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Yes underslung. Hardly great. I have seen them attached to the engine/bell housing. Even worse.

Perhaps it's because of the tolerances required for the EFi or whatever you chaps are doing. Certainly they moved the location of the coil to its own little cubby box on later cars. I thought more to protect it from the elements, since thr mid-engined Esprits without the Turbo undertray does throw up a lot of road spray. However early series Esprits have been running nearly 45 years in their original position without issue.

My advice is, unless your retrim is imminent or you land on a batch of limited material that suits, then there's no need to rush. Research is the key. I began looking 3+ years ahead of pressing on with the trim stage. Send for a decent sized sample before committing.

Alcantara is definitely quality, if only it was made in a thinner cross-section than even it's current thinest available it would probably solve our problems.

Oh OK, so it was a half leather car? Great. That solves that problem. It'll come back up to new well once fed. So black I assume? In all the areas I mentioned, apart from the interior bulkhead and headlining? That black nylon is available in the UK from most trimmers so I imagine that you've a source also. I was told by my trimmer that the company who makes Alcantara has streamlined their range. It's high quality and expensive, but also a little too thick, even in its thinnest form. Classic Ferraris like Dinos etc had 'mouse fur' which is still available. I'd be enquiring along those lines. The Dino's binnacle is perhaps even tighter than the Esprit's. If you can trim that, the rest will work too.

I'll have a think. I assume the seats and armrest coverings are damaged? If in reasonable shape I'd be inclined to repair them if you're wanting an original car as possible. Unless you can find an organisation that can replicate the high frequency welding.

Hello. I did wonder where you'd gone a few days ago. You can certainly install the interior yourself, but I think you're talking about actually trimming it. Which is beyond my skillset in the main. If like the S1 the head lining will be stitched longitudinally at about 3-4" apart across the width of the car. 6 panels in all. The material is backed with thin scrim foam, and stuck the inside of the roof. Marcasite is no longer made, as you'll no doubt be aware, the London company liquidated in the 1990's I think. SJ Sportcars now sell a replacement which I am told is very similar. Though IMO nothing is the same. It has quite a unique construction and resultant texture. Being also stretchy to cover the tight curves of the binnacle without rucking. Alcantara, in all its options, is even thicker. I'm not sure if SJ Sportcars' material is the same as the Krypton Suede which was available from the States. This too is very similar but not exact, and like the others is probably the best you'll obtain today. However a French chap retrimmed his silver S2.2 in quite a nice automotive material that was similar too, but I'm not sure of its availability. By the sounds of it the colour should be black on your car, listed as Anthracite in the Parts List I think. It's not jet black, but has a silver sheen which should be evident on the none faded parts left on your car, if you still have them. In the creative world we'd call it a very dark grey, but in all intents and purposes black to most folk. The nylon parts ie seats, inner bulkhead, armrest and door card inserts would be black nylon, which is available and inexpensive in the UK. What is not replicable, in the UK at least, is the high frequency welded seams in the seat centres, headrests etc. I hope that helps.

@drdoomdo you think Lotus were thinking that far ahead? I've no idea how far along EFi was in development back then. It would certainly save casting costs.

I see so you're just tackling the distribution side, not fuel delivery. So you'll still hear the induction from the carbs. I think @LOTUSMAN33is doing both distribution and fuel with throttle bodies etc. All this is out of my skillset. Some fellas in my local car group have had great success converting BMW 6 Series and Lancia Integrales, but they're a lot cleverer than me.

Any reason why you didn't keep it al in the engine bay like @LOTUSMAN33 or was it just for directness? It'll be interesting to see how EFi(?) improve the performance of the n/a Esprit. A chap on Facebook in the US seems to have done well. I assume you're using throttle bodies etc. Will you still get the induction noise from the venturi?

Yes, there's a lot of that at times. I found my full restoration was sometimes more about good project management than anything. Business has taught me to minimise rework, which is time consuming, energy and money sapping. Generally all round wasteful. Apart from a couple of areas which have been a time sink the restoration was straightforward, just very time consuming. Especially with a pandemic in the middle of it, which prevented progress from a financial and supplier point of view.

I can't remember, though I only fitted them last June. Doh! But I probably didn't glue the carpet down on the whole sides, so that access can be gained to the aperture for future maintenance. The sides of the seats hold the carpet against the sill anyway, as the seats sit snuggly in the cabin. I found that trimming and fitting the sills and carpets you had to think a little laterally.

In addition to the handbrake access the inner inner sills have rectangular apertures in the vertical faces to bolt the seatbelts to the body shell. When fitting the seat belts they have to first pass through the bulkhead and luggage area carpet, inner bulkhead trim, sill carpet, and finally the inner sills, before bolting to the car.

Are the door mirrors correct?

Have you read the description?

eBay is your friend for this stuff. Or ask folk who collect automotive audio.

It can be done either way, but the threads on the bottom of the seat rails are in danger of scraping along the door card as the seats are angled through the door aperture. A real problem with the S1's fragile green material. There's little point in making things more difficult.

Good stuff. Seats are slightly easier to fit without the door cards reducing the available door aperture.

It's across the whole sector as far as I can see. There will be some exceptions, but it's largely slow and low.

The classic car market isn't buoyant. Possibly partly due to the winter season and also the general economy. You can see this by looking at sale prices achieved across the board, and the cars which remain unsold or not achieving their expectations in auctions. This has been the case for most of the year.

I think you're kidding yourself. Look at the huge difference in the level of the arm rest in your own photos where it reaches the lower dashboard.

Wheel spin!? Ha ha, I don't think it'll be capable of much of that in standard 2.0L trim. I may need to consider front wheel. Closer to the embedded system too, so probably more practical. Thanks.

Oh right. The front, being front-engined. I was thinking of the back, but thats tricky as it will complicate the inboard brake assembly.

I'd be interested to know how you intend to implement wheel speed sensing. Something I have been considering for a project in Q Branch.

Same year. Stormtrooper colour scheme too.