Esprit Picture & Video Thread

[Loose Cannon]

Nice Esprit at Pistonheads Morgan factory visit

 

I'm going to start an "S4 spoiler appreciation society", should be an exclusive club

[Mark Blanchard]

Yes, should have at least 1 or 2 members.

[Mark Blanchard]

That pic is pure Esprit. Nice find Budsey!

[The Pits]

Lovely Buddsey, but somehow I think Lotus managed to improve on it with the S1.

[CaptainBigleux]

[jollyroger]

Beautiful early V8, and beautiful Alfa C4 too :-)

[johnpwalsh]

not sure if this should be in the Esprit picture thread but as there are two then why not. Our outing from yesterday in the sun while you had all the rain.

[Clarkeson]

 

Great MBW Event !!!!!!

[CaptainBigleux]

Spring time !

 

[pete]

[johnpwalsh]

Updated photographs of my S3, going great guns after her epic rebuild, now over 400 miles done and no problems, still have to sell her though to make room for the next project which is patiently waiting.

[ChrisJ]

Pete - is that you driving on the wall of death ?

 

John - Have you got any more photos of that Excel ?

[johnpwalsh]

Hi Chris, yep should have loads of them, she belongs to a good friend of mine and is almost immaculate, very low miles and only a 3 owner car. Ping me your email address and I will send some to you. Bill, her owner is thiinking of selling her.

[The Pits]

Looks lovely, never seen one in bronze before.

 

It's done well to hijack an Esprit photo thread too!

[Loose Cannon]

There is a picture of the Excel production line with a copper car on it, with black bumpers. Might even be this car as I understand it was restored/painted by a previous owner. Not sure about the body coloured wheels, sometimes you look and think yeah, then you look again and it doesn't look quite as good

[johnpwalsh]

As far as we can tell the car has never been painted and is all original and thats from the PO who dismantled the car just for the sake of it and rebuilt it over a few years back to as new, not too sure of the wheels, never managed to have that confirmed. The S3 in the background is actually mine and presently up for sale to make way for a new project, mechanicaly restored at huge cost  and running great.

[ChrisJ]

Hi John - is it a cloth interior ?

 

You should post them up on the Excel piccy thread, so we can all admire them.

 

Chris

[johnpwalsh]

Hi Chris, yep the Excel has the cloth interior in Champaigne/Gold kind of colour, it's like a cord material and still in pretty good nick, not all worn as a lot I have seen.

[ChrisJ]

Just my kind of interior.

 

Looks fantastic. I might be interested a bit later in the year.

 

Chris

[Rolf]

 

Hope I can get her out for a drive this weekend

[ChrisJ]

Rolf

 

That's a great picture.

 

I remember seeing one of these cars at Castle Coombe in the early 1990s.

 

Chris

[cbclotus]

Me also.Still has wonderfull lines.,Mike

[Karlen1129]

Here's mine b4 going into shop going on to months now to rebuild motor my girl delores in the pic getting car back 2 weeks can't wait!!!!!

[hopo]

Nice... really like the gold wheels.... ad the leopard print slippers.... big

[Rolf]

Rolf

 

That's a great picture.

 

I remember seeing one of these cars at Castle Coombe in the early 1990s.

 

Chris

 

Chris, Mike,

 

Maybe the roadster was this one.

Only thing changed meanwhile is the interior is now black.

She is the only TurboEsprit in the series.

But most of the other five ones were also there over the years.

Three of them at a very rainy meeting. 

 

 

I wonder where the other convertibles are around nowadays?

Got no reply on the roadster-homepage from other St Tropez owner.

 

Rolf