Esprit Picture & Video Thread

[philleech]

Spotted this in a Chiswick car park today complete with child seat. Who said Esprits werent practical?

[Loose Cannon]

That belonged to someone on here years back, a suitably eccentric luvvy actor from Bourton on the Water. He had a few problems and sold it for a daftly low price in a fit of pique, then spent ages trying to track it down to buy it back.

[Andrew C]

A wee meet in Glasgow this morning. These two stole the show

[Mark Blanchard]

That's a great photo.  Wasn't that gold car the Esprit V8GT press car?  Can't be many gold V8s.

[Bibs]

That car was on Sport350 mags, used to belong to Mike Bews in Wales.

[Mark Blanchard]

Wondering if they'd put the original mono blocs back on and changed the reg.  

 

This was it new:

 

http://www.lotusespritturbo.com/Lotus_Esprit_Supercar.jpg

 

 

Here it was 10 years ago.

 

http://www.lotusespritturbo.com/Lotus_Esprit_V8GT_Gold.jpg

[philleech]

Ok so I had a big birthday today and this was the cake my wife organised.....I was very impressed.

[Barrykearley]

I am loving that - did you cut it!?

Many happy returns - only another 5 years and you can grab your pension money!!

[Bibs]

Very nice! Happy birthday

[cbclotus]

Happy birthday Phil.Great looking cake to match your car ...Mike

[G8nightman]

First spring wash and drive!

 

[Tocus]

Great!

Edited April 20, 2015 by Tocus

[Bibs]

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[Tocus]

 

both turbo esprits outside... 1980 and 1985 (together with me)

[Andyww]

Nice!

 

I really need to get the bumpers on my 82 put back to black as they should be.

[ChrisJ]

Nice

 

The white one (best colour) is a lot lower than the silver one.

 

Andy, your Turbo might be one of the two in 1982 that came out of the factory with colour coding.

[stephenwhyte]

Great pic Bauke - looking good........the cars I mean clearly

Edited April 25, 2015 by stephenwhyte

[Andyww]

Nice

 

The white one (best colour) is a lot lower than the silver one.

 

Andy, your Turbo might be one of the two in 1982 that came out of the factory with colour coding.

 

No, the owner before last had it colour coded. Definitely going to revert.

[Tocus]

the white car is lower because that car has a engine and gearbox inside it, the silver one is without engine and gearbox,

the engine is right now at the overhauling company, about 1 or 2 month's it comes back and its better as new! and also so clean as a new engine!

so stephen i am not good looking... Thanks.... haha LOL joke! i know for sure the cars look better then me!

[Bibs]

[ramjet]

A wee meet in Glasgow this morning. These two stole the show

 

I like that. I've never seen a gold one before.

[johnpwalsh]

Latest pic of my S4 taken by Jim Selkirk last weekend, great pic and a good days drive with 57 other cars, 8 of them Lotus.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Nice pic, but could he not fit the whole car in?

S4 looks really swoopy with that wing

[richard100]

My S1 last year...

And another...

[Andyww]

A modern dilemma:

 

I was planning to get the Esprit resprayed soon and putting the bumpers back to the proper black.

 

But at Brooklands today most of the people I was chatting to thought I was crazy to do that and I should keep them white.