Hi ya, I've just bought a wonderful blue Excel SE. It's a second car so may spend some time sitting on the drive. Unfortunately I don't have a garage so to...
Hi all, I am now the proud owner of a blue Excel. As it is a second car it may spend some time not being used and as I don't have a garage, I would like to...
Is anybody on this list interested on the following trade: I have a 1986 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, runs excellent, has one rust spot on the drivers door, I'm...
Yesterday I went a picked up the 1979 Elite with the Rover 3.5 V8 under the hood and drove it the 250kms home! Ran fine and didn't even stop once on the side...
hey Gavin, that is great you finely got your car. I have read that the rear tail lights are off a Rover. don't know what year though. I am working on my rear...
Good Morning, Philippe Olczyk olczyk@... ( Alfa TZ, Bizzarrini, Porsche 904, Ferrari book' s ) have the plan to make a book on the Lotus 47. Searching...
First question of many... what car did they nick the tail lights from? I want to order a brand new set... Regards Gavin New Zealand I believe the tail lights...
If it's a 1979 car it is not likely to be the Rover SD1 light units - theses were only fitted to S2 models from 1980. The earlier, smaller, units are Lucas...
Thanks for the ideas on the tail lights guys:) Next questions!! I pulled at the two vent hoses coming off the pipes from the filler cap to the gas tank and...
sorry if i posted this twice but i find this site hard to use and not all that easy to get to grips on anyone knows whats happening with the excel site?...
... Try using email, it's a lot better than yahoo's web interface. ... http://www.lotusexcel.co.uk/ This one? Appears to be borked at present. Or the out of...
Give Andy a chance chaps. The web GCI has been updated and the data will need restoring. I understand Andy doesn't have an Excel at the min but still keeps the...
I'm trying to source a set of poly bushes for a '89 Excel SA So far superflex and polybush.co.uk have said sorry don't do em. Can anyone help. I have heard of...
Hi I've just managed to persuade the wife that I can buy a Lotus Elite that I've been after for years. I've managed to get an early 501 (1974) although I think...
Congratulation on the persuasion. That insurance price seems high. I have used Footman-James for, Europa, Excel & Esprit. With the exception of the Esprit (due...
Firstly, thanks to everyone who e-mailed with ideas about what was causing the car to hesitate and stall when I pulled away. After searching a few Alfa Romeo...
I forgot to add, I am a club lotus member, I don’t know what difference it makes to the premium, but I once forgot to give them my membership number and they...
When I bought my 1976 Elite it just had small trumpets on the two Dellortos with no folters. I have now got an air-box to put on. Do I keep the trumpets inside...
The odometer is starting to stick when it's warm. It'll count up a few miles and then stop. When like this rotating the trip meter adds miles to the odometer. ...
Hi Tim, I did try and post this the other day but for some reason it hasn't appeared on the new messages list. Anyway The car & I are in Marlow,Bucks. Why not...
...might be clearance between pedal pushrod and brake servo being to tight (i.e. no or very little brake-pedal free play). I had a problem like this. In oder...
My Elite just got through its 6-monthly test, but the U/Js on the drive shafts are getting a bit sloppy. Does anyone know the part numbers of these, so I can...
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