
It's Evolution Baby!
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Nickp
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 06:11 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
quote:
Originally posted by Bare
Just one crappy Plastic car colliding with another one ZZzzzzzzzzzzz
The Lotus Elan is not a 'crappy' car.
Agreed  Think he maybe took a wrong turn to get in here?
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TheGecko
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 07:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nickp
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
quote:
Originally posted by Bare
Just one crappy Plastic car colliding with another one ZZzzzzzzzzzzz
The Lotus Elan is not a 'crappy' car.
Agreed Think he maybe took a wrong turn to get in here?
Bare never seems to have anything constructive to say. I think he's the online equivalent of the grumpy old man who wanders into a conversation
uninvited and proceeds to loudly complain "What's all this rubbish then?!?". He also seems to have followed this behavioural
pattern on several locost-ish forums that I've been on for 10+ years <sigh>.
Just ignore the grumpy old galah 
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steve m
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 07:50 AM |
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I had a 2+2 elan in the 80's and i would of liked a scimitar
so its a like like for me
Also, the elan drove back to pick his bits up and screen, so it wasnt THAT badly dameged !
The 7 driver was lucky though!
Bare, you are obviousley 12 years old and suitably stupid, as all 3 of those cars in the video are part of the backbone of the kit car industry
today
[Edited on 3/5/12 by steve m]
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40inches
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 08:00 AM |
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The Lotus7 doesn't look that happy, around 15seconds in.
Must read all the thread before posting
[Edited on 3-5-12 by 40inches]
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 09:06 AM |
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Elan is one of my all time favourite cars along with frogeye Sprout. I never really liked the Scimitar, they were a waste of good Capri running gear
and weighed about twice as much as their donor.
ETA Bare is entitled to his opinion although it seems odd to frequent a kit car forum if you don't like fibreglass cars. Somebody recently wrote
this quote:
I take your attitude as the typical "I'll argue about anything in a nonconstructive manner" attitude that turns up on
the internet so often..
about me as I had the audacity to not agree.
[Edited on 3/5/12 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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gazza285
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 04:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Elan is one of my all time favourite cars along with frogeye Sprout. I never really liked the Scimitar, they were a waste of good Capri running gear
and weighed about twice as much as their donor.
ETA Bare is entitled to his opinion although it seems odd to frequent a kit car forum if you don't like fibreglass cars. Somebody recently wrote
this quote:
I take your attitude as the typical "I'll argue about anything in a nonconstructive manner" attitude that turns up on
the internet so often..
about me as I had the audacity to not agree.
[Edited on 3/5/12 by Peteff]
Had to have a look at your attitude failure, there's some strange people on there.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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