Lotus Europa Community

She looks like a good driver and a very good base for a restoration if that’s where you want to go!

A very good start but I do not see some of the dimensions.
I can measure and add from mine.
Not sure why the delay at Group IO.

I seem to recall mine was the straight one like your first one....

It might be, if I could complete a log-in.

It's clear that you're knowledgeable about cars.  You should do what you want with it. 

our friend BDA said "... the only difference between a black with pinstripes Special (with a 5-speed, I can’t remember if all specials had a 5-speed) and a JPS is the little plastic badge that gives it a JPS number", [and maybe little bit bigger rear brake drums].  But that's about it.

If you spend 2000 hours and $20K, you'll have a car worth about $40K.  Don't do the arithmetic!  At that level, the pinnacle of Europas, it's hard to measure if you've gotten the extra 10% you're supposed to get or not.  Not to insult TCS owners, but I find all the pinstriping and doodads to be "not to my taste".  I might be willing to pay more not to have them.  Seems kinda nutty to me to pay extra.

These are not Ferrari 250 GTOs.  Do as you wish, I say.  But it's still great fun to have and especially, to drive.

And.. I've re-sized your photos for you so we can see them readily.  Just use a simple photo editing program (I used MS Paint) ,and re-size them to 800 or 900 pixels wide, and we'll all be able to see them fine.