Memorial Day weekend. We spent a good part of Saturday out on the neighbor’s pontoon boat. We cruised over to a nice bar on Fox Lake and had a leisurely lunch (a little food with a lot of liquids), followed by a leisurely
Europa Euphoria, Part 11
Next trip out to the garage I was sitting on the concrete floor and unbolting things when I remembered that cold concrete kind of sucks the life out of your old body. When I would try to stand up, it
Europa Euphoria, Part 9
4/28/06 It’s been 5 months since I worked on the Europa. I went to open my neighbor’s garage and I again didn’t remember which button on the 3 button garage door opener she gave me opened the alley side and which button opened
Europa Euphoria, Part 8
Here’s something weird that happened in the garage. I have a built in garage furnace. In the winter, when I’m not around. I keep the garage at just above freezing like 40 degrees. I do this by having a modified thermostat. One that
Europa del Sol, part 1
“It was a cold and storms night”… Really, I don’t remember what kind of night it was. But I do remember someone was writing a novel and was trying to start off with the above line. Please help me out
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.
Europa Euphoria, Part 7
I decided to start stripping the paint off the body and get it in primer before I started on the mechanical bits. This had more to do with the weather than anything else. Fall was upon us and it was
Europa Euphoria, Part 6
Well, it was getting about time to pull the body off. Always a momentous occasion, you work real hard to get to that point and when it happens, you reveal if the chassis will require just a little bit of
Matt’s Models – December 2005
Well, another year is almost gone, yet there is still time to beg and plead with your spouse or significant other, for Lotus goodies for Christmas. Here are a few of the more obscure items out there… This is a 1:38 scale model
Europa Euphoria, Part 5
I’ve worked for the phone company for over 31 years where we have acronyms for everything. I had a real rough day in the garage the other day and I decided to put some acronyms together to try and classify what kind of