| Bare Chassis Two bare chassis ready for blasting and painting. Parts Oh! What a lot of lovely parts - brakes, suspension, engine. All nice and new. |
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| Engine Ford Zetec 2 Litre DOHC. A distant relative, perhaps, of the old Ford-based Lotus twincam. I will not miss the Zenith Sromberg carbs or distributor / points. I will like the extra hp and reliability. Drivetrain 5-speed Scorpio gearbox and Sierra XR4 differential. The gearshift looks a bit more sturdy than the old one - which broke off in Denver! |
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| Chassis Assembly Painted and brake lines run |
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| Suspension Handbrake Relocated from that odd under-dash arangement |
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| Back End Differential and driveshafts installed Rear suspension installed - this is the Spyder-developed rear suspension replacing the Chapman-strut of the old. I hope it eliminates the dreaded trailing throttle oversteer too. |
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| Front Suspension Minilite wheels. New car has 14" wheels instead of the 13" of the old alloys. |
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| Engine In Chassis The engine is in and the car is done. |
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| Lotus in a Box Installed in the shipping crate and ready to ship. We waited a while for parts to arrive from Christoper Neil Sportscars... a windscreeen, bumper, door seals, window seals and more. Very glad to have found a place for all this! |
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| On Its Way! Picked up by Fords of Derby to be transported across the ocean on the APL Malaysia. |
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