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Offline Triton

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Hello
« on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 02:29:00 PM »
Hi,  Just like to introduce myself, my name is Stuart and i live in Lancashire UK. I have bought a 73 Twin Cam Special. The car had been partly restored over a 10 yr period by the previous owner. It's had a new chassis ,discs ,drums,twin alloy tanks. Also new shock absorbers,minilite rims and tyres. The car was originally red but it was JPS colours when the previous owner bought it but it is now back to red.I have rebuilt the engine and have had the 352 box rebuilt, the seats were rotten at the bottom but a friend cut the rot out and welded all new panels in, I bought new seat covers from Banks and another friend who was a upholsterer  fit them ,they look perfect now, I made a new dashboard and recovered the dash pad and i am ready to get the screen refit. I am going to strip the doors and re-anodise the window surrounds next. I had a 1970  Europa in 1975/76 which had cosmic alloys ,a 45 webber, 4 branch exhaust manifold, hi-com pistons and a different cam. I did not realize then but found out years later that it was a ELSE conversion , The reg was OKW 124H would like to know if it's still out there. I will get someone to post some photos of my rebuild to put on the forum as it's too technical for me !. Thanks  for letting me join the group.  Stuart....

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Re: Hello
« Reply #1 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 02:40:16 PM »
 :Welcome:

Looking forward to seeing the pictures

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« Reply #2 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 02:48:01 PM »
Hi Stuart and  :Welcome:

It sounds like you're well on the way with your car, I guess you're planning on this summer for the first drive ?

There are a couple of folks on here with ELSE cars but I don't know if one is yours. From the DVLA site the last log book was issued in 2014 and it looks to have been off road since 1979 so I guess it's in someone's barn or maybe a track car ?

https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/VehicleFound?locale=en

Posting pics is easy enough, the most common problem is having too large a file size. Modern digital cameras often take massive file sizes but there are instructions on how to re-size at the top of the "Garage" forum.

Cheers
Brian (who used to live just across the Mersey from you in Runcorn, but that was a long, long time ago !)

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Re: Hello
« Reply #3 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 03:09:34 PM »
Hi Stuart

Welcome, sounds like a lovely Europa, can't wait to see the photos

I don't remember seeing that the Europa you used to own...I wish you luck....I would love to know what happened to my old one as well...

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« Reply #4 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 03:22:33 PM »
Sounds good another special being put on the road.  Yep pics would be good.
Dave,

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« Reply #5 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 03:56:31 PM »
 :Welcome: Stuart!!

Your car sounds interesting. We'd love to see some pictures!

In case you have problems resizing your pictures, here are two ways you can resize them:

http://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=1379.0

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_55eg00H-w

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« Reply #6 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 03:58:58 PM »
 :Welcome: Looking forward to your posts.

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« Reply #7 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 04:19:12 PM »
 Stuart :Welcome: from the other side of the Pennines.

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« Reply #8 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 07:11:02 PM »
Stuart,

 Good to have you here. You'll find a great group of gents on this site who are willing to help & chat about all things Europa.     

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« Reply #9 on: Monday,March 15, 2021, 10:28:45 PM »
Hi Stuart,

 :Welcome:

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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 06:06:27 AM »
Welcome to the Forum.
I am fairly new too and everybody is very helpful.
I am in Warrington, not a million miles from you,

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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 06:53:43 AM »
 :Welcome: Welcome to the Forum Stuart
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« Reply #12 on: Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 09:02:11 AM »
Welcome to the forum, Stuart. Sounds like a nice project you have there. Good luck with the restoration. Cheers  :beerchug:
The Twin Cam plays the symphony whilst my right foot conducts the orchestra. At 3800 rpm the Mad Pipe Organ joins in.

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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 10:58:59 AM »
 :Welcome:

  From Sunny and Warm Florida 🌴🌴
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday,March 16, 2021, 12:47:26 PM »
 :Welcome:
not too far away in Manchester. Car sounds good. Love to see those pics