This could also be titled: My other car is a “Fill in the Blank” Syndrome. You have seen the saying on license plate frames and on the bumpers of many different vehicles. Dennis Stahl has one on his truck. It’s
Victory by Lotus
I was first introduced to Lotus cars shortly after Jimmy Clark won the Indianapolis “500” in 1965. Being heavily into the slot car hobby at the time, I had a number of cars, many of which I still have today…
Elise Tech Tips 2
For this installment of Elise Tech Tips I would like to cover a couple of technical issues that are fairly easy to address, yet dramatically increase the pleasure of ownership of the Elise. I also want to bring to light a relatively new failure that is being reported
Musical Elan Chassis
You know the game called “Musical Chairs” that you played when you were a kid? Some adults would set up a bunch of chairs in a circle facing outwards, one less chair then there were kids. The music would start and you would walk around the chairs until the music stopped and you had to
Elise Tech Tips
When Lotus introduced the Federal Elise S2 to the United States back in 2004 as a ’05 model year it set the sports car world on fire. Finally we were offered a new Lotus that was built around the traditional Lotus values and philosophy of the vintage Europa
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
Truing Up the Body Fit on a 1973 Lotus Europa – Part 2
Last month, Part 1 of this article detailed this project that I undertook to true up the body fit on my Lotus Europa in an attempt to get panel fits close to contemporary specifications. That’s typically a 4 or 5
Truing Up the Body Fit on a 1973 Lotus Europa – Part 1
There is some fanaticism required to restore and then love an early Lotus. I did a complete mechanical and cosmetic restoration of my Twin Cam and many of you have seen the results. She’s sweet! I had the body professionally
Selling Smurf
My hobby is restoring old Lotus Elans. I buy them all beat up or worn out or neglected for decades or just in boxes. I tear them all the way down – every last nut and bolt comes off. Then
The next time you change your oil in your Elise …
Every time I change my oil, I take the opportunity to check or tighten the toe link. It’s probably more important to keep a check on this if you’re doing a lot of tracking, but there have been failures with