Vipers' Lotus and HiFi Blog

Gorgeous. Will be a complete hoot to drive too I'm sure. Good luck with SVA.

Congrats!

Ha, I've been keeping my eye out for a reasonably priced one of these for some time. Yours looks lovely.

 

Trevor.

Looks stunning - enjoy

Love it, and I bet it’s really fun to drive!

Awesome! A thing of beauty 

lovely . was that at paul matty

The guys at evo mag loved the one they built/ran a few years back. Nice one. 

Awesome, congratulations Paul

Stunning    One of the best looking race cars imo,  Enjoy,  would love to see a write up/ road cam on one of these cars as would love to know how they drive,sound etc 

16 hours ago, pete said:

lovely . was that at paul matty

It was the one at Paul Matty that got me looking around and I stumbled on this on on Car and Classic, almost seems to be good to be true as the guys hobby is building kit cars and he has got it to the point where it needs putting through the SVA and he doesn't want to ruin the look by adding the bits needed to get it through the SVA so he just charged me for the parts and no labour so fingers crossed it doesn't turn out to be a lemon 

 

18 hours ago, Buddsy said:

Yes they are ace. Maybe not quite a genuine Lotus but the simplicity of parts means its almost a Lotus...only really lacking age. 

What engine you got in there? I think they made them with the climax, A-series or a Ford engine? The Climax is a screamer but the A series is a nice little roarer.

 

buddsy

I'm pretty sure it is a A-Series, to be honest I was so taken by how stunning it looked I didn't really get too involved in the mechanicals, but this guy has been building kit cars to a very high standard for years so I'm sure it will be fine.

The next job is to get it to Westfield, they are going to charge me around £2500 to get it through the SVA which seems very fair.

13 hours ago, silverfrost said:

Stunning    One of the best looking race cars imo,  Enjoy,  would love to see a write up/ road cam on one of these cars as would love to know how they drive,sound etc 

Yes I must admit as the engine isn't running yet, just a matter of swapping the oil over,  I can't wait to hear how it sounds.

They alwAys look better without a Q plate and that is really, really lovely 

Oh Yes, that'll do 

If I could afford it this would be the original example I would like, absolutely stunning - 

http://classicthrottleshop.com/1959-lotus-eleven-le-mans/

18.5 million yen   Thai is a lot of pennies,  however an extremely beautiful car with lots of history 

Beautiful car, total respect @Vipers. That is one hell of a gorgeous car.  I hope to join you in getting one some day. Might even get the wife out in it. once!

Classic racing look slike so much,  can nott see it been any less expensive to put the old cars on track and race ,  but visually they look wonderful compaired to the modern stuff,  So need to watch the lemans 24hr classic one of these years 

No news on this lately, what's progress?

 

Trevor.

No progress at all yet Trevor unfortunately, been too caught up in my Radical exploits, hope to get it up to Westfield in a couple of months time to put it through the SVA, I'll update this once it is passed.

Look forward to hearing about it and what it's like to drive as its on my want list, obviously :-).

 

Trevor.

Yesterday I finally got time to look under the Eleven's bonnet for the first time, happy to see it actually has an engine 👍 I understand it was rebuilt before being put in, unfortunately it looks like it will be later in the year before I finally get her on the road, to be honest though I reckon I'll get just as much enjoyment looking at her 

Tease. Looks like its short of a few pipes, make sure you're wearing wellies when you fill the header tank 🙂

 

Trevor.

I wouldn't know where to start tbh, I just hope Westfield are good for their promise to finish her off for me otherwise I'll give you a shout @Trevsked 😉

I may still build one of these as can’t find one in the exact spec I like and it might stop me looking at the next purchase every five minutes. Always happy to lend a hand.

 

Trevor.

I know the feeling Trevor, looking at a Tornado GT40 at the moment, really should get this one finished first, thanks for the offer of help 👍

I had a Tornado GT40, great to look at.........:-)

 

Trevor.

But?