Lotus Carlton - A Full Rebuild from Scratch
30-10-2007, 01:13 PM
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Lotus Carlton - A Full Rebuild from Scratch
Hello Chaps
thought you might like to see my mates Lotus Calton rebuild. He bought a perfectly useable LC but decided he wanted one 'as new'
What followed was the purchase of 3 LCs, a massive fire, the loss of a load of parts and a shed load of money.
I would have given up half way through and
But he continued and carried on throwing vast amounts of cash, time and love at it and is now the proud owner of the Best LC in existance
Just click on the link below to go to his dedicated website
http://www.lc890g.co.uk/
Hope you enjoy.
Any comments will be passed onto him.
Cheers
Paul
thought you might like to see my mates Lotus Calton rebuild. He bought a perfectly useable LC but decided he wanted one 'as new'
What followed was the purchase of 3 LCs, a massive fire, the loss of a load of parts and a shed load of money.
I would have given up half way through and
But he continued and carried on throwing vast amounts of cash, time and love at it and is now the proud owner of the Best LC in existance
Just click on the link below to go to his dedicated website
http://www.lc890g.co.uk/
Hope you enjoy.
Any comments will be passed onto him.
Cheers
Paul
30-10-2007, 02:00 PM
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Yes mate
Mr Franczaks car.
It is truly stunning
Thought I would post the web link up as the Passionford people appreciate hard work and a classic motors!
Mr Franczaks car.
It is truly stunning
Thought I would post the web link up as the Passionford people appreciate hard work and a classic motors!
30-10-2007, 06:17 PM
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my mate bought one that was coverted into an estate car for a business demo vehicle, he still has it and the orig shell too !!
looks a bit sorry for itself in corner of the garage at the minute though !!
looks a bit sorry for itself in corner of the garage at the minute though !!
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just noticed your from luton so you might know my mate who used to own the astra,his name is craig staff and i used to go to school with his brother matt 
31-10-2007, 10:09 AM
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Blimey, there I was having a little browse of this section and suddenly realised this thread was on my car. 
Cheers for the comments guys, cars still well (although now in hibernation for the winter) but after all the work i'm still really pleased with the finished result
Any questions or further details you want just ask and i'll do my best to respond.
Cheers for the comments guys, cars still well (although now in hibernation for the winter) but after all the work i'm still really pleased with the finished result
Any questions or further details you want just ask and i'll do my best to respond.
31-10-2007, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul_Painter
I have got one question actually Dave
What was the final cost?
Would it have been cheaper to buy a new one
What was the final cost?
Would it have been cheaper to buy a new one
Its not as bad as you may think being that I did soooo much myself
31-10-2007, 02:03 PM
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Dave
You are the eternal optimist, your pint glass is truly half full
Well done chap, as you said, the result is amazing. And I guess you'll never sell it so it doesn't really matter what it cost......Well unless a cheap F40 comes up for sale??
Paul
You are the eternal optimist, your pint glass is truly half full
Well done chap, as you said, the result is amazing. And I guess you'll never sell it so it doesn't really matter what it cost......Well unless a cheap F40 comes up for sale??
Paul
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Theres a bloke thats got one of these in the village i live in its been sat in his garage for the last 6 years with a genuine 18000 miles on it.
He's 1 of my stepdads mates and he's been trying to haggle it off him for the past few years but he wont sell it i think he said that its build number 14 or 15.
He's 1 of my stepdads mates and he's been trying to haggle it off him for the past few years but he wont sell it i think he said that its build number 14 or 15.
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