VIN - production date an specs

[saggitarius]

Hello everybody in the Europa community

I'm normally in the Esprit section, but now I have come over (and bought) a Europa body that seems to have a somewhat difficult past :-)  It seems to be a TC Special from the US, without documentation (title) or chassis plate.  But since the VIN is engraved in both doors I have a feeling that it should be possible to find out at least something about it.

The VIN reads 2715 R, and the body style is clearly of the TC varity - which should translate into 74/2715R?  I have understood from another list that the letter R says that it's a federal (US) version. Which makes sense since I bought it from Florida.

I've managed to find kind of a list of specs for Europas that have VINs close to mine at the lotus-europa.com website (and that says 1972 model year), but my car / VIN specifically is not included. And the web site also seems to be a little bit abandoned for the time being.

So what I'm wondering is if anyone here can point me in the right direction where to start for a spec list?  Is the Lotus factory a possibility?  Any registrars for a club?

 

Best regards

Geir

[ramjet]

I'm wondering whether Andy Graham at the factory might be a good starting point. He does the vehicle certificates for lotus owners so he may be able to assist or point you in the right direction.

[saggitarius]

Thanks

[Neil D.]

http://www.lotus-europa.com/regs2.html