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stevec

posted on 13/10/06 at 09:29 PM Reply With Quote
Anyone want a real one?

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StevieB

posted on 13/10/06 at 10:03 PM Reply With Quote
I don't like it!

The carpets aren't right in a 7 (I would bet Colin Chapman would never have put them in!), and the wheels don't loom right either.

Nicely kept, but I wouldn't say it's worth the money because it's not entirely original.

I have a friend with an original 7 of roughly the same year, but it's been fitted with a blade engine (not original, but I reckon it's what Chapman would have done if the cars were still being produced by him).






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russbost

posted on 13/10/06 at 10:25 PM Reply With Quote
No, Chapman would have got real & up to date & produced what I have.
Well ..............Maybe
Anyone want to offer me £18k for mine, it's completely original, it has to be there's only one at the moment!





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peterriley2

posted on 13/10/06 at 11:31 PM Reply With Quote
ive gotta say a lot of the relicas look a lot better than the real things! shame, it should always be the other way round.





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stevebubs

posted on 13/10/06 at 11:50 PM Reply With Quote
"new Chassis in 1984" brings to mind the old saying about the axe and the handle....
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t.j.

posted on 14/10/06 at 06:44 AM Reply With Quote
Is that LPG in the rear?

And this scares me:
ALLOY QUICK STEERING WRACK


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David Jenkins

posted on 14/10/06 at 07:54 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by t.j.

And this scares me:
ALLOY QUICK STEERING WRACK




Seaweed in a car?








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stevebubs

posted on 14/10/06 at 12:57 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by t.j.
Is that LPG in the rear?




More likely to be the plumbed-in fire extinguisher...

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Confused but excited.

posted on 14/10/06 at 05:35 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by t.j.

And this scares me:
ALLOY QUICK STEERING WRACK




Seaweed in a car?









Tell them about the bent treacle edges!

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t.j.

posted on 14/10/06 at 08:35 PM Reply With Quote
Hi zilspeed,

Is you avatar not feeling well?
Or are you down-under (AUS)?


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02GF74

posted on 16/10/06 at 09:50 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
HAVE DETUNED THE ENGINE FOR ROAD USE BUT ITS STILL QUICK AND IN PERFECT CONDITON.


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zilspeed

posted on 19/10/06 at 06:09 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by t.j.
Hi zilspeed,

Is you avatar not feeling well?
Or are you down-under (AUS)?




Hey, I can't help it if I have loads of grip...






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TimC

posted on 24/10/06 at 04:09 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
HAVE DETUNED THE ENGINE FOR ROAD USE BUT ITS STILL QUICK AND IN PERFECT CONDITON.




What a pu$$y!






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steve m

posted on 4/11/06 at 06:37 PM Reply With Quote
Originally posted by StevieB
I don't like it!

The carpets aren't right in a 7 (I would bet Colin Chapman would never have put them in!), and the wheels don't loom right either.

Nicely kept, but I wouldn't say it's worth the money because it's not entirely original.

I have a friend with an original 7 of roughly the same year, but it's been fitted with a blade engine (not original, but I reckon it's what Chapman would have done if the cars were still being produced by him). "

So, I take it that you have never seen a series 4 lotus 7 ??

It had carpets, what would Colin Chapman have said to that ?? tut tut

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Browser

posted on 4/11/06 at 09:59 PM Reply With Quote
With respect to the wheels, what other car were they fitted to as an optional extra?

Thaaaaats right, the Skoda Estelle ii ! I know cos I 'ad one

Take a dekko at the piccie of the bootbox, you can see that the roll-over bar rear bracing bars are fixed to the edge of the boot! That'll deform nicely in a rollover!






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