By Michael Pawlowski We purchased our Lotus Elise in the summer of 2015. My son had been keeping an eye on the inventory of a used car dealer in the Chicago suburbs that specialized in Lotus cars, and when they
Touring In Your Lotus
By Richard Anderson I had once owned a bug-eye Sprite for five years, an Alfa Spi-der for five years, and a desire to own a Lotus. This was mostly because it would be fiberglass, but also because it would be
Jim Henson’s Cars
One of the benefits of success for Jim Henson is that he had the means to drive whatever he wanted. While he did not collect cars, Jim enjoyed driving and liked sports cars. Each purchase merited a mention in his
A Lotus Trailer Adventure!
by Burt “BS” Levy Paul Quiniff was nice enough to offer to bring me, my books and gear down for LOG in his brand new, self-built, self-engineered, fiberglass monocoque Lotus trailer. Paul had built and used a similar trailer for years, but
A Reliable Headlight Mechanism for the Early Elan
By Dennis Stahl After owning a 1970 Elan Series 4 for 28 years (18 of which the car was in storage), my wife Nancy and I decided to drag it out of the neglected comer and either bring it back to
JPS Colors
by Bill Siegfriedt In the May issue of Lotus Notus, Matt Slayton noted that diecast forums contain much discussion on the color of the decorations on the John Player Special Lotus F1 cars. At the 1977 (Mosport) and 1978 (Montreal)
Life after Fifty
by Don Zeunert Strange things happen when you turn the big five-oh. Not horny anymore? Can’t keep it up? Can’t keep cool anymore? Are things a little out of sync? All these things happened to my Lotus when it rolled 50K miles. What
Lotus Europa at the Track
By Phil Zamlynski Over the past several years, about three or four years actually, a silent revolution is becoming evident. This revolution became clearer in part, with Bob Herzog’s Europa renovation/restoration article. There are several others who have labored in silence on their Europa.
Droopy Headlights
By Don Zeunert 1991 Elan and 1988-2002 Esprits If your headlights fail to rise and the motors keep spinning, the following rebuild kit will solve your problem. Fail to rise could mean they don’t lift at all, lift partially, or fall
Rebuilding a Seven Front End
by Phil Zamlnski I started out by saying, “I can rebuild the Seven front end”. Everyone, including myself, who has owned a Seven for several years, looks at a Lotus Seven and is taken aback by how simple it is. And, in principle,