Look what Q has brought for us. Isn't it nice ?

[Lotusfab]

Excellent job, Jon!

[wachuko]

Wow.. just wow!!!  What a thing of beauty!!!  Keep those photos coming!!! 

[ramjet]

Going to be very nice Jon.

[vintaylor]

Cheers Jon,

 

That's explains alot .. Have you fitted the fuel tank breather system on the car?

 

This is also a mystery from my end :/

[Lotusfab]

I fitted the wiper box as Paul described, using a 9 mm spacer made of plastic from S and J. Seems to have worked but untested as yet. Planning on electrical test next few weeks.i have a bracket on top.

[jonroberts]

Cheers Jon,

 

That's explains alot .. Have you fitted the fuel tank breather system on the car?

 

This is also a mystery from my end :/

 

 

Hi Vin - yes, I used Fabians posting as a reference, but you seem to have found that one.

 

http://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/topic/65709-s1-project-car-part-2-the-continuation/page-3

[jonroberts]

Finally the weather here turned nice, well the morning did anyway, and I got round to fitting the front and rear screens.

 

Lots of trial fits, measurement and creating supporting points out of the wiper support bracket and packing on the wiper spindle. Used eight (three each side and one at top and bottom centre) 4mm thick hard rubber spacer blocks superglued onto the recess before priming the body too.

 

 

Then cleaned off and applied the black gloss glass primer to the glass. 20mm mask line around the top and sides and 25mm mask at the lower part of the screen

 

 

Then with my brothers help and a pair of sturdy suction tools we carefully positioned the screen in place

 

 

The job took a whole day to do, the rear screen was a doddle in the end, and actually a lot easier than I was expecting.

 

 

So I rewarded myself by applying the decals !

 

 

 

Thats it till next weekend now when I'm going to fit the interior underfelt and carpets.

 

 

[stephenwhyte]

Just said the same thing to my better half..........she neither agreed nor disagreed lol. No change there then - it's just a car after all! As if......?!

[Freemason]

The wiper box, did you get a new one? If so where from and what part number?

Loving that colour, so 70's.

[Lotusfab]

Looks great! Thanks for posting the pictures still need to do my screens, but this had spurred me on. Does that glass sit at the same height as the surround or slightly lower to allow for the trims. Are the edges of the glass, top and sides spaced evenly? How many tubes of Dinitrol did you use. Thanks.

[jonroberts]

The wiper box, did you get a new one? If so where from and what part number?

Loving that colour, so 70's.

 

My wiper wheel box (B076M0309F) carried a Lucas part number on it of 72933, which is also known as AAU6865 and is common to the Triumph TR7/8.  Replacements are available on eBay.

Looks great! Thanks for posting the pictures still need to do my screens, but this had spurred me on. Does that glass sit at the same height as the surround or slightly lower to allow for the trims. Are the edges of the glass, top and sides spaced evenly? How many tubes of Dinitrol did you use. Thanks.

 

Used almost all of a tube of Dinitrol 500 for each screen (2 tubes total) with the applicator tip in the Dinitrol kit. The glass sits on 4mm thick spacers all round and is lower than the surrounding bodywork.  Even spacing top and sides.  Haven't fitted the chrome trims yet ..

[Paul Coleman]

I noticed your number plate Jon. I just bought a pair of plates for mine from Tippers. They're period correct so raised plastic letters on an aluminium back. They look good but weren't cheap... £50 a set and whilst I was at it I bought Jennifer a set for her Mini.

[jonroberts]

Paul - they look good. The ones with the bevelled aluminium round edges, or the die pressed ones?

[jonroberts]

This weekend I was mostly doing .. the interior.

 

Replacing the old and non-existent carpet underlay I decided to use double sided self adhesive carpet tape to hold the underlay to the floor and again to hold the carpet onto the underlay.  Reasoning is that if it ever got wet or worn out I wanted a way of removing it easily. Time will tell how successful this will be. Glueing the carpet down is a one way activity - if you try and pull it up again, the carpet is ruined.

 

 

I bought a close match brown automotive carpet, cut it to pattern of the original pieces and paid a local coach trimmer to stitch on the edging for me. On the centre tunnel I used double sided pieces of 1/4" upholstery foam to attach the carpet. 

 

 

Dashboard and instrument cluster going in. 

 

 

Centre console dry fitted for now. All the new interior 'chrome' needs the clips riveting in place first.

 

 

Finished the day with the final bits of badge work on the tailgate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lotusfab]

That looks great!

[vintaylor]

Hi Jon,

 

Did you get the carpet and binding from coverdale?

 

I need to do the same thing on my esprit.  How many meters did it take to complete? 

[jonroberts]

Hi Vin,

Yes, both came from Coverdale. I used 5m of carpet and 15m of edging and had a little of each left over. I had them send me a sample which I could see before ordering the whole lot. There was a small section of the original carpet underneath the wiper motor mounting plate I used as a reference.

[vintaylor]

Thanks Jon.. Did you go for the Autumn Leaf colour from the Blenheim range?  I think its about £21 a meter

[markt]

That looks brilliant!

[Freemason]

Love the interior/exterior colour combination on this car. Carpet looks fantastic.

Coverdale do a 'carpet set' for the Esprit, website doesn't say what it consists of though.

Edited March 10, 2015 by Freemason

[jonroberts]

Thanks Jon.. Did you go for the Autumn Leaf colour from the Blenheim range?  I think its about £21 a meter

 

Yes Vin - thats the one. I see that they also offer complete car sets for the Esprit for £177 - thats less than it cost me with the edging and labour, but I have no idea whether their sets will fit the S1/2.

[Loose Cannon]

John you are doing an incredibly professional job on this car, is it your first restoration?

[Lotusfab]

Jon,

What is your suggested order of reassembly? Ie wires, binnacle, instruments dash etc?I never took the car apart! Also how does the dash fit on, is it bolted?

[jonroberts]

John you are doing an incredibly professional job on this car, is it your first restoration?

 

Hey Mark - thanks. Yes, first full restoration for me. The S1 is such a simple car I think it lends itself well to amateur restoration when there are enough specialists around who are both helpful and carry a good stock of replacement and remanufactured parts.  Information and support from this forum and its members is absolutely invaluable. 

[cbclotus]

wow fantastic job you are doing love it....Mike