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Title: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: vito84 on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 01:01:48 AM
Good morning guys,

after almost 2 years my Europa is ready to be rebuild after a chassis T failure. During these years we dismatled the car and start to rebuild the chassis like the original specs. We take all the measures, make the drawings and rebuild the parts we need.  Last week we welded the new T section on our chassis and Customer Europa chassis, so we gave new life to two Europa TC.
Here you can see some pictures.

Thank you

Vito
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: TurboFource on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 05:10:05 AM
Nice work!
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: Dilkris on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 05:57:32 AM
That's really ambitious and very impressive. Well done.  :beerchug:
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: BDA on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 06:47:18 AM
Very nicely done! I would suggest that you add extra access to things like the steering u-joint.
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: Lou Drozdowski on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 07:47:27 AM
Ciao Vito....
Quando non sta saldando il metallo...

When he is not welding...
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: TurboFource on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 02:57:20 PM
Vito,
What is on the roof of the Europa?
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: SilverBeast on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 03:09:37 PM
It looks like a webasto vinyl sunroof to me https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274427590881 (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274427590881)
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: TurboFource on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 03:31:50 PM
That is what I was wondering about.....
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: SilverBeast on Saturday,August 01, 2020, 04:02:26 PM
If you follow the link at the bottom of the first post the are more photos of it (and a few other lotuses...)
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: Neil D on Sunday,August 02, 2020, 09:18:45 AM
Vito,
What is on the roof of the Europa?

Webasto...ask how it like going at speed ;-)

Neil
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: TurboFource on Sunday,August 02, 2020, 09:35:06 AM
I will take the bait Neil, how do you like it at speed?
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: Neil D on Sunday,August 02, 2020, 12:31:09 PM
I will take the bait Neil, how do you like it at speed?

Slip up... ask Vito or Eduardo, after all it is Eduardo's car, and his story to tell.

PS Ianco engineering made a good job of my son's TC chassis shown in the pictures.

Neil


Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: vito84 on Monday,August 03, 2020, 12:46:21 AM
I will take the bait Neil, how do you like it at speed?


I would like to remove the Webasto sunroof. It isn't nice to see, the fiberglass roof weakens and at 120mhp on the highway the canvas swelled and ripped off....a complete disaster :WTF: :WTF:
Title: Re: Lotus Europa TC chassis rebuild
Post by: TurboFource on Monday,August 03, 2020, 03:41:06 AM
 :huh: