Esprit Picture & Video Thread

[Final Edition]

 

Some pix of my freshly restored 1982 Turbo, build thread coming soon...

[Bibs]

Oh wow! 

Wonderful light in those pics, really nice

[swindon_alan]

Very bloody nice, Mr Chan!

Was it black when you bought it? Or was that the one you sold?

[Final Edition]

New car Alan, thought I'd build a Copper Fire version, it was red originally but the interior colour suited the colour change perfectly.

 

[Fridge]

Great result @Final Edition

I'd agree with @Bibs the light makes it. Photography is ALL about the light. Sets off the colour really well IMO.

The car has turned out great.

Stunning!

Edited July 5, 2017 by Fridge

[swindon_alan]

That is awesome Jo!

Congratulations sir and well done!

PS did it come with Comps?

[stephenwhyte]

Looking good - great motivation for Fabian right there. Looks bare without the ski-racks though

[Final Edition]

Thanks everyone. It came on the standard one piece BBS's Alan. I bought the 4 stud hubs from Mike at Lotusbits.

[purso]

Congrats Jo what a job you have done mate!

[Fridge]

I don't think you need skis Jo. Keep it stock

[Lotusfab]

Awesome Jo, can't wait to see the thread!

[Tocus]

22 hours ago, Final Edition said:

Thanks everyone. It came on the standard one piece BBS's Alan. I bought the 4 stud hubs from Mike at Lotusbits.

You did again a great job!

nice that you find another set of Comp. wheels they are hard to get! this thing looks great, it only must have a Full Leather interior then the car really was done!

 

[The Pits]

Absolutely stunning Jo. Would look damn good in my garage! ?

Did you fit the shorter rear suspension arms too?

Who did the paint for you, looks fantastic. Also, which paintcode did you use, there seem to be a few different shades out there all claiming to be Copper Fire.

Congratulations though, great to have another Copper Turbo on Comps out there. They are in very short supply.

[Dan E]

Jo that looks lovely mate, does that mean you got a spare set of BBS? I might be interested if so as I would like a spare set to put modern tyres on and keep the Goodyears for show

 

cheers

 

Danny 

[hopo]

Great looking car - as Jonny requested above who did the paintwork?

[silverfrost]

Fantastic looking car Jo 

Really looking forward to your build thread on this car. !

[PhilW]

Looks superb Jo. I'll have to bring mine down again. Is this Sweatow car with Comps added? I think he was selling a while ago. 

[Final Edition]

Thanks all, it was a fun project. I bought the car in October last year and rolled my sleeves up to get it finished for the summer. Unfortunately I hat to work in America for the past 3 months so it took me longer to finish.

Jonny: I kept the suspension standard as I prefer the wheels further out in the arches.

Danny: PM sent!

Re: Copper Fire paint - Contentious one here. I did a lot of research on the shade. Paint formulas change over time as paint manufacturers have to adjust for different chemicals to due stricter health and safely issues. Looking up Lotus Copper Fire A19 from the Lotus archives will generate different formulas from different paint manufactures. I managed to find more detail by looking at the paintref.com website which lists the Copper Fire colour codes for PPG Ditzler (61513) and Autocolour (0311B). 

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?color=Copper Fire&tditzler=61513&rows=50

My local paint supplier tried mixing a batch up himself but the shade seemed too light, I think he mixed the PPG formula. Eventually he had to buy the Autocolour shade in from another supplier. It's a subjective issue, I'm sure if all the Copper Fire Esprit's came together their shades would all vary slightly. I'm happy with the way mine turned out.

A local firm sprayed it but I had to nag a lot to get the results, I wouldn't recommend them and would prefer not to name and shame.

More details in my build thread coming soon...

[The Pits]

Thanks Jo,

I'm surprised it looks that good on the longer suspension arms, I thought the wheels would stick out more, but I can't fault the way the car looks! 

I'm sure you're right about Copper Fire being a different shade every time. Hopo's is the only one I've seen still with its original paint, even allowing for some natural fading over time it's much more coppery than the colour Lotus paint these days which is richer and more red. It's also very light sensitive too which doesn't help, no two photos of the same car look alike either! By the look of the Bond photos shot on set the original was indeed more copper like a new penny none of the more recent efforts are quite like this. I think it's one of those colours that if you did it exactly as it was in 1981 many would say they didn't like it! Bond's definitely looked the best against the snow. Hard to say from the pics but it looks like yours is closer to the original tone than most I've seen.

Thanks for the colour codes, I'm visiting the factory next week and will ask which codes they use currently. Be interesting to see what they come back with.

More pics when you get the chance Jo, I'll never tire of looking at pics of CF Turbos. Trust me, I've tried!

 

[Final Edition]

Just for you Jonny! I'm limited to the miles I drive it at present, I think I need to replace the fuel pump (it cuts out after a few minutes and the fuel pressure drops when it warms up). Once sorted I'll take it out for a proper photo session.

 

[Tocus]

On 7-7-2017 at 11:29, Dan E said:

Jo that looks lovely mate, does that mean you got a spare set of BBS? I might be interested if so as I would like a spare set to put modern tyres on and keep the Goodyears for show

 

cheers

 

Danny 

i have a spare set of BBS wheels for sale, just send me a PM

[Chillidoggy]

We got snapped at the Thanet Classics event yesterday. Thanks to Nick Simmo Photography!

[JNW3]

Happy Fridays! ?

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[stephenwhyte]

Looks tidy but would be even better with black bumpers & mirrors