Elite/Eclat/Excel video & picture thread!

[silverfrost]

Great picture, roof height below the drop glass on both cars !  and even lower if you own a pink panther like Charlie Crokers on here 

[mikeeech]

5 hours ago, Iome said:

This is already a month old photo. And just a every day life photo from a shopping mall parking lot. But I like it how Elite stands next to more ordinary cars like Mondeo or Leon here.  Happy new year everybody!  

 

I love the look of an elite next to new cars particularly from behind. The aspect ratio of the rear window always does it for me! You don't realise how big new cars have become.

[mpse14]

This is my 901 Elite, just finished building from a box of bits, took about 20 years!!!!

[silverfrost]

Stunning looking elite  

20 years well spent i think 

1 hour ago, mikeeech said:

I love the look of an elite next to new cars particularly from behind. The aspect ratio of the rear window always does it for me! You don't realise how big new cars have become.

And its only now Mike that car park owners have come to the conclusion that cars these days do not fit in between the painted lines 

[makkyh]

That's a real beauty Mervyn. Well done Sir.

 

[oilmagnet477]

Mervyn,

wowzer Sir, that looks gorgeous!

Where abouts in Suffolk are you? Only just over the border into Norfolk.

Would love to have a closer look - same plate 'R' as mine

Well done

[Testdriver]

stunning yellow Elite, Bravo!

[sussexelite]

Great to see another Elite on the road, good job!

[mpse14]

Not quite on the road, needs MOT, waiting until March, because I am hoping that the government does not change the rules regarding

historic registrations, cause on April 01st it should be tax exempt. Keeping fingers crossed. 

Ant, I am about 10 miles east of Burt St. Edmunds

Edited January 3, 2017 by mpse14
missed out location

[oilmagnet477]

Mervyn,

I live about 1/2 a mile off the A143 near Bungay so reckon we can't be far apart.

Will PM when I get a second - I'd love to pop over and have a chat - happy for you to come and see mine if you wish

Cheers Ant

[mikeeech]

2 hours ago, mpse14 said:

Not quite on the road, needs MOT, waiting until March, because I am hoping that the government does not change the rules regarding

historic registrations, cause on April 01st it should be tax exempt. Keeping fingers crossed. 

Ant, I am about 10 miles east of Burt St. Edmunds

and only 7 posts to document it all... do you fancy posting more photo's? it looks stunning and it will be good to see another finished to a high standard.

[mpse14]

A few more pics.

[Hawaiis0]

On 3/18/2010 at 09:14, Kimbers said:

The 2 original designers with the first Elite doing a gangsta pose :

 

For those that didn't buy a Lotusexcel.net 2017 calendar, missed out on the remake 40 years later.  MJK and Ollie are in the correct positions - they just swapped jackets

 

[Kimbers]

And Ollies trousers! Yikes! LOL

I got mine thanks. Great picture!

[johnpwalsh]

On 9/18/2016 at 14:44, ChrisJ said:

I think the photo is fairly recent - here's the source

The White one would be of interest. Any update on ownership.

[tests]

On 19.9.2016 at 07:39, phoenix said:

May I ask what's with the curved front of the white one?

Edited January 10, 2017 by tests

[Bibs]

Wide angle lens I'd assume mate.

[phoenix]

Despite the origami styling, the esprit with the exception of the windscreen and rear glass screen has curves on every other piece of glass and every panel. It has to have curves because the design has to flow otherwise it would look like it is made of hardboard.

I believe I took the pic with a GoPro camera which has a wide angle lense. The funny thing about capturing images with most cameras is that they are not an exact duplication of the image as seen by the eye. If you want a demonstration of this, look at something like a car via a camera viewfinder and then look at the same view with the naked eye.

The nose of the esprit actually has quite a curve to it and in this case, this has been accentuated by the camera lens. 

Hope that explains it.

[tests]

To be honest I'm unable to even see an Esprit in this picture...

But it does not look bad, the curved nose suits it quite well!

[ChrisJ]

Thought I'd play around with my graphics program, and from this:

I created these

 

[silverfrost]

Looks really good, like the bottom picture the most as the colour makes it very retro, would be nice to have 3 of these in a frame with say the esprit and elite 

[ChrisJ]

Well.................. I've got an Esprit  - In almost the same position.

Maybe I should have one morph into the other

 

[silverfrost]

You just need to buy an elite now then   What i meant was those boxy picture frames that are split into three from the like of ikea etc,

Would look very cool i think 

[eclat22]

Found a couple of pics. Same car, same corner, different day. Murrays at Snetterton.

 

Edited February 19, 2017 by eclat22
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[silverfrost]

Is that Mike in the car ?  Or just someone sponsored by lotusbits ?