D1on

Anyone owned one of these Or have any tales?...
Still look great!

STeve

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chap in the local sports car club has one and takes it to all the shows each year and lose count how many offers he has each year asking him to sell it

stevecfrst1

I think there awesome, such a huge reputation as a fast car. I looked into buying one q while ago but hear that parts are very hard to come by nowdays though even basic service bits

D1on

Can imagine, They are very special!

yblee

Yes ,I had one number 0007 but they only made about 960 of them,so it was 007 to me,good car no lag just instant power ,not a real animal,Sierras more of a handful,there was one time going sideways on a motorway bend at about 115 mph,the cars did have a lot of common faults,which I had,running very rich it made 395 bhp and 475 ib torque run a 13.1 at pod ,car long gone still would have another,cossy is more fun

YOREVOL

got a mention in the house of commons, a mp voicing concern as to the cars top speed.
personally i'd prefer an alpina b10 bi-turbo.

Glenn_

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There a cool car. I can remember driving past one parked on a drive on my way to work years and years ago.

CrOwSoN15

Now we're talking!

STeve

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he uses it for going down the shops and allsorts

Paulo P

I've got one I bought it a few months ago after wanting one for 20 years.

james kiely

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one of my all time favs

get some pics up paulo,i would love to see it

gjh

Would love to see some pics Paulo P. Very cool car, would buy one if I had the funds.

Paulo P

I've only got one proper photo of it so far from when I had to move it out of my garage to get one of my bikes out I haven't started using it yet.

haz87

Followed one down the A12 on Saturday. Spotted it several times so obviously gets used

T4onYB

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Had one about 4years back but did a deal on a escort cosworth and a jag for it

3FRD

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Maniac

AJC

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There did used to be one in Preston i used to see every now & then but not seen it for a long time. Guy that owned it had a kebab shop.....

Ade50RS

1990 - first married holiday, camping in Norfolk. Had a trip to Hethel to have my photo taken outside of the Lotus factory and spotted numerous Carltons, in various states of modification, all lined up next to different factory units - looked awesome .

bigpaul

anybody remember the 1 Max Power magazine built ? yellow on 3spokes with like 3 spoilers? gave it away in competition and winner crashed it 2 days later .....

XRT_si

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That was a GSI3000 with a turbo and Lotus body kit I recall.
Cool car back then!


Ended up like this:

Piston Broke

Mate in Thirsk painted one not so long ago. Nice thing but until your close you forget how big and heavy they are lol

Fraggle...

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There is one lives In a little village near Clacton...
its fooking mint, geezer is Mid 40's max. Think its in little Bromley iirc.
Seen it about a few times this year around the area.

martysmartie

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I like them, saw one in Christchurch a while back!

Martin

haz87

Custom plate? J something or other. Wouldn't suprise me if its the same one, can't imagine theres 2 being used so much round here

Fraggle...

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Pretty sure yeah...it was on the A120 just after the fratting round about, turned
Out from opposite that used car dealers just up from maccy's d's..

There were one always parked on a driveway in Bromley iirc, looked tired,
Sure its the same one as the plate were custom too...i reckon its been restored
Now and is in use.

Its proper mint that for sure!!

Thrush

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About 15 years ago, I used to drive my brother to work in the morning while he had his car off the road for modding, and most mornings would stop in to Maccy D's for breakfast, and everyday without fail there was a Lotus Carlton in the carpark. Owner was a guy in a business suit, drinking coffee and reading the paper, I'd say early 40's max, poss late 30's. Same time every day - if we were late we'd see it leaving, if we were early we'd see it arrive, and if we didn't stop we could usually see it in the car park as we drove past.

Never noticed him boot it or drive it hard (we'd only ever see it driving for about 30 seconds 'til it went round the corner and out of sight) but you'd hear it start up every time. Lovely car.

ircossie76

I went to the motor show at Earl's Court when they were first shown and a few years back i was passed on the m6 by one going flat out, his number plate said 'bye bye'.!

Terry Pluck

Lovely car Paulo.
Did this once belong to a Solicitor by any chance?
Think his name was Julien Hopley or something similar.

marsie

A mate of mine owns one (as well as a lotus senator which as far as i know is a one off!) and he has collected almost enough spares to build another for when he needs them
Paul

jaiscossie

Great cars, i know of one in Colchester that the guy has owned for several years.

james kiely

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stunning car paulo

Paulo P

It's only a 2 owner car and I believe that the first owner was a London banker who lived in Bedford. I would have to check the receipts to find his name.

pjv7771

I remember reading an article about them in car magazine back in the day and they tried to max one out on the autobahn but they kept running out of clear road and clean undercrackers haha

Fil

Always been a fan of these,

always used to be one parked up outside the cue ball snooker club in dagenham back in the day, was allways about, guess it was the owners.

Glenn_

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Ive got a magazine about a lotus carton campared against a saff 4x4 cossie. The same bloke owned them both. The editor of the mag prefered the saff. He said it was easier to live with. He said something about the clutch on the carton been to heavy? And a safd cossie clutch isnt lol.

CrOwSoN15

That looks fantastic!

dakar

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I know a lad near thirsk with one

mcst

Hasn't harvey still got his? May be barking up the wrong tree but sure I saw it posted its tucked away still?!? Will always be an impressive sight but was immense when you were 15!

Thrush

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Thinking about it, did anyone ever tune these? Can't recall ever seeing anything about tuning or modding them, but then again I never frequented Vauxhall or Lotus forums... If so, where they particularly tuneable?

CrOwSoN15

There's been rumors of a few big bhp cars over in Finland, but I've never found anything.