My Type 54 to sort of 47 Conversion

[BDA]

Thanks for the update, Rod! I have no problem believing your car got a LOT of attention! I am surprised that you've only put 60 miles on it so far!

Love your method for backing up into a parking spot!

I hope you make it to the All British Field meet. I'm sure you'll get a LOT more attention!

[Rosco5000]

I wanted to go so bad to the cars & coffee but I forgot my kids had a fast pitch tournament all weekend when I last posted.  How was the turn out.  I now see you have to sign up in advance for the event!  It must be getting big.  Were there any other classic Loti there?  Vancouver Lotus used a picture of me and the family in the plus 2  on Instagram for the last update on the event. It was a good shot! LOL but I may be biased.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSbqoMj2KL/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

[RoddyMac]

Ross,
There were 400+ cars there, and luckily the Lotus group just managed to get a few spots.  You had to get there before 8am in order get find a spot in the west parking lots.  My car was the only pre '96 Lotus there, but there was a mid 80's to early 90's Caterham.  It was a very diverse turn out, everything from the latest Lambos, Ferraris, and McLarens to rat rods.  There was even a Porsche Carrera GT. 

I saw the IG post, and though it was your car.  A passenger in one of the Weissach Evora's was a co-owner of Checkered Flag and seemed to remember my dad buying an Elan Sprint and of course knew you and your dad. 

In regards to signing up, it's more to do with letting the city and parks board now how many cars are expected so that Weissach can actually book the parking lot. 

Are you going to make it to the ABFM this weekend?

Rod

[Rosco5000]

Wow, 400+ cars is a great turn out for a Saturday morning, I wish I could have made it.  As long as it isn't too wet my plan is to make it to the ABFM, it is always a fun show.  Have to get the twin cam on the road too and give them good showing later in the summer for classic Loti.
Ross

[RoddyMac]

Wow, it's been nearly 4 years since I've added to this thread...  After giving it some serious consideration, I've placed an order with Retroford for a set of their "Group 5" alloy wheels.  There's a 3 to 4 month lead time, so it will be a while before I can post pics of them, but here's a link to what I've ordered:  https://www.retroford.co.uk/product/lotus-cortina-group-5-alloy-wheel-5-5j-x-13-wgrp5-5-single-wheel/

The plan is to either order a new set of front hubs from Merlin, or see if there are any used Caterham front hubs available with the Ford PCD.  The rears for my car are no problem as I have a spare set of VW Golf hubs on the shelf which will get sent out for redrilling (along with the brake discs).

I've ordered the 6.5" ones for the rears, I'm hoping I wont have to re-fabricate the rear suspension pieces, but I'll figure that out once I actually have the wheels.

I'll definitely post pics once I get them.

[TurboFource]

Wondering where you have been! Nice wheels!

[RoddyMac]

Wondering where you have been!

I took a bit of time "away" from the Europa while building an MGB GT, or rather modifying an MGB GT (it now has a Zetec).  I'm hoping to spend a bit more time on the Europa both driving and sorting it this year. 

[BDA]

Two beauties! The Europa looks fabulous!!

[TurboFource]

Roddy,
Do you have a link to the MGB build?

I would love to have a MGB GT ….. next project 

[RoddyMac]

TurboForce,
There's a build thread on Grassroots Motorsports:  https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/1971-b-gt-restomod-hopefully/174704/page2/

[TurboFource]

Thanks Roddy

[EuropaTC]

A great project, stunning work. I don't know how you find the time to do all these cars, I'm retired and still there's not enough hours in the day !

Brian

[RoddyMac]

I don't know how you find the time to do all these cars

It's mostly weekends, luckily I dont have kids so any of my spare time can be used for car stuff.  Plus we didn't travel the last couple of years, so my vacation time was spent in the garage.  This year is a bit different, I still have to get this in paint:



And we have a two week trip to Scotland in August.  So Europa and MGB time will be in shorter supply.  Hopefully any work I have to do on either car should be minimal. 

[BDA]

What are your plans for the Elan? I’m envious already!

[RoddyMac]

The Elan is dear old dad's car, unfortunately he doesn't have the desire to work on cars anymore so I'm left with the task.  The plan is to restore it back to mostly stock form.  Originally it was yellow, but there's too many yellow ones in Vancouver.  Instead it's getting painted Wedgewood Blue, or very close to Wedgewood.  Mechanically it's slightly warmed up, the head has been flowed and there's some aftermarket cams in it.  Once the body is painted I'll get around to finishing up the mechanicals, get it running as a rolling chassis, then drop the body on and pick away at getting it finished.