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Title: Interesting Concept
Post by: LeftAngle on Thursday,May 15, 2014, 12:32:38 PM

While looking for parts, I came across this model on eBay and thought it might be of interest to someone who discovered their car in a barn.  I found mine in one, but it's an S2 :-\

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Europa-Special-Bj-1972-Barn-Find-Diorama-Scale-1-18-Unrestored-Kyosho-/321407127174?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Title: Re: Interesting Concept
Post by: BDA on Thursday,May 15, 2014, 05:51:59 PM

Interesting!

Title: Re: Interesting Concept
Post by: buzzer on Friday,May 16, 2014, 12:56:42 AM

You find all sorts of things on eBay !

Title: Re: Interesting Concept
Post by: 4380r on Friday,May 16, 2014, 05:25:45 AM

I saw that as well and thought about doing one as a winter time work bench project.

Title: Re: Interesting Concept
Post by: katanaman on Friday,May 23, 2014, 11:53:31 AM

  One of my favorite resources online is the free daily e-mail newsletter I get from www.mycarquest.com.  The guy who put it together, Mike Gulett, has been on the warpath for about a year about BARN FINDS!  It is interesting how much more somebody will pay for a car covered in all of this detritous of years and years of neglect and abuse.  Without which, of course, I wouldn't have been able to afford my S-2!!  I would sure like to know where people draw the line on how this increases a car's value!  I saw the listing too, but as long as my model is polished and looking good, I wouldn't dare screw it up like the model in the listing.

Title: Re: Interesting Concept
Post by: LotusJoe on Friday,May 23, 2014, 12:41:15 PM

My car was a "barn Find" in El Centro, California. It had been sitting for 10 + years when I rescued it.
(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Zetec/Barn06.jpg)

(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Zetec/Barn02.jpg)

(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Zetec/Barn04.jpg)

(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Zetec/BodyShot.jpg)

(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Zetec/Zetec002.sized.jpg)

Title: Re: Interesting Concept
Post by: BDA on Friday,May 23, 2014, 05:40:32 PM

Great transformation, Joe!