Fake wheel spinners just a joke adding to unsprung suspension weight multiplied by outer most leverage point. Dump those. The choke recess way overdone like some altar to an icon. It's just a pull cable. KISS. Who knew one of the steering rack boots can double as shifter boot? Have fun with aluminum knob on a hot day. Wouldn't want to scrape my head on unlined cabin ceiling, but easily fixed (could have put in headliner paid for photo 98 instead of engineering choke cable altar). Changed outside mirrors to larger Vitalonis, but removed riser bases. Rob Peter to pay Paul. Go with both for better rear view.
Add cigarette lighter but delete ashtray? SMH. "Carbon fiber" dash looks like cheap stick-on film cover up. Squirrely left gas tank - midnight substitute? And story on those odd gas tank caps? Assume alternator maybe down lower left front of engine from using Elan engine swap? 336 box is what it is. But just 40 Federalized s/n's later, would have been a 352. Worse, s/n plate shows gearbox number stamped over w/other numbers. Explain photo 62. Disconnected speedo drive flopping around loose in rear tail (photo 101) is results of documented bad drive gear inside trans. Other docs show car entered GB in early 2014 @25253 from Holland (appeared there 10/2012). Mileage never changed again from 2014 because trans never opened to fix gear. Hope the shards aren't still in there.
Larger forward radiator w/dual puller fans I guess is OK-ish, but plumbing looks a bit amateur. Why shift battery weight w/long wimpy cables up front rather than make simple platform to clear tiny rear roll bar? One odd way to get fan for heat only, but no blower for fresh air. Expect heater output <= 50 wheezing gnats given size, and fresh air only when moving, preheated by radiator. Missing spare tire is like no insurance: don't need it until you do. Rear window possibly reinstalled with locking center trim missing from rubber seal. Maybe explains messy upper corners? Trim also missing from side markers, but somewhat matter of taste.
Bargain bin sun "filters" just look cheesy, clamps more cheesy. Dash is messy haphazard layout. Switch gear is hodgepodge. Wiper switch from GM's chrome dash era. No place to store any thing for even for a weekend trip. Whole thing makes me think of what a young kid would do if they got a Europa with lots of issues, and thought it could look totally way trick cool, but throw in some band-aids for real problems. Too much weirdness not from the mind of serious engineer for me to like. Not opposed to improvements, just way too much squirrel's breakfast and tacky froufrou with questionable critical mods. When I see stuff like this, it raises the
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